Visit Herceg Novi

Visit Budva, a historic coastal town in Montenegro. Explore the Old Town (Stari Grad) with its Venetian walls and citadel, relax on Mogren Beach (two connected sandy coves beneath cliffs), and see the Sveti Stefan island-hotel (a 15th-century fortified village turned luxury resort).

Visit Podgorica, the capital of Montenegro. Explore the Millennium Bridge (a modern cable-stayed bridge over the Morača River), see the historic Clock Tower in the Old Town, and relax in King's Park (a green space with monuments and city views).

A walled medieval town at the end of a fjord-like bay, with 1,350 steps up to the fortress of St John.

Baroque palaces facing Our Lady of the Rocks, an artificial island built from sunk ships and stones.

The old royal capital in a mountain valley, with former embassies and the monastery of St Peter.

A 12-kilometre sand beach, an old pirate town on a rock and the Ada Bojana river island.

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).

Red-sandstone castle ruin above the old town of Heidelberg and the Neckar valley.