Visit Toledo

Medieval canals and the Ghent Altarpiece.

Explore Carcassonne, a fortified medieval city in southern France. Walk the double ring of ramparts of the Cité de Carcassonne (a UNESCO World Heritage site with 52 towers), admire the Basilica of Saints Nazarius and Celsus (known for its 12th-century stained glass and Gothic choir), and cross the Pont Vieux (a 14th-century stone bridge offering panoramic views of the city).

Crooked wooden wharf houses of the old Hanseatic trading quarter.

Fairytale medieval walled city, UNESCO-listed.

Hanseatic gables, the House of the Blackheads and St Peter’s spire, ringed by Europe’s finest Art Nouveau streets.

Moorish palace-fortress of Granada.

Fifteenth-century monasteries frescoed inside and out, still vivid.

Serbian Orthodox monastery with thousands of medieval frescoes, UNESCO-listed.