Two-thousand-year-old terraces stepping up the Cordillera like a green amphitheatre โ the "eighth wonder of the world".
Car-free village of canals, thatched farmhouses and punted boats.
Venetian-era fishing town piled on a peninsula, its bell tower a copy of St Markโs, with swimming off the rocks below.
Twice as deep as the Grand Canyon, with condors riding the thermals past the Cruz del Condor viewpoint each morning.
Danube stretch of terraced vineyards, apricot orchards and the ruined castle where Richard the Lionheart was held.
Fairy-tale town wrapped in a bend of the Vltava, with a painted castle tower and a baroque theatre that still works.
Hike between Hmong and Dao villages through emerald terraces cut into the mountains near the Chinese border.
Floating markets and river life.
Walled medieval town of whitewashed lanes and bougainvillea, where ginjinha cherry liqueur is served in chocolate cups.
Storybook lakeside village in the Alps.
Berber villages below snowy peaks.
Climb 740 steps up the El Penol monolith for views over a maze of turquoise reservoir lakes.
Slea Headโs cliff-edge road, beehive huts, Gaelic-speaking pubs and Fungie-era dolphin lore on Irelandโs far west tip.
Car-free alpine village at the foot of the worldโs most photographed peak, with Europeโs highest cable-car station.
Rustic island of kampong houses and mangrove boardwalks, best explored by bicycle.
The worldโs largest volcanic lake, with Batak villages on Samosir Island at its centre.
Rainbow-striped Andean valley of adobe villages in Argentinaโs far northwest.
Rolling hills of honey-stone villages โ Bibury, Bourton-on-the-Water, Castle Combe โ 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.
Walled medieval town on the Romantic Road, all half-timbered houses and cobbled lanes.
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