Visit Venice

Glide the back canals by gondola — touristy, yes, but silent, ancient and unrepeatable anywhere else

The world's smallest state holds its biggest art: St Peter's, the Vatican Museums and the Sistine ceiling

Pale limestone towers that turn rose-pink at sunset — Italy’s most spectacular mountains

Fashion, finance and Leonardo's Last Supper — plus the most extravagant Gothic cathedral in Italy

The "Florence of the South" — honey-coloured Baroque churches carved from soft Lecce stone

Visit Krakow, the historic former capital of Poland, known for its medieval Old Town, Wawel Castle, and vibrant cultural scene.

Acclimatize in Cusco, the Inca capital where colonial churches stand on six-hundred-year-old stone foundations

Wander Arequipa's White City core, where baroque facades carved from volcanic sillar glow beneath El Misti volcano