One of the worldโs largest squares, framed by the tiled masterpieces of Safavid Isfahan.
Ceremonial capital of the Persian Empire.
A city reachable only by river or air, gateway to lodges where pink dolphins, sloths and macaws fill the flooded forest.
Inca terraces and villages along the Urubamba between Cusco and Machu Picchu โ Ollantaytambo, Pisac market and the Moray circles.
Drink an Inca Kola โ the bubblegum-gold soda that beat Coca-Cola on its own turf
Eat anticuchos at dusk โ smoky beef-heart skewers from a street grill, Afro-Peruvian soul food
Eat lomo saltado, the wok-flamed beef stir-fry where Canton met the Andes โ fries in the dish, rice on the side
Set eyes on Rรญo Abiseo, the UNESCO park almost nobody may enter โ cloud-forest ruins and a monkey back from the dead
Walk the sculpted mud corridors of Chan Chan, the largest adobe city ever built
Descend into the underground galleries of Chavรญn de Huรกntar to meet the Lanzรณn, a 3,000-year-old fanged god
Sip a pisco sour โ grape brandy, lime, bitters and egg-white foam โ in the country that swears it invented it
Eat ceviche where it was invented โ raw fish cured in minutes by lime, chilli and leche de tigre
Climb to 5,036 m for Vinicunca's striped mineral slopes โ a mountain painted in seven colours
Fly over the Nazca Lines, giant desert figures etched into Peru's coastal plain two thousand years ago
Riverside town squeezed between the Meuse and a citadel-topped cliff.
Nine giant steel spheres from Expo 58 โ Brusselsโ space-age landmark.
Medieval canals and the Ghent Altarpiece.
Ras Mohammedโs coral walls and the Thistlegorm wreck, with visibility so clear the reef looks lit from within.
Ramesses II's colossal rock-cut temples.
Grossglockner Hochalpenstrasse โ High Alpine Road โ Thirty-six hairpins climb to 2,500 m beneath Austriaโs highest peak, with a view straight down the Pasterze glacier.
Green railway tunnel formed by trees arching over a working track.
The world's largest car-free old city.
Drink unfiltered Pilsner Urquell straight from the oak barrel in the cellars where pale lager was invented in 1842.
The 1410 clock on Pragueโs Old Town Square, where the Twelve Apostles parade every hour and Death rings the bell.
The largest ancient castle complex in the world, with St Vitus Cathedral, the Golden Lane cottages and the hourly guard change.
Pragueโs 14th-century stone bridge lined with 30 baroque saints โ walk it at dawn before the crowds and buskers arrive.
Ancient rock-hewn town on the Silk Road, inhabited from the Iron Age.
Twelfth-century monastery city carved storey upon storey into a cliff face.
Hike between medieval tower villages under the highest peaks of the Caucasus.
Lonely 14th-century church beneath Mount Kazbek โ Georgiaโs most photographed view.
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