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Transylvanian Saxon towns and Carpathian mountain roads, built around a rental car.
Three medieval old towns connected by an easy bus corridor — a low-crowd alternative to Western Europe.
Marrakech's souks, a Sahara desert camp, and the imperial cities and blue-washed Chefchaouen, by private driver.
Two of the Adriatic's most dramatic, least crowded coastlines combined into one cross-border road trip.
Bangkok's temples and street food, Chiang Mai's mountains, and the Andaman coast's islands, by domestic flight.
Croatia's coastline and Plitvice Lakes combined with a day trip into Bosnia's Mostar for contrast and value.
The Pyramids of Giza, temples of Luxor, and a Nile cruise south to Aswan — Egypt's essential ancient-history route.
Lisbon's hills and trams, the fairy-tale palaces of Sintra, port-wine Porto, and Algarve beaches to close.
Colombo's brief city stop, Kandy's hill-country temples and tea estates, and Galle's Dutch colonial fort on the south coast.
Bogotá's altitude and street art, Medellín's spring-like climate and cable cars, and Cartagena's colourful colonial old town on the Caribbean coast.
Italy's classic first-timer route — ancient Rome, Renaissance Florence, a Bologna food stop and canal-side Venice, all by high-speed train.
Mexico City's museums and street food, Oaxaca's markets and mezcal, then Mayan ruins and Caribbean beaches on the Riviera Maya.
Seoul's palaces and K-culture energy, Busan's beaches and fish markets, and volcanic Jeju Island to close.
Dublin's pub culture, Galway's bohemian west coast, the Ring of Kerry from Killarney, and Cork's food scene to finish.
Tokyo's density, Kyoto's temples, and Hiroshima's history, connected entirely by Shinkansen bullet train.
Santiago's mountain-ringed skyline, colourful Valparaíso on the coast, then a flight north to the otherworldly Atacama Desert.
A full loop of Route 1 — waterfalls, glacier lagoons and the north's volcanic landscapes, entirely by rental car.
Manila's colonial old town, Bohol's Chocolate Hills and tarsiers, then island-hopping among El Nido's limestone lagoons in Palawan.
Buenos Aires' tango and steakhouses, Mendoza's wine country beneath the Andes, and lake-and-mountain Bariloche in Patagonia.
Vienna's imperial palaces, Salzburg's Mozart heritage, the postcard lake town of Hallstatt, and alpine Innsbruck to finish.
Rio's beaches and Christ the Redeemer, the thundering Iguazu Falls, and Salvador's Afro-Brazilian old town on the northeast coast.
Singapore's futuristic gardens and hawker food, then north overland through Malacca's colonial old town to Kuala Lumpur and George Town's street art and heritage.
Three Nordic capitals plus a fjord-town detour to Bergen — design, waterfronts, and Norway's most scenic train ride.
Cape Town's Table Mountain and Winelands, then a flight north for a safari in Kruger National Park.
Kenya's Maasai Mara into Tanzania's Serengeti and Ngorongoro Crater, finished with beach time on Zanzibar.
Toronto's skyline and a Niagara Falls day trip, then east by train to Montreal's bilingual charm and the cobblestone streets of Old Quebec.
A classic self-drive loop: Sossusvlei's towering red dunes, the coastal town of Swakopmund, and wildlife-watching in Etosha National Park.
A classic Southwest road trip: LA's beaches, the Las Vegas Strip, the Grand Canyon's South Rim, then up the coast to San Francisco.