Lucca, a Tuscan city surrounded by remarkably intact Renaissance walls, offers more than just postcard views. Known for its quiet streets and grand piazzas, Lucca stands apart with its circular street layout, still following the lines of a Roman amphitheater from centuries ago. The walls, now repurposed as a 4-kilometer tree-lined park, are a favorite route for locals and visitors who explore them on foot or by bike, passing old bastions and panoramic viewpoints along the way.

Repository of splendid Buddhist sculptures. Also visit the Longmen Grottoes, dating back more than 400 yeaers and renowned as one of the three great treasure houses of the legendary Chinese art of stone sculpture.

Tanjeh, also known as Tanji, is a coastal fishing village in The Gambia’s West Coast Region, facing the Atlantic Ocean south of the main tourist area. The settlement is known for its working fishing beach, where traditional wooden pirogues bring in catches from the sea and fish are sorted, sold, smoked, or dried.

Once the capital of the Mughal Empire, Agra, India is now a cultural capital replete with famous landmarks and striking architecture. The city’s most prominent draw is the magnificent Taj Mahal, the iconic white marble mausoleum and a UNESCO World Heritage Site visited by millions of people each year.

Misool is one of the four major islands of Raja Ampat in Southwest Papua, Indonesia, lying southwest of the larger island of New Guinea. The island is surrounded by a network of smaller islands, reefs, limestone formations, and sheltered bays. Much of its landscape remains lightly developed, with dense forest covering the interior and clear waters extending along the coast.