Visit Grand-Bassam

Renaissance sea fortress at Helsingor — the Elsinore of Shakespeare’s Hamlet.

Swahili island town of donkeys, dhows and carved doorways.

Al-Balad’s coral-stone merchant houses with carved wooden balconies, a UNESCO gateway for centuries of Mecca pilgrims.

Memorial arch on the beach where enslaved people were forced onto ships.

Island of wooden churches, stilt houses and its own mythology.

Ancient churches on a Black Sea peninsula, UNESCO-listed.

Climb 251 spiralling steps up the world's most famous architectural mistake — tilting since 1173

Explore the ancient temple complex of Angkor Wat, the largest religious monument in the world, located in Cambodia