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

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

The Great Pyramids and Sphinx at Giza ● the spectacular Grand Egyptian Museum with Tutankhamun's treasures ● pre-dawn excursion to Abu Simbel's colossal rock-cut temples ● three-night Nile cruise from Aswan to Luxor sailing past Kom Ombo and Edfu ● Luxor's magnificent Karnak Temple and the Valley of the Kings explored with private guides ● camel trek to St. Simeon Monastery and felucca sail on the Nile

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

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.

Marvão: medieval fortress village above the Alentejo plain ● Monsanto and Idanha-a-Velha — Portugal's deepest historical layers ● Serra da Estrela glacier plateau at 1000 m+ ● 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

Sistine Chapel contemplation ● Michelangelo's David and the Uffizi without summer's crush ● Ravenna's Byzantine mosaics — the Western world's most spectacular outside Istanbul ● Giotto's revolutionary frescoes from Assisi to Padova — the arc of Western art's greatest turning point ● Cinque Terre by boat and on foot ● Siena's medieval lanes and San Gimignano's towers, unchanged since the 13th century ● Venice by vaporetto, on foot, and at the pace the city rewards