Crete's Venetian harbour with an Egyptian lighthouse, a covered market and the Samaria Gorge nearby.
Las Canteras city beach, the Vegueta colonial quarter and the house where Columbus stopped.
The Greek theatre where Aeschylus premiered and the island of Ortigia, once the rival of Athens.
Venetian, French and British layers in one UNESCO old town, with cricket on the Spianada.
A herringbone-planned walled town said to be Marco Polo's birthplace, with the Moreska sword dance.
Sardinia's capital: the Castello quarter, Poetto beach and flamingos in the salt lagoons.
Baroque palaces facing Our Lady of the Rocks, an artificial island built from sunk ships and stones.
One of the smallest capitals in the world, with grass roofs on the parliament peninsula of Tinganes.
A Hanseatic town of roses and ruins inside 3.4 km of medieval wall on Gotland.
The seafood capital of Scotland and the ferry port for Mull, Iona and the Hebrides.
Palau's main town and gateway.
Faded colonial island city, UNESCO-listed.
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