Okinawa's capital: Shuri castle of the Ryukyu kings, Kokusai-dori and a food and drink culture of its own.
Rice terraces and Hmong villages in the mountains near the Chinese border, under Fansipan.
The Seomun night market, a medicine-herb street and the Haeinsa temple with its 80,000 printing blocks nearby.
A valley town of 762 curves from Chiang Mai, hot springs, a canyon and a slow backpacker scene.
The Hahoe folk village, its mask dance and the Confucian academies of the Joseon aristocracy.
Hot springs, a ropeway over sulphur vents and Mount Fuji across Lake Ashi, ninety minutes from Tokyo.
The gilded Toshogu shrine of the Tokugawa shoguns in a cedar forest, with the Kegon waterfall above.
Korea's oldest Chinatown, the Songdo smart city and the island beaches by the airport.
The royal family's seaside resort since the 1920s, with a teak palace, night markets and a long beach.
The Peace Park and the hypocentre, plus Dejima, the island where Japan traded with the world for 200 years.
Limestone cliffs at Railay for climbing, longtail boats to Phi Phi and the Four Islands.
The Great Buddha sitting in the open air, Zen temples and a surf beach, an hour from Tokyo.
A Venetian fortress, a minaret-studded old town and a long beach on the north coast of Crete.
The Castle of St Peter built from the Mausoleum's stones, wooden gulet cruises and the Aegean nightlife.
Greece's biggest carnival, the Rio-Antirrio bridge and the ferry port for Italy.
The Azores' main town, gateway to crater lakes, hot springs and whale watching in the mid-Atlantic.
The Grote Markt, the Frans Hals Museum and the tulip fields of the Bollenstreek beginning at the city edge.
The capital of Wallonia under one of the largest citadels in Europe, where the Sambre meets the Meuse.
Santa Claus Village on the Arctic Circle, reindeer sleighs and northern lights from September to March.
The Gothic town hall, the oldest Catholic university in the world and the headquarters of Stella Artois.
The sauna capital of the world, between two lakes, in red-brick factories turned museums and bars.
The carillon capital, St Rumbold's unfinished tower and the Kazerne Dossin Holocaust museum.
Monumental, tightly-controlled capital.
Mogadishu's lively city beach.
Roman forum, Romanesque churches and the Sea Organ — steps that play music from the waves — on a Dalmatian peninsula.
Colonial silver city beneath the "rich hill" that bankrolled an empire.
Thirty-six guild streets of scooters, street kitchens and colonial shophouses around Hoan Kiem Lake.
Medieval canals and the Ghent Altarpiece.
The world's largest car-free old city.
Georgian spa city with Roman baths.
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