Solvang is a small town in California’s Santa Ynez Valley known for its Danish-style streets, windmills, and half-timbered buildings. Founded by Danish immigrants, the town was designed to preserve language, customs, and architecture associated with Denmark while adapting to the Central Coast landscape.

Namche Bazaar, perched at 3,440 meters in the Khumbu region of Nepal, is often called the gateway to Everest, but it’s far more than a rest stop on the way to Base Camp. Once a trading post between Tibetan and Nepali merchants, Namche has developed into a small mountain town where yak caravans and Wi-Fi cafes exist side by side. Despite its remote location, it has a Saturday market that continues to bring traders and trekkers together, just as it did centuries ago.

Kuranda is a pretty town set amongst the glorious mountains of the Atherton Tablelands, and famous for its wonderful markets. There is spectacular rainforest surrounding the town, with various walking tracks.

Port Vendres is an old natural harbour that welcomes trade vessels, fishing and yachting boats. It has 3 basins: the outer harbour, the Old Port and the new Darse.

Cotopaxi National Park is a protected Andean landscape in Ecuador, located around the snow-capped Cotopaxi volcano and extending across the provinces of Cotopaxi, Pichincha, and Napo. Its high-altitude terrain includes volcanic plains, grasslands, wetlands, and rugged mountain slopes. Cotopaxi, one of the world's highest active volcanoes, dominates the park and rises above the surrounding páramo.