Visit the medieval hilltop village of Eze in the French Riviera, known for its stunning views, narrow streets, and exotic gardens.
Visit Å, a tiny fishing village in Norway's Lofoten archipelago. See the iconic red fishermen's cabins (rorbuer) on stilts over the water, hike to the nearby Møysalen National Park for dramatic mountain and fjord views, and explore the Norwegian Fishing Village Museum to learn about traditional cod fishing and stockfish production that sustained the region for centuries.
Visit Kampong Ayer, the historic water village in Brunei known as the 'Venice of the East' with stilt houses and waterways
Morocco's blue-painted mountain town.
Visit the charming coastal village of Beaulieu-sur-Mer on the French Riviera, known for its beautiful beaches and historic sites.
Six hundred traditional hanok houses on a hill between two palaces, still lived in, with Seoul’s towers behind the tiled roofs.
Busan’s hillside of pastel houses and street art, a former shanty town now known as the Machu Picchu of Korea.
Visit the abandoned Burj Al Babas castle village in Turkey, a surreal landscape of hundreds of identical fairy-tale castles left unfinished.
Crater lake ringed by three volcanoes and Maya villages — Aldous Huxley called it the most beautiful lake in the world.
Inca terraces and villages along the Urubamba between Cusco and Machu Picchu — Ollantaytambo, Pisac market and the Moray circles.
Riverside town squeezed between the Meuse and a citadel-topped cliff.
Drift the palm-lined waterways by houseboat.
Visit El Chalten, a small town in Argentina known as the trekking capital of South America, located near Mount Fitz Roy in Patagonia.
Visit Glencoe, a historic and dramatic valley in the Scottish Highlands. See the Three Sisters of Glencoe (three steep ridges formed by ancient volcanic activity), explore the Glencoe Visitor Centre (with exhibits on geology, wildlife, and the 1692 Massacre of Glencoe), hike the Lost Valley trail (a hidden glacial valley where Clan MacDonald hid cattle), and drive through the scenic A82 road with views of Buachaille Etive Mor mountain.
The world's smallest national capital.
Traditional island life on a quiet atoll.
Land of fortified tower-houses, UNESCO-listed.
Remote valley facing the Hindu Kush.
Calm lagoon and voodoo villages.
Palm-backed white-sand beach.
Cool highland village at 1,400 m with crater lakes and cloud-forest trails — the base for hiking Bioko's wild south.
Sleep in a nomad family’s felt tent on the steppe, with fermented mare’s milk and horses at the door.
Whimsical Italianate seaside village.
Kusturica's hilltop wooden village.
Two lazy days drifting from the Thai border to Luang Prabang.
Kassena village where the women repaint the mud houses every year with black, white and red geometric patterns.
Flower-lined route of villages and coffee.
Cobbled colonial town above a lake.
Colourful town of south Greenland.
Heart-shaped mountain village on an island in the far northwest.
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