Bucharest: "The Little Paris of the East" ● The "painted monasteries" of Bucovina ● Bran Castle, mythical home of Dracula ● Famous Valley of the Roses ● Unsurpassed frescoes of Rila Monastery ● Sofia: City tour

Adriatic coast exploration ● historic city visits (Zagreb, Dubrovnik) ● island hopping (Hvar, Brac, Korcula) ● natural wonder sightseeing (Plitvice Lakes, Kotor Bay) ● cultural and culinary immersion

Museum in Bilbao ● selected Camino forest walks through Roman roads and medieval villages ● Rioja vineyard experience ● Cruz de Ferro stone ceremony and authentic Santiago Cathedral arrival ● Finisterre coastal walk to Europe's westernmost point ● Gothic cathedrals and Celtic-Christian cultural fusion

Kathmandu & Bhaktapur (UNESCO site) ● Thimphu, the Bhutanese capital ● Punakha: deep in the heart of Bhutan ● Spectacular 'Teschus' - annual festivals

Guided colonial Quito tour ● Four-night luxury Galapagos cruise ● Exciting guided shore excursions ● Condor spotting in Cajas National Park ● Beautiful, colonial Cuenca ● Ingapirca Inca ruins

Daily guided game drives through Africa's best game parks ● Meeting local tribal groups ● Maasai Mara/Serengeti: endless plains ● Karen Blixen "Out of Africa" Museum ● Snows of Kilimanjaro from Kenya's Amboseli Park ● Ngorongoro Crater: natural wonder ● Great Rift Valley

Six lesser-visited Dodecanese islands via ferry ● Nisyros' active volcanic crater ● medieval Rhodes & neoclassical Symi ● Athens' marble Acropolis & Parthenon ● Ancient Agora & Archaeological Museum ● modern Exarhia neighbourhood & Central Market

Budapest walking tour ● Byzantine, Moorish, Romanesque and Hungarian legacies ● Holloko, Hungary's most beautiful town ● Eger: narrow streets, arcaded buildings, wrought-iron gates ● Southern Transdanubia - region of undulating hills, forest clad ridges and rural ambience ● The "painted monasteries" of Bucovina ● Bran Castle, mythical home of Dracula

Port Wine region, the Douro Valley ● Lisbon: Colonial elegance ● Santiago de Compostela: Place of Pilgrimage ● Bilbao's Guggenheim ● Comprehensive Barcelona city tour ● Arab, Jewish, Christian, Roman, Visigothic legacies