A vertiginous corniche of lemon groves and pastel towns — Positano, Amalfi, Ravello above a cobalt sea
Faded colonial beach town, UNESCO-listed.
Clifftop Spanish fort over San Juan.
Mighty medieval castle, UNESCO-listed.
Coastal park of millions of migrating birds.
Fjord-like bay and walled old town.
Dutch colonial ramparts around a living town of boutique hotels, lighthouse and cricket on the green.
Roman theatre beside the Mediterranean.
Cobbled colonial old town, UNESCO-listed.
Tiny island of coral-stone colonial buildings that named the country.
Swahili island town of donkeys, dhows and carved doorways.
The oldest European building in sub-Saharan Africa, a haunting slave-trade fort.
Colonnaded Roman avenue and one of the largest hippodromes ever built.
Al-Balad’s coral-stone merchant houses with carved wooden balconies, a UNESCO gateway for centuries of Mecca pilgrims.
Sobering slave-trade fortress, UNESCO-listed.
Ancient churches on a Black Sea peninsula, UNESCO-listed.
Island of wooden churches, stilt houses and its own mythology.
Renaissance sea fortress at Helsingor — the Elsinore of Shakespeare’s Hamlet.
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