Visit Akko

The first Ottoman capital under Mount Uludag: the Green Mosque, the silk bazaar and Iskender kebab.

Penang's UNESCO capital: clan jetties, street art and the best hawker food in Malaysia.

Talavera tiles, 70 churches, mole poblano and the Popocatepetl volcano on the horizon.

Stilt palafito houses and wooden churches on Chiloe island, with curanto cooked in the ground.

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.