Cliff villages of the Bandiagara Escarpment.
Gold, spices, pearls and Bahraini sweets in the lanes behind Bab Al Bahrain — the old heart of Manama.
"Venice of Africa" — a whole town on stilts in Lake Nokoue.
Trail beneath cliff-built Dogon villages and ancient Tellem granaries.
Earthen palaces of the kings of Dahomey, a UNESCO site.
Reed-island marshes, UNESCO-listed.
Wind-tower houses, the Dubai Museum and an abra boat across the Creek to the gold and spice souks — Dubai before the towers.
Stilt and floating villages on Southeast Asia’s largest lake, which swells five-fold in the monsoon.
Stilt villages, floating gardens and leg-rowing fishermen on a Shan hills lake.
Taipei’s biggest night market — stinky tofu, giant fried chicken, bubble tea.
The world’s longest teak footbridge, best at sunset near Mandalay.
Taiwan's largest, most scenic lake.
Car-free village of canals, thatched farmhouses and punted boats.
Two-thousand-year-old terraces stepping up the Cordillera like a green amphitheatre — the "eighth wonder of the world".
Red riverside warehouses and wooden lanes in Finland’s second-oldest town.
Floating markets and river life.
Geysers, hot springs and Maori culture.
Berber villages below snowy peaks.
Hike between Hmong and Dao villages through emerald terraces cut into the mountains near the Chinese border.
The El Chepe train climbs 2,400 metres through 86 tunnels and 37 bridges across a canyon system deeper than the Grand Canyon.
Slea Head’s cliff-edge road, beehive huts, Gaelic-speaking pubs and Fungie-era dolphin lore on Ireland’s far west tip.
Rolling hills of honey-stone villages — Bibury, Bourton-on-the-Water, Castle Combe — that look unchanged in 300 years.
Rustic island of kampong houses and mangrove boardwalks, best explored by bicycle.
The world’s largest volcanic lake, with Batak villages on Samosir Island at its centre.
Highland Sulawesi region of boat-shaped tongkonan houses and cliff graves, where funerals last for days and draw the whole village.
Fukuoka’s riverside yatai food stalls serve the original pork-bone ramen — creamy, rich and eaten elbow to elbow with strangers.
Crisp-skinned roast duck wrapped in thin pancakes.
Ferment your own batch of Korean kimchi.
Brazil's hearty black-bean and pork stew.
Stuffed Latin American pastries, baked or fried.
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