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Wild west-coast trails, quiet Polis and the Latchi waterfront

Two slower Aegean bases between forest, bays and old villages

Trulli roofs, white hill towns & the Puglian countryside

Cliffside villages, lemon groves & Mediterranean light

Where the Olympic Games began, in a valley of pines

Walled Roman harbour, Ottoman timber mansions & monumental Classical ruins of Pamphylia

The Acropolis, rooftop evenings & tavernas that run late

Clear-water coves and cliff paths beyond the resort strip

Gaudí, the Gothic Quarter & lunch that lasts until four

Crusader castle, whitewashed cubist villages, superyacht marinas & Aegean seafood bays

Porticoes, the oldest university & Italy's richest table

Pale peaks, alpine meadows, Ötzi & a bilingual Alpine city

Aegean island vineyards paired with a mainland ancient site

White limestone quarries, golden pebble horn & alpine heights

Three-pinnacle village, the donkeys' road & Romagna olive oil

The mastic island: fortified villages, Byzantine mosaics & quiet coves

A Neolithic hill settlement that changes the island's time scale

Pastel fishing villages, terraced vineyards & coastal footpaths

A Venetian old town, green hills & Ionian coves

Minoan palaces, deep limestone gorges & rich culinary traditions across Greece's largest island

The sacred naval of the ancient world nestled high among the limestone cliffs of Mount Parnassus

Limestone ramparts, Adriatic light & island escapes

Emperor Trajan's grand Roman amphitheatre, Byzantine coastal walls & sandy Adriatic beaches

A walled medieval city and the ancient ruins of Salamis

Turquoise Blue Lagoon, tandem paragliding from Babadağ, ghost town of Kayaköy & Lycian Way

The Renaissance, close up — and a trattoria lunch after it

A medieval Catalan city, Dalí country & rocky coves

Malta's greener sister: temples older than the pyramids, red sand & sea cliffs

Venetian piazzas, lavender hills & Pakleni island lagoons

Aegean metropolis waterfront, vibrant Kemeraltı bazaar, restored Alaçatı stone lanes & Çeşme beaches

Stone lanes and painted churches in the Solea Valley

Tower villages, olive groves & the wild middle finger of the Peloponnese

Long beaches and a sparsely built peninsula at the island's eastern tip

Bohemian fishing harbour, sunken Kekova ruins, Patara dunes & Lycian Way coastal trails

Venetian ramparts, Grk vineyards & Adriatic oyster beds

Harbour walls, a castle and mountain-backed northern coast

Aristocratic villas, mirror waters & Alpine foothills

Barolo, white truffles & hilltop villages · UNESCO

Salt lake, sacred architecture and an easy-going waterfront

Honey-coloured baroque and two seas at the heel of Italy

Lace, silverwork and steep stone lanes above the coast

Ouzo, olive groves, a petrified forest & Sappho's island

A busy port city with an old quarter, seafront and ancient Kourion nearby

Turquoise calas, Tramuntana stone villages & slow island rhythm

Painted fishing boats, the Blue Grotto & temples on the southern cliffs

Cave city of the Sassi, rock churches & ravine views

The silent walled city on Malta's ridge & the catacombs beneath Rabat

Malta's sandy north, the Blue Lagoon & the island in between

Gravity-defying Byzantine monasteries perched upon sheer prehistoric sandstone pillars

Fashion, design & the best aperitivo in Italy

Sculpted lunar volcanic coastlines, sea-cave hideouts & rainbow-coloured fishing syrmata

A medieval stone citadel town sculpted into a sheer limestone rock rising straight from the Aegean Sea

Belle Époque casino, superyacht harbour & the Grand Prix streets

Venetian sea fortresses, marble-paved neoclassical piazzas & the romantic first capital of modern Greece

Pizza, Baroque churches & a volcano on the horizon

The greenest Cycladic island: colossal ancient marble gateways, mountain villages & golden sand dunes

Riviera light, an Italianate old town & socca by the sea

Venetian walls, layered neighbourhoods and a city divided by the Green Line

Stone village squares, wine presses and the Commandaria hinterland

Arab-Norman gold mosaics, loud markets & Italy's best street food

Roman mosaics, royal tombs and an archaeological landscape beside the sea

Parmigiano, prosciutto, culatello & Correggio's domes

The mountain of the centaurs: stone villages, beech woods & two seas

Precipitous Hellenistic Acropolis of Pergamon, Red Basilica & olive-scented stone lanes of Ayvalık and Cunda

Family-friendly bays with a lived-in town just inland

Monumental medieval walled citadels, Knights Hospitaller palaces & sun-drenched Dodecanese beaches

Twenty-eight centuries stacked on top of one another

A hilltop republic of three towers, sheer cliffs & Adriatic views

Dramatic volcanic caldera cliffs, whitewashed villages & iconic Aegean sunsets

Gothic Siena, the Palio & the vineyards of Chianti Classico

Seafront promenades, harbour ferries to Valletta & Malta's nightlife

Roman palace living, Venetian stone & Dalmatian island hub

A Greek theatre over the sea and Europe's great active volcano

Vibrant seafront promenades, early Byzantine treasures & Greece's premier culinary capital

Painted churches, pine trails and cooler mountain villages

Futuristic architecture, sunlit Turia gardens & the home of paella

The Knights' fortress capital, Caravaggio & the harbour of the Great Siege

The world's smallest state: St Peter's, the Sistine Chapel & the papal museums

A city on the water, best seen early, late & off the main routes

Opera in a Roman arena, Amarone & Italy's largest lake

Remote island solitude, naval secrets & glowing sea caves

Sea organ melodies, Roman stones & the lunar Kornati islands

Monumental limestone canyons, arched Ottoman stone bridges & fortified slate-roofed alpine villages