Vilnius's baroque Old Town and Trakai's island castle ● Hill of Crosses memorial ● Rundale Palace's Baroque interiors ● Riga's Art Nouveau district and Central Market ● Curonian Spit's sand dunes ● Tallinn's medieval Old Town

Explore Dublin's Georgian buildings and vibrant pub culture ● discover Ireland's stunning green scenery on the Ring of Kerry ● Explore the dramatic Gap of Dunloe and Lakes of Killarney ● marvel at the breathtaking Cliffs of Moher ● explore historic sites like Derry and Belfast ● experience Ireland's rich culture and warm hospitality.

Stirling Castle ● Blair Atholl Distillery ● Loch Ness ● Highland Safari ● Scone Palace ● Meeting Pedigree Highland Cattle

Guided colonial Quito tour ● Otavalo Valley - cultural centre ● Famed 'Avenue of Volcanos' ● Overnight at historic hacienda ● Cotopaxi Forest Reserve

Krakow's Wawel Castle and medieval market square ● Wieliczka's subterranean salt cathedral ● Auschwitz-Birkenau memorial ● Warsaw's rebuilt Old Town and Museum of Polish Jews ● Gdansk's European Solidarity Centre ● Malbork's massive Teutonic fortress

Charming, historic Cartagena ● Lively Bogota ● Verdant Hills ● coffee plantations Unspoiled villages, friendly locals Cathedral of Salt ● Colonial treasures

Barcelona: Romanesque, Gothic and Renaissance ● Santiago de Compostela: Place of Pilgrimage ● Bilbao's Guggenheim ● Arab, Jewish, Christian, Roman, Visigothic legacies

Halifax's historic harbour and Victorian Public Gardens ● Cabot Trail's spectacular coastal drive through Cape Breton Highlands ● Fortress of Louisbourg's immersive 18th-century French colonial experience ● Anne of Green Gables Heritage Place and PEI's red sand beaches ● Bay of Fundy's world-record tides at Hopewell Rocks ● Grand-Pré National Historic Site

Standing before the 8,000-strong funerary army at Xi'an's Terracotta Warriors ● Exploring the ancient bazaar quarter of Kashgar, where Central Asia begins ● Driving the Karakoram Highway to glacial Karakul Lake ● Riding the high-speed rail across the Gobi Desert from Turpan to Dunhuang ● Entering the painted caves of Mogao — the greatest repository of Buddhist art on earth ● Watching the sun descend over the wind-sculpted formations of the Yardang Geopark at dusk