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    Rocky Mountain National Park

    Colorado’s high-alpine national park above Estes Park — crossed by Trail Ridge Road, the highest continuous paved road in the US, with glacier-carved valleys, elk, and the Continental Divide.

  • Ruins of Tulum, Mexico and a palm tree overlooking the Caribbean Sea in the Riviera Maya

    Playa Del Carmen Riviera Maya

    The heart of Playa del Carmen on the Riviera Maya — the pedestrian Quinta Avenida promenade of shops and restaurants running parallel to a wide white-sand Caribbean beach.

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    Old Town Riga

    Latvia’s UNESCO-listed medieval core — Vecrīga’s Gothic spires, Art Nouveau facades, the House of Blackheads, and the side-by-side Three Brothers houses.

  • Narrow street in Rhodes, Greece

    Old Town Rhodes

    Europe’s oldest inhabited medieval city — a UNESCO-listed maze inside the Knights of St. John’s 14th-century walls, with the Palace of the Grand Master and the Street of the Knights.

  • Upper Middle Rhine Valley at Sunset

    Bacharach Old Town

    A fairy-tale half-timbered town in the UNESCO-listed Upper Middle Rhine Valley — a well-preserved medieval old town below the hilltop ruins of 12th-century Stahleck Castle.

  • Aerial view of Reykjavik, Iceland

    Downtown Reykjavik

    The compact heart of Iceland’s capital — the shopping and nightlife of Laugavegur, the basalt-inspired Hallgrímskirkja church, and whale-watching boats at the Old Harbour.

  • Ravello Art Apartments, Itally

    Ravello Center Ravello

    A clifftop Amalfi Coast town known as the ‘city of music’ — the gardens of 13th-century Villa Rufolo and Villa Cimbrone’s Terrace of Infinity, home to the summer Ravello Festival.

  • Aerial view of luxurious resort on small island surrounded by crystal-clear waters and lush greenery in Costa Rica.

    Manuel Antonio Quepos

    Costa Rica’s most popular national park near Quepos — white-sand beaches backed by rainforest, home to sloths and the endangered Central American squirrel monkey.

  • Aerial view of luxurious resort on small island surrounded by crystal-clear waters and lush greenery in Costa Rica.

    Downtown Quepos

    The working-town gateway to Manuel Antonio National Park — a Costa Rican Pacific port with the Marina Pez Vela, a seafront Malecón, fresh seafood, and budget-friendly Tico eats.

  • Cityscape and Ocean View

    Queenstown CBD

    The lakefront heart of New Zealand’s adventure capital — a walkable core on Lake Wakatipu beneath the Remarkables, with the Skyline Gondola, bungy, and Gibbston Valley wine nearby.

  • Canadian Aviation and Space Museum in Ottawa

    Old Quebec Quebec City

    North America’s only walled city north of Mexico — UNESCO-listed Vieux-Québec, with 4.6 km of ramparts, cobbled French-colonial streets, and the towering Château Frontenac.

  • Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Punta Cana

    Bavaro Punta Cana

    The resort strip of Punta Cana on the Dominican Republic’s east coast — a long white-sand, palm-backed Caribbean beach lined with all-inclusive resorts and adventure parks.

  • Panoramic view of Matera ancient town in Puglia, Italy

    Old Town (Bari Vecchia)

    Bari’s labyrinthine old town in Puglia — stone alleys where nonne hand-roll orecchiette on the street, anchored by the Romanesque Basilica di San Nicola and its saint’s relics.

  • Pool at Marival Distinct Luxury Residences

    Zona Romantica Puerto Vallarta

    Puerto Vallarta’s Old Town south of the Río Cuale — cobblestone streets, Los Muertos Beach and its sailboat pier, and the heart of the city’s dining, nightlife, and LGBTQ+ scene.

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    Cholula Puebla

    A colorful town outside Puebla built around the Great Pyramid of Cholula — the world’s largest pyramid by volume, topped by a hilltop church with views of Popocatépetl.

  • a closer look at the Prague Astronomical Clock

    Vinohrady

    Vinohrady is a residential district in Prague 2 and 3, known for Art Nouveau apartment facades, náměstí Míru square, and a dense café and wine-bar scene.

  • a closer look at the Prague Astronomical Clock

    Staré Město

    Staré Město is Prague’s medieval Old Town, anchored by Old Town Square, the Astronomical Clock, Charles Bridge, and a dense network of Gothic and Baroque architecture.

  • a closer look at the Prague Astronomical Clock

    Mal Strana Prague

    Prague’s Baroque Lesser Town below the Castle — orange-roofed palaces, the domed St. Nicholas Church, hidden gardens, and the John Lennon Wall just off Charles Bridge.

  • a closer look at the Prague Astronomical Clock

    Holešovice

    A creative, post-industrial, alternative neighborhood ideal for art lovers, alternative culture seekers, creatives.

  • Positano Amalfi Coast scenic cliffside village with colorful houses and beach

    Spiaggia Grande Positano

    Positano’s main beach — a lively stretch of grey sand and pebbles framed by the town’s cliffside pastel houses, lined with beach clubs and the port for Amalfi Coast ferries.

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    Portofino Harbor

    The half-moon bay at the heart of Italy’s most exclusive village — pastel houses and luxury yachts on the Ligurian Riviera, with the Piazzetta, San Giorgio church, and Castello Brown above.

  • Porto Timoni, Corfu

    Ribeira Porto

    Porto’s UNESCO-listed riverside quarter — a maze of colorful houses tumbling to the Douro quayside, with waterfront dining beneath Eiffel-disciple Seyrig’s Dom Luís I Bridge.

  • Porto Timoni, Corfu

    Bonfim

    A authentic, artistic, bohemian neighborhood ideal for local life seekers, art enthusiasts, foodies.