Crete's Venetian harbour with an Egyptian lighthouse, a covered market and the Samaria Gorge nearby.
Baroque palaces facing Our Lady of the Rocks, an artificial island built from sunk ships and stones.
Las Canteras city beach, the Vegueta colonial quarter and the house where Columbus stopped.
Sardinia's capital: the Castello quarter, Poetto beach and flamingos in the salt lagoons.
The Greek theatre where Aeschylus premiered and the island of Ortigia, once the rival of Athens.
Madeira's capital: wicker toboggans down from Monte, the flower market and Madeira wine lodges.
Mallorca's capital: the seafront Gothic cathedral La Seu, Arab baths and the Tramuntana mountains behind.
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.
One of the smallest capitals in the world, with grass roofs on the parliament peninsula of Tinganes.
Palau's main town and gateway.
Faded colonial island city, UNESCO-listed.
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