Roma
The eternal gateway: layered, theatrical, endlessly requested
Destinations
The places we know well enough to route properly, grouped by continent.
Europe
Firenze
The Renaissance, without the crowds you expect
Venezia
A city best understood by water, and at dawn
Amalfi Coast
The coast that inspired the myth, lived by those who call it home
Napoli
Raw, operatic, and impossible to fake
Santorini
A drowned volcano, and the calm island on the far side of it
Jökulsárlón
A lagoon that fills with icebergs, on the quiet side of the island
Geirangerfjord
Fifteen kilometres of water between farms nobody could reach
Isle of Skye
Basalt ridges, sea lochs, and weather that changes the plan
Asia
Kyoto
Eleven centuries of capital, still keeping its own hours
Ha Long Bay
Two thousand limestone islands, and a way to have them quietly
Jaipur
A planned city in pink sandstone, still run by its guilds
Africa
Serengeti
Fourteen thousand square kilometres that move with the rain
Marrakech
A red city at the foot of the Atlas, and the road south from it
Americas
Machu Picchu
An Inca estate on a ridge, and the valley that explains it
Torres del Paine
Granite towers, turquoise lakes, and a wind that sets the schedule
Galápagos
Nineteen islands where nothing has learned to be afraid of people
Banff
Canada’s first national park, and the icefield road out of it
Grand Canyon
Two billion years of rock, and four parks within a day’s drive
Oceania
Queenstown
A lake town under the Remarkables, and the fiords two hours west
Great Barrier Reef
Two and a half thousand reefs, and the few worth the flight
Middle East
Petra
A trading capital carved into rose sandstone, best entered on foot
Luxor
Thebes on both banks: the living east, the buried west