Ancient Acropolis and philosophical birthplace of Western civilization ● cliff-hanging Chozoviotissa Monastery above Amorgos's dramatic coastline ● ancient marble kouroi statues abandoned in Naxos quarries for 2,500 years ● traditional granite boulder village of Volax with handwoven basket artisans ● spectacular Imbros Gorge descent through towering limestone walls ● pristine Balos Lagoon with turquoise waters and Venetian fortress ruins

Rhodes' UNESCO-protected medieval city ● ● Symi's neoclassical harbour & monastery of Panormitis ● Nisyros volcano & hydrothermal crater you can walk into Kalymnos: sponge diving heritage & coastal walks ● Leros' Italian rationalist architecture & Byzantine castle ● Tour Leader-led optional walks on three islands ● Local tavernas, island specialties & a Leros winery visit

Standing before the Tang Dynasty Three Pagodas of Dali ● Walking the ancient pilgrimage circuit of Barkhor Street in Lhasa ● Descending into Tiger Leaping Gorge — one of the world's deepest canyons ● Exploring the whitewashed lanes and murals of the oldest Naxi settlement at the foot of Jade Dragon Snow Mountain ● Standing before the Potala Palace, seat of the Dalai Lamas for three centuries ● Visiting Yungdrung Ling, one of Tibet's great Bon monasteries

The Grand Egyptian Museum's Tutankhamun immersive exhibition with digital projections into the boy king's golden world ● Giza's Great Pyramid built from two million stone blocks by 100,000 labourers ● Abu Simbel's colossal temple where Ramesses II's four 20-metre statues guard Nubia's threshold ● the Valley of the Kings where pharaohs carved elaborate underground palaces into pyramid-shaped cliffs ● Karnak Temple's hypostyle hall with 134 massive columns supporting three-millennia-old stone roofs ● camel trek across desert sands to St. Simeon's 6th-century monastery rising dramatically against limestone escarpments

Cappadocia's fairy chimneys and cave churches with underground city of Derinkuyu ● Rose Valley and Ihlara Gorge walks through volcanic formations ● Lycian Way coastal sections from Kayaköy ghost village to Butterfly Valley ● UNESCO World Heritage Sites of Xanthos and Letoon ● Patara's ancient Lycian capital and 18-kilometre beach ● Chimera's eternal flames and Phaselis's three harbours

Exploring the canals of Tortuguero ● Soaking in Baldi Hotsprings ● Monteverde Cloud forest walk ● Boiling mud pots, fumaroles and thermal streams ● Manuel Antonio's spectacular beaches Granada, Nicaragua - One of Central America's most beautiful cities

Guided walking tours of Palermo, Taormina, Rome ● Ancient Greek Temples at Agrigento ● The Doric Greek temples of Paestum ● Compelling Pompeii ● Rome - The Vatican & the Sistine Chapel

Soweto township tour ● Kruger Park safari ● Kingdom of Eswatini: Switzerland of Africa ● Famed 'Garden Route' ● Ostrich farm tour ● Table Mountain Cable Way ● Cape Winelands tour and wine tasting ● Robben Island Museum

Marvão: medieval fortress village above the Alentejo plain ● Monsanto and Idanha-a-Velha — Portugal's deepest historical layers ● Serra da Estrela glacier plateau ● Douro Valley vineyard trails and river cruise ● Porto's Ribeira district and Dom Luís Bridge crossing ● Levada hike through UNESCO Laurissilva forest, Madeira ● Vereda do Larano coastal trail above the Atlantic