Limestone cliffs at Railay for climbing, longtail boats to Phi Phi and the Four Islands.
The dzong at the meeting of two rivers, the old winter capital, with jacaranda in spring.
Onion domes over meadows: five monasteries and thirty churches in a town with no buildings taller than two storeys.
Riverside colonial town famous for its pepper, with the abandoned hill station of Bokor above.
The food capital of the Philippines, the Dinagyang festival and a river esplanade, opposite Guimaras island.
The Ice and Snow Festival, whole palaces built of river ice, and Russian onion domes on the main street.
The gateway to Taroko Gorge's marble cliffs and the Pacific coast road.
The yoga capital of the world on the Ganges, evening aarti and whitewater rafting below the Himalayas.
A Kremlin on the bluff where the Oka meets the Volga, and the longest cable car across a river in Europe.
The Church on the Blood where the Romanovs died, on the border of Europe and Asia in the Urals.
The 'city of eternal spring' in Yunnan, the Stone Forest and the gateway to the ethnic south-west.
A complete Ming-dynasty walled city where China's first banks were founded.
The Hwaseong fortress walls to walk in a loop, and the fried chicken street below them.
Subtropical Black Sea beaches and the 2014 Winter Olympics venues in the Caucasus above.
The French Quarter of yellow villas and bougainvillea, the Aurobindo ashram and Auroville next door.
The Hunza valley capital under Rakaposhi, the Baltit fort and apricot orchards on the Karakoram Highway.
A Naxi old town of canals and stone bridges under the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain.
The Khan's Palace of stained glass without a single nail, a Silk Road caravanserai and halva.
Bali's cultural heart: the Monkey Forest, the Tegallalang rice terraces and dance every night.
The base for the Bolaven Plateau coffee farms, Wat Phou Khmer temple and the 4,000 Islands of the Mekong.
The Longmen Grottoes with 100,000 carved Buddhas, the first Buddhist temple in China and the April peony festival.
The port for Ha Long Bay: 1,600 limestone islands and an overnight on a junk boat.
Karst peaks along the Li River, the landscape on the 20-yuan note, and a bamboo raft to Yangshuo.
Honey-coloured stone houses stepping down a hill above the Mesopotamian plain, with Syriac monasteries.
One of the six largest Roman amphitheatres, still hosting concerts and film festivals.
The Cathedral of St James built entirely of stone, four fortresses and the boat to Krka waterfalls.
A castle on a rock above the Vah with a Roman inscription from AD 179 carved into the cliff.
The old royal capital in a mountain valley, with former embassies and the monastery of St Peter.
The port city, European Capital of Culture 2020, with the Trsat castle and the Rijeka carnival.
The pool of sacred carp where Abraham was thrown into the fire, and Gobekli Tepe, the oldest temple on Earth, nearby.
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