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Wander the Roman Forum, circle the Tre Cime in the Dolomites, explore Pompeii and the cave-house district of Matera, and see Venice at dawn.

Cycle Hoi An’s lantern lanes, enter Paradise Cave, kayak Lan Ha Bay, ride Ma Pi Leng Pass and sip egg coffee in Hanoi’s Old Quarter.

Walk the Siq into Petra, sleep in a Wadi Rum Bedouin camp, explore Roman Jerash, float in the Dead Sea and hike Dana.

See Bagan’s brick stupas at dawn, circle Yangon’s golden Shwedagon, boat across Inle Lake, explore Hpa-An’s caves and cross Mandalay’s teak U Bein Bridge.

Walk the Quilotoa Loop, snorkel with turtles on Isabela, hike toward Cotopaxi’s refuge and drink in Mindo’s hummingbirds and Cuenca’s cobbled center.

Watch wildebeest cross the Mara River, cycle past zebras at Hell’s Gate, see Kilimanjaro from Amboseli and walk Lamu’s donkey-filled Old Town.

Book Alhambra slots in Granada, see Gaudí’s Sagrada Família, walk the Córdoba mosque’s columns and hike the Cares Gorge in the Picos de Europa.

Ride crowded taxi-brousses between rainforest lemurs, a baobab-lined dirt road, razor-sharp limestone canyons, sandstone trekking in Isalo and snorkeling off the Nosy Be coast.

Climb Table Mountain, drive your own safari through Kruger, hike to Tugela Falls and spend a sobering day at Johannesburg’s Apartheid Museum.

Hike to the Torres del Paine towers, walk the salt ridges near San Pedro, climb Valparaíso’s murals and fly out to Easter Island’s moai.

Trek four or five days to Ciudad Perdida, hike the Cocora Valley, climb Guatapé’s rock and wander Cartagena’s old streets at sunset.

Drive north to Baltit Fort and Fairy Meadows below Nanga Parbat, cross the high Deosai plateau, then head south to Lahore and Mohenjo-daro.

Join a shared Serengeti and Ngorongoro camping safari, climb Kilimanjaro, eat octopus skewers in Stone Town and snorkel with whale sharks at Mafia.

Hike to Fitz Roy and watch Perito Moreno calve, then cross to Iguazú, the striped Quebrada de Humahuaca valley and San Telmo’s Sunday market.

Walk the pyramid fields of Giza and Saqqara, spend days in Luxor’s tombs, reach Abu Simbel at sunrise, wander Islamic Cairo and camp in the White Desert.

Trek to gorillas in Bwindi, hear chimps in Kibale, stand over the Nile at Murchison Falls and swim at Lake Bunyonyi.

Cover huge distances between Uluru, the Great Barrier Reef and the Great Ocean Road, and budget for high prices with a campervan or cheap flights.

Wander Prizren’s old town, drive into Rugova Canyon, see frescoes at Visoki Dečani and swim at the Mirusha waterfalls.

Eat through George Town’s old streets, walk Taman Negara’s canopy, snorkel the Perhentians, climb Mount Kinabalu and cruise the Kinabatangan River for monkeys.

Wander Alfama and Sintra’s fog-wrapped palace, taste wine in the Douro, paddle the grottoes at Lagos and cross the crater lakes of the Azores.

Hike misty Monteverde, wade through Corcovado’s rainforest, watch green turtles nest at Tortuguero and swim in the sky-blue Río Celeste.

Hike to Ala-Kul’s glacier-ringed lake, sleep in a yurt at Song-Kul, climb Osh’s sacred mountain and shelter in the Silk Road stone inn at Tash Rabat.

Visit Baalbek’s temples, climb Byblos’s Crusader keep, hike the Qadisha Valley, tour Jeita Grotto and explore Tripoli’s old soap souks.

Watch freighters pass the Miraflores Locks, stroll Casco Viejo, sleep on Guna Yala islands, visit Bocas del Toro’s beaches and climb Volcán Barú.

Walk Taroko Gorge, climb Jiufen’s lantern stairs, eat beef soup in Tainan, watch the Alishan sunrise and snack through Taipei’s Raohe Night Market.

Bounce by shared van from Tbilisi’s sulfur baths to Gergeti church, Ushguli’s medieval towers, the cave city of Vardzia and David Gareja’s desert monasteries.

Climb Tikal’s temples at sunrise, hike above Lake Atitlán, shop the Chichicastenango market and boat down the Río Dulce to a Garífuna town.

Stroll Isfahan’s grand square, walk Persepolis, wander Yazd’s mud-brick lanes, camp among the Kaluts and visit Hormuz Island’s red beaches.

Cross the Transfăgărășan road, see Voroneț’s blue frescoes, wander Sighișoara’s citadel, visit the salt mine at Turda and the Săpânța cemetery.

Explore the Meroe pyramids, climb Jebel Barkal at sunset, wander Kushite temples in open scrub and dive Sanganeb Reef, with local contacts essential.

Cross a mountain pass on foot, ride the Komani Lake ferry, then wander Roman ruins at Butrint and the slate-roofed lanes of Gjirokastër.

Cross the Salar de Uyuni, sleep on Isla del Sol, descend into Potosí’s mines and head to the Amazon lowlands for caimans.

Wander Old Havana’s plazas, ride through Viñales tobacco country, dance in Trinidad and head east to Santiago and Baracoa, where buses are slow.

Watch icebergs wash ashore at Jökulsárlón, hike colored rhyolite hills, soak in warm rivers and look for puffins on the Látrabjarg cliffs.

Walk the rainforest trail at Victoria Falls, climb the stone walls of Great Zimbabwe and track elephants on foot in Mana Pools.

Explore Angkor Wat and the Bayon, visit Tuol Sleng in Phnom Penh, swim glowing waters off Koh Rong Sanloem and boat through Kampong Phluk.

Swim into the Sawa-i-Lau caves, stay in Navala’s thatched village and dive with bull sharks off Pacific Harbour while watching the cost of each boat hop.

Dive with manta rays and whale sharks at Tofo, wander Ilha de Moçambique, sail to Bazaruto’s dunes and see wildlife return to Gorongosa.

Trek to mountain gorillas in Volcanoes National Park, walk Nyungwe’s canopy bridge, rest on Lake Kivu and drive safari in Akagera.

Snorkel the Bonegi wrecks, paddle to Skull Island, see shell money made at Langa Langa and accept slow connections and basic comforts.

Snorkel with sharks and rays at Hol Chan, wade into Maya burial caves, dive the Great Blue Hole and climb the Caracol pyramid.

Ride a water taxi through Kampong Ayer, see the Omar Ali Saifuddien Mosque, climb Ulu Temburong’s canopy and spot proboscis monkeys at dusk.

Follow boardwalks at Plitvice, sleep inside Diocletian’s Palace in Split, walk the Dubrovnik walls and ferry out to quiet Vis.

Walk Jerusalem’s Old City, climb Masada before sunrise, rim-walk Makhtesh Ramon, wander Crusader Akko and cool off at Ein Gedi’s springs.

Snorkel with cichlids at Cape Maclear, hike Mulanje to Sapitwa Peak, boat past hippos in Liwonde and reach the mission town of Livingstonia.

Hike the Tongariro Alpine Crossing, boat into Milford Sound and soak in Rotorua’s geothermal valleys, allowing for slow two-lane roads and Western European prices.

Visit Bethlehem’s Nativity church, taste knafeh in Nablus, walk Hebron’s divided Old City, and hike Wadi Qelt toward cliffside monasteries.

Trek to the flat summit of Roraima, boat upriver to Angel Falls, ride the Mérida cable car and sail out to Los Roques.

Take a boat into the Sundarbans, get lost in Old Dhaka, visit Bagerhat’s mosques, Paharpur’s monastery and the flooded swamp forest at Ratargul.

Watch divers leap from Mostar’s bridge, wander Sarajevo’s old bazaar, and cool off at the Pliva, Štrbački Buk and Kravica waterfalls.

Visit Rila Monastery, walk between the Seven Rila Lakes, climb Plovdiv’s cobbled hill, see Veliko Tarnovo’s fortress and the red rocks of Belogradchik.

Climb Pico do Fogo, hike Santo Antão’s green valleys, hear live music in Mindelo and float in the salt crater of Sal.

Watch pirogues land at Tanji, meet crocodiles at Kachikally, visit Kunta Kinteh Island and boat past chimpanzee islands on the Gambia River.

Warm up at Budapest’s Széchenyi baths, climb Castle Hill, drink red wine in Eger’s cellars, and see Balaton’s Tihany and the Hortobágy plains.

Climb Blue Mountain Peak by headlamp, tour Marley’s Kingston home, swim at quiet waterfalls and eat fried fish on a Treasure Beach sandbar.

Swim through Wadi Shab, tour Muscat’s Grand Mosque, catch Nizwa’s Friday livestock market, hike the Jebel Shams Balcony Walk and camp in Wahiba Sands.

Follow the Wakhan Valley beside Afghanistan, hike the Seven Lakes, stop at Iskanderkul, cross high Karakul Lake and browse Khujand’s covered bazaar.

Climb Mount Ramelau before sunrise, dive off Atauro Island, cross to sacred Jaco Island and put up with slow roads in the wet season.

Wander Baku’s walled Icherisheher, see Sheki’s stained-glass palace, find Gobustan’s rock carvings and mud volcanoes, then visit Khinalug and Lahij.

Paddle to the stilt houses of Ganvié, meet pythons in Ouidah, tour the Abomey palaces and climb into Tata Somba mud homes.

Visit the mud-brick mosque of Bobo-Dioulasso, watch Ouagadougou’s Friday palace ceremony, swim at Karfiguéla and see the painted houses of Tiébélé.

Walk through Cape Coast Castle’s dungeons, cross rope bridges at Kakum, track elephants on foot at Mole and hike to Wli Falls.

Study the glyph-covered stairway at Copán, dive off Utila, raft the Río Cangrejal and sail out to Garifuna fishing huts on Cayos Cochinos.

Take a boat to Skellig Michael, walk the Burren’s limestone, stand at the cliff-edge fort of Inis Mór and drive Slea Head.

Run down the dunes to Deadvlei, watch rhinos at Okaukuejo’s waterhole, camp among Spitzkoppe’s granite domes and stand at the rim of Fish River Canyon.

Trek the Kokoda Track, paddle the Sepik to carved haus tambaran and join the Goroka Show, using flights and hosts to cross a rugged country.

Hike between Julian Alps huts, descend into Škocjan Caves, swim Lake Bohinj, follow the turquoise Soča and finish in Piran on the coast.

Tour Changdeokgung’s secret garden, cycle past Gyeongju’s tomb mounds, eat at Busan’s Jagalchi market, climb Ulsanbawi and watch sunrise from Jeju’s Seongsan Ilchulbong.

Wander Tunis’s covered souks, see El Jem’s amphitheater and the hillside town of Dougga, visit Kairouan and camp at Ksar Ghilane’s dunes.

Drive between the Grand Canyon, Yellowstone’s steaming pools and Yosemite’s granite walls, with New York and New Orleans for music, food and street life.

Walk with guides in South Luangwa, canoe past elephants in the Lower Zambezi, stand in Victoria Falls’s spray and see millions of bats at Kasanka.

Walk Santo Domingo’s Zona Colonial, boat through Los Haitises caves, slide the Damajagua pools and reach the empty sands of Bahía de las Águilas.

Ride up Aiguille du Midi, hike to Calanques inlets, cross the tidal flats at Mont Saint-Michel and walk Carcassonne’s walls after dark.

Surf Robertsport’s long waves, track pygmy hippos in Sapo’s rainforest, visit Providence Island in Monrovia and follow the coast road to Harper.

Hike to Pico Cão Grande’s rock needle, wander crumbling cocoa estates, straddle the equator on Ilhéu das Rolas and find empty sand on Príncipe.

Wander Lviv’s cobbled old town, visit Kyiv’s cave monastery, see Kamianets-Podilskyi’s fortress, climb Hoverla in the Carpathians and tour Uman’s grotto park.

Hear the royal drums at Gishora, swim Lake Tanganyika near Bujumbura, track chimps in Kibira forest and find empty waterfalls in the south.

Climb Mount Cameroon from Buea, hear brass casters in Foumban, watch Lobé Falls hit the sea at Kribi and visit rescued apes at Limbe.

Charter a pirogue to the Bijagós, watch turtles nest at Poilão, trace colonial history in Bissau and Cacheu and find chimps in Cantanhez.

Wander the Osun-Osogbo sacred grove, see Kano’s centuries-old dye pits, soak in Yankari’s warm spring and cross Lagos’s canopy walkway.

Walk Ohrid’s old town and St. Naum’s springs, kayak Matka Canyon, stroll Bitola’s pedestrian street and visit the crater-set town of Kratovo.

Explore Kraków and Kazimierz, visit Auschwitz-Birkenau, hike to Morskie Oko, see Gdańsk’s rebuilt merchant streets and the Białowieża primeval forest.

Walk through Vallée de Mai’s coco de mer palms, wade between La Digue’s granite boulders, hike Morne Blanc and visit tortoises on Curieuse.

Walk the Casbah of Algiers, see Roman Djemila, cross the gorges of Constantine and trek the painted sandstone of Tassili n’Ajjer with a licensed agency.

Ride the Tatev cable car, clap inside carved Geghard, descend into Khor Virap’s pit, climb Noravank’s staircase and wander the mossy monasteries of Haghpat and Sanahin.

Hike to Tiger’s Nest, cross Punakha Dzong’s bridge, stop at Dochula’s chortens, walk Phobjikha Valley and visit Bumthang’s old temples.

Glide through the Okavango in a mokoro, watch Chobe elephants from a boat and camp on the Makgadikgadi salt pans or deep in the Kalahari.

Hike Malolotja’s gorges, cycle past zebra at Mlilwane, see white rhino at Hlane and Mkhaya and visit the ancient Ngwenya mine.

Climb Phousi in Luang Prabang, swim at Kuang Si Falls, ride through Kong Lor Cave, see the Plain of Jars and bike the 4,000 Islands.

Walk Kotor’s fortress steps, hike Durmitor’s peaks, cross the deep Tara Canyon bridge and take a boat among the water lilies of Lake Skadar.

Cross the estuary by boat, meet chimps at Tacugama, swim at River No. 2, walk Bunce Island’s ruins and climb Mount Bintumani.

Join the queue for the Sistine Chapel and the Raphael Rooms, enter St. Peter’s Basilica and book a guided walk through the necropolis beneath it.

Visit Bamiyan’s cliff niches, paddle Band-e Amir’s lakes, see Herat’s tiled Friday Mosque, pause at Mazar’s blue shrine and reach the Wakhan’s yurts.

Take the high road up Grossglockner, wander Hallstatt after the day buses leave, and tour Vienna’s palaces, the Wachau vineyards and an ice cave.

Cross Prague’s Charles Bridge at dawn, then reach Český Krumlov, Kutná Hora’s ossuary, the Bohemian Switzerland arch and Moravian wine cellars.

Hike Santa Ana volcano, eat at Juayúa’s weekend food fair, walk Suchitoto’s cobbles, surf at El Tunco and visit the ash-buried Joya de Cerén.

Climb onto the iron ore train, read old manuscripts in Chinguetti, watch shorebirds at Banc d’Arguin and soak in the palms of Terjit Oasis.

Crawl up the Khongoryn Els dunes, camp beside Khövsgöl Lake, visit working monasteries and trek toward the glaciers of Altai Tavan Bogd.

Walk Old San Juan’s forts, hike El Yunque to a waterfall, paddle Vieques’ glowing bay and relax on Culebra’s Flamenco Beach.

Sleep on Upolu and Savai’i beaches, climb down into To Sua Ocean Trench, watch the Alofaaga blowholes and expect quiet Sundays.

Cross the Umayyad Mosque courtyard, climb Krak des Chevaliers, see Aleppo’s citadel, sit in Bosra’s basalt theater and hear Hama’s creaking waterwheels.

Walk Firmhin’s dragon’s blood forest, wade Detwah Lagoon, climb to Hoq Cave, then see Shibam’s mudbrick towers and Aden’s ancient cisterns.

Drive the Icefields Parkway past glaciers, walk the walled streets of Quebec City and hike Newfoundland’s fjord and the Pacific storm beaches of Vancouver Island.

Meet orphaned bonobos near Kinshasa, hear rumba in Matonge, see Zongo Falls and watch fishermen on poles at Kisangani’s Boyoma Falls.

Stroll Asmara’s Art Deco avenue over macchiatos, see Massawa’s coral-block lanes, haggle at Keren’s Monday market and climb to Debre Bizen.

Walk to king penguins at Volunteer Point, watch albatrosses on Saunders Island, meet fearless birds on Carcass and see the Lady Elizabeth hulk.

Climb Preikestolen above the Lysefjord, hike Lofoten’s stone steps, cruise the Geirangerfjord and walk Bergen’s wooden wharf before visiting a stave church.

Take the ferry to Gorée, wander Saint-Louis’s colonial streets, glide through Sine-Saloum mangroves and hike to Dindéfélo Falls near chimp country.

Walk Belgrade’s fortress above the rivers, see vultures over Uvac Canyon, visit Studenica’s marble church and the strange earth pillars of Devil’s Town.

Visit the clay tower homes of Koutammakou, browse Lomé’s fetish market, hike near Kpalimé and swim at Akloa Falls.

Walk Edinburgh’s old closes, tour Skye’s black ridges, hike the Lake District and Hadrian’s Wall, and see the basalt columns of the Giant’s Causeway.

Float in Lake Assal, walk the limestone chimneys of Lac Abbé, snorkel with whale sharks in winter and shop the spice stalls of Djibouti City.

See the Great Mosque of Djenné when conditions allow, hear Bamako’s live music, visit pottery villages near Ségou and scramble up Siby’s sandstone arch.

Enter St John’s Co-Cathedral in Valletta, see the Ġgantija temples on Gozo, take a boat into the Blue Grotto and walk the Dingli Cliffs.

Ride Pyongyang’s deep marble metro, bow at the Mansudae statues, see Panmunjom from the north and tour Kaesong and the Myohyang gift halls.

Visit Hegra’s rock tombs, walk Jeddah’s Al-Balad, stand at the Edge of the World, tour Rijal Almaa’s stone towers and see Diriyah’s mud-brick ruins.

See the Vasa warship in Stockholm, walk Visby’s medieval wall, hike Abisko, climb Skuleberget on the High Coast and paddle the Bohuslän skerries.

Stand on Mount Yasur’s rim at night, dive the President Coolidge, swim at Champagne Beach and pay village fees while keeping a buffer day for flights.

Take long roads from Lubango's Tundavala Gap to Kalandula Falls, black boulders at Pungo Andongo and Iona's desert dunes, with few other foreigners around.

Watch leatherback turtles nest at Ureca, climb Pico Basilé, walk the cool Moka crater lakes and trek rainforest at Monte Alén.

Watch icebergs drift from Ilulissat’s fjord, hike the 160-kilometer Arctic Circle Trail, visit Norse ruins and step onto the ice sheet.

See Ur’s ziggurat, walk Babylon’s rebuilt walls, visit Karbala’s gold-domed shrine, canoe the Chibayish Marshes and climb Erbil’s citadel.

Visit Malé’s coral-stone mosque and fish market, snorkel with mantas at Hanifaru Bay, see whale sharks off Dhigurah and dive with tiger sharks at Fuvahmulah.

Scramble up Le Morne Brabant, hike Black River Gorges, see the colored dunes at Chamarel and eat dholl puri at Port Louis market.

Cross the Hermitage and Red Square, ride the rails toward Lake Baikal’s Olkhon Island, and see Kizhi’s wooden domes and Suzdal’s monasteries.

Hike the High Tatras, climb ladders through Slovak Paradise, visit Spiš Castle and the mining town of Banská Štiavnica and walk Bardejov’s square.

Cruise to the Nordenskiöldbreen glacier, crawl into a coal mine, visit the Global Seed Vault and the museum, and enter winter ice caves.

Ride the Gornergrat train toward the Matterhorn, walk the Lauterbrunnen Valley, see the Aletsch Glacier, taste Lavaux wines and stroll Bern’s arcades.

Take a boat through Caroni Swamp for scarlet ibis, watch hummingbirds at Asa Wright, see Pitch Lake and eat bake and shark at Maracas Bay.

Camp at the Darvaza gas crater, see Ashgabat’s marble avenues, walk ancient Merv, climb Konye-Urgench’s minaret and view Yangykala’s striped canyon.

Wander the tiled madrasas of Samarkand, Bukhara and Khiva, then join the morning queues for plov and bread in Tashkent’s big bazaars.

Snorkel the lagoon at Ofu Beach, climb the ladders of Mount Alava above Pago Pago and fit your days around village customs.

Cross Willemstad’s floating bridge, watch waves crash at Shete Boka, snorkel turtle-filled coves and climb the island’s highest hill before the heat arrives.

Watch Múlafossur drop into the sea, find puffins on Mykines, walk to Kallur Lighthouse and visit the turf-roofed farms of Kirkjubøur and Saksun.

Hike to Big Almaty Lake, walk Charyn Canyon, stay near the Kolsai Lakes, visit Turkestan’s Yasawi mausoleum and camp at Bozjyra.

Drive the ring road in an hour, climb Command Ridge, swim at Anibare Bay and walk the coral pinnacles left by phosphate mining.

Wade into Oro Bay on the Isle of Pines, look for the kagu in Blue River park and visit Nouméa’s Tjibaou Cultural Center, with a budget for island costs.

Visit frescoed churches in the Troodos, see the Roman mosaics at Paphos, scramble Avakas Gorge, climb St. Hilarion Castle and cross Nicosia’s buffer zone.

Trek to the Boiling Lake, snorkel fizzing Champagne Reef, soak below Trafalgar Falls and visit the Kalinago Territory on a steep, rainforest island.

Climb Cologne Cathedral, wander Rhine villages, drink smoked beer in Bamberg and hike the Elbe sandstone towers and the Königssee.