Hattusas UNESCO site and Hittite Empire capital ● haunting medieval ruins of Ani with thousand church spires ● cliff-hanging Sumela Monastery in Pontic Mountains ● Lake Van boat excursion to Akdamar Island's Armenian church ● King Antiochus's audacious mountaintop monument at Nemrut Dag ● Göbeklitepe, the world's oldest temple complex predating Stonehenge by 6,000 years

Borobudur: the world's largest stupa-style Buddhist monument ● Samosir Island and the ancient animist world of the Batak people ● Balinese Hindu culture at its most concentrated ● Prambanan: the great 9th-century Hindu temple complex dedicated to the Trimurti ● A Balinese cooking class that begins at dawn in Ubud's traditional market ● The volcanic Karo Highlands and the Sipiso-Piso waterfall above Lake Toba

Lan Ha Bay cruise through limestone karsts ● Sapa's rice terraces and vibrant Bac Ha Sunday market ● overnight sleeper train through northern highlands ● Luang Prabang's dawn alms ceremony and gilded temples ● scenic Lao-China Railway through 75 mountain tunnels ● Buddha Park's surreal sculptures and COPE Centre's powerful story.

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

Sepilok Orangutan Sanctuary and a night at a rinforest lodge ● Brunei's golden mosques and the waterborne city of Kampung Ayer ● Sarawak Cultural Village and a traditional Iban longhouse in Borneo ● Mount Kinabalu — Southeast Asia's highest peak — and Borneo's only organic tea estate ● Historic Malacca: five centuries of colonial layering in a single walkable town ● Kuala Lumpur city tour — from the river confluence that built a capital to the towers that briefly touched the sky

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

Albania: little visited & unknown ● Roman sites of Butrint and Appolonia ● Rugged mountain scenery ● Distinct culture, history ● Ohrid, North Macedonia - World Heritage Site

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 ● authentic Greek cooking class featuring traditional island recipes

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