Korea's oldest Chinatown, the Songdo smart city and the island beaches by the airport.
Kenroku-en, one of the three great gardens, a samurai district and geisha teahouses that escaped the war intact.
The Hahoe folk village, its mask dance and the Confucian academies of the Joseon aristocracy.
Rice terraces and Hmong villages in the mountains near the Chinese border, under Fansipan.
A valley town of 762 curves from Chiang Mai, hot springs, a canyon and a slow backpacker scene.
The gilded Toshogu shrine of the Tokugawa shoguns in a cedar forest, with the Kegon waterfall above.
The White Temple, the Blue Temple and the Golden Triangle where Thailand, Laos and Myanmar meet.
Limestone cliffs at Railay for climbing, longtail boats to Phi Phi and the Four Islands.
The Peace Park and the hypocentre, plus Dejima, the island where Japan traded with the world for 200 years.
The Great Buddha sitting in the open air, Zen temples and a surf beach, an hour from Tokyo.
The Seomun night market, a medicine-herb street and the Haeinsa temple with its 80,000 printing blocks nearby.
Japan's first capital: the Great Buddha of Todai-ji and 1,200 bowing deer in the park around it.
Okinawa's capital: Shuri castle of the Ryukyu kings, Kokusai-dori and a food and drink culture of its own.
The royal family's seaside resort since the 1920s, with a teak palace, night markets and a long beach.
The black 'Crow Castle', the oldest surviving keep in Japan, at the gateway to the Northern Alps.
A Venetian fortress, a minaret-studded old town and a long beach on the north coast of Crete.
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 Gothic town hall, the oldest Catholic university in the world and the headquarters of Stella Artois.
The capital of Wallonia under one of the largest citadels in Europe, where the Sambre meets the Meuse.
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.
Santa Claus Village on the Arctic Circle, reindeer sleighs and northern lights from September to March.
The Grote Markt, the Frans Hals Museum and the tulip fields of the Bollenstreek beginning at the city edge.
Monumental, tightly-controlled capital.
Mogadishu's lively city beach.
Colonial silver city beneath the "rich hill" that bankrolled an empire.
Roman forum, Romanesque churches and the Sea Organ — steps that play music from the waves — on a Dalmatian peninsula.
The world's largest car-free old city.
Medieval canals and the Ghent Altarpiece.
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