A ten-kilometre beach on the Atlantic, rebuilt modern after the 1960 earthquake, and the Paradise Valley behind.
Djerba's main town: whitewashed souks, the El Ghriba synagogue and Star Wars sets across the island.
The adobe city of Chan Chan, the Huacas of the Sun and Moon and the surf at Huanchaco.
Port Elizabeth: the Friendly City of beaches and the elephants of Addo park, the end of the Garden Route.
Coral reefs on the Red Sea, the Underwater Observatory and the desert of Timna, at Israel's southern tip.
A cobbled old town on Banderas Bay, humpback whales in winter and the Malecon at sunset.
Forty-two beaches on one island, the surfing capital of Brazil and Azorean fishing villages.
The gateway to Manuel Antonio: sloths and capuchins on the beach in the smallest national park.
The black-sand surf village of the Surf City coast, named for the pig-shaped rock offshore.
Balboa Park, the zoo, La Jolla sea lions and the best year-round weather in the country.
The dhow-building yards, a lighthouse on the lagoon and the turtle beach at Ras al Jinz.
The longest zipline in the world off Jebel Jais, mountains and quieter beaches than Dubai.
Guanacaste's surf town, with leatherback turtles nesting at Playa Grande next door.
Hemingway's house, the sunset celebration at Mallory Square and the southernmost point of the mainland US.
A whitewashed colonial port between the rainforest and the sea, with schooner trips to the islands.
The Phoenician city that invented purple dye, a Roman hippodrome and beaches on a peninsula.
The surfing town of the west coast since the 1968 world championships, with winter whales.
The Arch at Land's End where the Pacific meets the Sea of Cortez, sport fishing and whale sharks.
A fire-breathing Dragon Bridge, My Khe beach and the Golden Bridge held up by giant hands in the Ba Na hills.
One of the deepest natural harbours in the world, Nilaveli beach and blue whales offshore.
Subtropical Black Sea beaches and the 2014 Winter Olympics venues in the Caucasus above.
Island-hopping among the Bacuit lagoons of northern Palawan, limestone cliffs and turquoise water.
Tsingtao beer in plastic bags, German colonial villas and beaches on the Yellow Sea.
The Albanian Riviera resort opposite Corfu, with Butrint ruins and the Blue Eye spring nearby.
Sardinia's capital: the Castello quarter, Poetto beach and flamingos in the salt lagoons.
The city where the wind is born: a white-sand beach, Art Nouveau streets and the abandoned Karosta naval prison.
A German-built port on the Baltic, the ferry to the Curonian Spit and its sand dunes.
The ruined Art Nouveau casino on the Black Sea, a Roman mosaic and the beach resort of Mamaia.
Las Canteras city beach, the Vegueta colonial quarter and the house where Columbus stopped.
The Algarve capital, with a walled old town, storks nesting on the cathedral and the Ria Formosa lagoon.
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