Eat falafel

Creamy chickpea-and-tahini dip, best scooped warm.

Eggs poached in spiced tomato and pepper sauce.

Spit-roasted spiced meat wrapped in flatbread.

Flaky honey-and-nut pastry from the Levant.

Stand by pyramids, sail the Nile, and snorkel Red Sea reefs of Egypt

Float effortlessly in Earth's lowest point (-430m) between Israel and Jordan

Straddle Byzantine domes, Cappadocia chimneys, and turquoise coasts of Turkey

Bask on beaches, walk Troodos trails, and explore ancient sites of Cyprus