Great Mud Mosque town, UNESCO-listed.
The world’s longest teak footbridge, best at sunset near Mandalay.
Stilt villages, floating gardens and leg-rowing fishermen on a Shan hills lake.
Stilt and floating villages on Southeast Asia’s largest lake, which swells five-fold in the monsoon.
Wind-tower houses, the Dubai Museum and an abra boat across the Creek to the gold and spice souks — Dubai before the towers.
Taiwan's largest, most scenic lake.
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.
Car-free village of canals, thatched farmhouses and punted boats.
Geysers, hot springs and Maori culture.
Floating markets and river life.
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.
Highland Sulawesi region of boat-shaped tongkonan houses and cliff graves, where funerals last for days and draw the whole village.
Rustic island of kampong houses and mangrove boardwalks, best explored by bicycle.
The El Chepe train climbs 2,400 metres through 86 tunnels and 37 bridges across a canyon system deeper than the Grand Canyon.
The world’s largest volcanic lake, with Batak villages on Samosir Island at its centre.
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