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Pick a continent

Start on the globe. Spin it, choose one of the six inhabited continents, and the map zooms in.

Drill down

Continent to country to region to city. Each level lists the places travel guides agree are worth a stop.

Read the dossier

Land on a city and get its best sights, live weather, a seven-day outlook and country facts on one page.

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Cut by the coast

Cliff roads, tide pools and harbour towns that glow at dusk.

Amalfi

Italy

Lemon terraces stacked above a Tyrrhenian blue bay.

Nazare

Portugal

Fishing town famous for winter waves the size of buildings.

Cape Town

South Africa

Table Mountain drops straight into two oceans.

Hakone

Japan

Hot springs, a pirate-ship lake and Fuji on a clear morning.

Older than memory

Cities where every wall has been standing for a thousand years.

Petra

Jordan

A trading city carved whole into rose sandstone canyons.

Kyoto

Japan

Two thousand temples, moss gardens and lantern-lit lanes.

Cusco

Peru

Inca foundations under Spanish arches, gateway to the Andes.

Luxor

Egypt

Open-air museum along the Nile with temples at both banks.

The wild north

Aurora, fjords and long light above the sixtieth parallel.

Tromso

Norway

Arctic harbour under the northern lights and midnight sun.

Reykjavik

Iceland

Base camp for geysers, black beaches and glacier lagoons.

Rovaniemi

Finland

Lapland forests, reindeer trails and glass igloos.

Ilulissat

Greenland

Icebergs the size of city blocks drift past the harbour.

Thin air

Trails, passes and villages where the mountains take over.

Pokhara

Nepal

Lakeside launch point for the Annapurna circuit.

Chamonix

France

Cable cars into the Mont Blanc massif and its glaciers.

Queenstown

New Zealand

Southern Alps adventure town on a zigzag lake.

Huaraz

Peru

Gateway to the turquoise lakes of the Cordillera Blanca.

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