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Europe · Grossglockner Hochalpenstrasse · Trollstigen
Eight drives between high passes and open ocean
Austria’s Grossglockner road climbs from wooded valleys to bare Alpine ground through a tight stack of bends. Australia’s Great Ocean Road follows surf beaches, slips into wet forest and returns to a limestone coast. These eight routes stand apart through the shape of the road, the land around it and the views that arrive with each change in direction.
Myrdal · Flåm · Bernina Pass
Eight Journeys Where the Way There Is the Point
At Myrdal, the Flåm Railway leaves Norway’s main line and begins an 866-metre descent towards the fjord. Tunnels, ledges and tight curves make the movement downhill more compelling than the arrival.
Europe · North America · Rhine Falls
The world’s 10 best accessible waterfalls, ranked
A great waterfall needs more than height or brute force. It needs a public route that lets people grasp its scale, whether from the bank, a platform, behind the water or across a gorge. This ranking weighs practical access alongside the force of the river and the landscape around it.
Europe · Asia · Central America
Eight cultivated landscapes, from Douro vines to Kericho tea
A dry-stone wall in Portugal holds vines to a schist slope. On Bali, water runs from mountain channels through temples and down a chain of rice fields. Below the Andes, old irrigation ditches carry meltwater to Malbec vines. These eight regions show farming not as a backdrop but in the walls, canals, food and daily work that give each landscape its form.
Asia · Europe · Middle East
Eight cities where cultures still share the street
A Hindu temple and a mosque stand among the shophouses of Singapore’s Chinatown. In Sarajevo, a short walk runs from an Ottoman bazaar to Habsburg-era façades. In these eight cities, history still shapes worship, trade, food and ordinary street life.
South America · Ecuador · Azores
Eight archipelagos where the boat still matters
A ferry from Bodø reaches Lofoten beneath granite ridges that rise almost straight from the Norwegian Sea. Across these eight archipelagos, ferries, island flights, small launches and expedition ships make arrival part of the place.
Europe · Spain · Manises: City of Ceramics
Manises: Where Clay Still Marks the Town
On Carrer del Sagrari, eighteenth-century tiles sit beneath the windows of Casa Ferraro. Inside, the Museu de la Ceràmica de Manises traces the local work that made Manises known far beyond Valencia, then leads back out to workshops, a ceramics school and tiled public spaces.
Romsdal, Norway · Centovalli · Locarno
Seven European train routes where the railway is the destination
Above Vermafossen, a regular train crosses the stone Kylling Bridge before dropping between the rock walls of Romsdal. These seven lines put landscape, railway construction and ordinary public transport in the same frame.
North America · Europe · Central America
The Caribbean’s eight best islands for life beyond the resort
This list ranks eight Caribbean islands by the mix of nature, culture, beaches, individual character and things to do beyond a resort. Big islands need to deliver distinct days in town, inland and on the coast; small ones need a clear identity that their scale does not dilute.
Europe · Slovenia · Ljubljana
A Rainy Morning Beneath Ljubljana’s Market Arches
Rain sends umbrellas across Ljubljana’s open market squares and under Jože Plečnik’s riverside colonnade. The short walk from vegetables and flowers to coffee by the Ljubljanica follows the working edge of the old town, with the river never far from view.
Europe · Portugal · Lisbon
Down the Steps of Alfama
From Portas do Sol, a compact walk drops through Alfama by stairway, lane and small square before reaching the old water ground of Largo do Chafariz de Dentro. The route shows how this old Lisbon hillside still holds front doors, groceries and daily errands alongside visitors.
Europe · France · Lyon
Where Lyon’s silk looms still move
On Croix-Rousse, Lyon’s silk trade still shows in tall windows, stone passages and a former family workshop where preserved looms run during demonstrations. At 12 bis montée Justin-Godart, Soierie Vivante keeps the rooms, machinery and working knowledge together.