Rhodes' UNESCO-protected medieval city ● Symi's neoclassical harbour & monastery ● Nisyros volcano & hydrothermal crater ● Kalymnos sponge museums & island traditions ● Leros' unique Italian rationalist architecture ● local tavernas & island specialties

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

Mysterious Machu Picchu-a must see! ● Exploring Cuzco and the "Sacred Valley of the Incas" ● Colourful Chinchero & Pisac markets ● The Floating Islands of Puno ● Sacred island of the Sun

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

Hike through the Julian Alps and the Dolomites ● Explore charming towns like Lake Bled and Bolzano ● Discover the scenic beauty of Selva Gardena and Zell am See ● Experience the warm hospitality of Slovenian, Italian, and Austrian cultures ● Savor local specialties and wines ● Enjoy breathtaking vistas of towering peaks and serene lakes.

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

Sintra Palace Loop with UNESCO sites ● Serra da Estrela mountain plateau at 1,000m+ ● Douro Valley vineyard trails & river cruise ● Porto's Dom Luís Bridge crossing ● Levada do Caldeirão Verde forest hike ● Ponta de São Lourenço coastal trail

Rome - The Vatican & the Sistine Chapel ● Skyscraper skyline of San Gimignano ● Walking the Cinque Terre ● Water taxi ride on Venice canals ● Guided walking/bus tours of all major towns/cities

Vienna bookend experience: ship introduction plus two immersive nights for museums, opera, and coffeehouse culture ● Schonbrunn Palace baroque gardens with time beyond cruise-day visits ● Exclusive Oktoberfest celebration aboard ship with Bavarian music ● UNESCO Wachau Valley scenic cruising past terraced vineyards ● Melk Abbey's baroque masterpiece and medieval manuscripts ● Budapest's Szechenyi thermal baths where locals play chess in steaming pools ● Jewish Quarter including Europe's largest synagogue and ruin-pub architecture ● Belvedere Palace and Klimt's "The Kiss" with unhurried gallery time.