Visit Uummannaq

Climb 740 steps up the El Penol monolith for views over a maze of turquoise reservoir lakes.

Morocco's blue-painted mountain town.

The world’s largest volcanic lake, with Batak villages on Samosir Island at its centre.

Hike between medieval tower villages under the highest peaks of the Caucasus.

Rainbow-striped Andean valley of adobe villages in Argentina’s far northwest.

Berber villages below snowy peaks.

Hike between Hmong and Dao villages through emerald terraces cut into the mountains near the Chinese border.

Apricot orchards and forts beneath 7,000-metre Karakoram peaks.