The classics. Pick one.

Where Macau got its name.

Macau, China · easy

Indentured labour history.

Port Louis, Mauritius · easy

Romanesque calm.

Foix, France · easy

Walk over excavations, Parthenon gallery aligned to the real thing.

Athens, Greece · easy

First through the Propylaea as the marble turns gold.

Athens, Greece · easy

New Afrika Shrine energy, street parties in Surulere.

Lagos, Nigeria · easy

Red sandstone fort.

Agra, India · easy

Minoan Pompeii.

Santorini, Greece · easy

Mirador San Nicolás.

Granada, Spain · easy

Daytime crowds gone, cell doors loud. Book weeks ahead.

San Francisco, USA · easy

Moorish palace.

Málaga, Spain · easy

Ski and palace.

Sierra Nevada, Spain · easy

Flower-crowned cows parade through town.

Mayrhofen, Austria · easy

Valley echoes.

Grindelwald, Switzerland · easy

First ascents, rescues, old skis. Small museum, big stories.

Chamonix, France · easy

Yano all night, Konka or Truth. Dance shoes broken in.

Johannesburg, South Africa · easy

Hilltop palace.

Jaipur, India · easy

Blue whale, dinosaurs, the Hayden planetarium — pick a wing and surrender.

New York, USA · moderate

Venus de Milo home.

Milos, Greece · easy

Free Sunday for nationals, worth full price anyway. Allow four hours.

Mexico City, Mexico · easy

Where Stevie Ray cut his teeth; still loud.

Austin, USA · easy

Cheer or boo with the toughest crowd alive. Wednesday nights, book early.

New York, USA · easy

October in Val di Non.

Dimaro, Italy · easy

Māori legends underground.

Waitomo, New Zealand · easy

Stilt village.

Waisai, Indonesia · easy

Aida with 13,000 people under stars. Cushion rented, tears free.

Verona, Italy · easy

French holdings.

Izmir, Turkey · easy

Chinese settlement and the river.

Kawarau, New Zealand · easy

The gold-rush village twenty minutes out: cottages, cafés and autumn color.

Queenstown, New Zealand · easy

Chagall windows, Thorne rooms, lions out front for photos.

Chicago, USA · easy

Shigeru Ban.

Aspen, USA · easy

498 steps.

Bologna, Italy · easy

Klimt ten metres tall on every wall. Book the first slot of the day.

Paris, France · easy

Frescoed dome.

Bucharest, Romania · easy

Gothic halls.

Toulouse, France · easy

Sphinx-lined avenue.

Luxor, Egypt · easy

The most photographed mill in WV.

Fayetteville, USA · easy

Jewel box tomb.

Agra, India · easy

Roman fish-salting city.

Tarifa, Spain · easy

St-Viateur versus Fairmount taste-off. Sesame allegiance required.

Montreal, Canada · easy

Get lost in 150 rooms of zellige and cedar.

Marrakech, Morocco · easy

One ticket, many museums, organ pavilion concert free Sundays.

San Diego, USA · easy

Swirling skirts and mariachi brass inside the Bellas Artes palace.

Mexico City, Mexico · easy

Lagos's biggest market.

Lagos, Nigeria · easy

Cultural palace.

Banja Luka, Bosnia · easy

Fabric shopping.

Jaipur, India · easy

Tracking with the San.

Kasane, Botswana · easy

Medusa heads, carp in water, James Bond lighting.

Istanbul, Turkey · easy

Castle views.

Budapest, Hungary · easy

Gargoyles.

Quito, Ecuador · easy

Gothic monastery.

Nazaré, Portugal · easy

Smiling towers.

Siem Reap, Cambodia · easy

Old bazaar.

Sarajevo, Bosnia · easy

Front-bar gigs since forever.

Byron Bay, Australia · easy

Sardine season.

Umkomaas, South Africa · easy

White courtyard.

Bruges, Belgium · easy

366 steps.

Bruges, Belgium · easy

Rivera and Orozco upstairs, Tiffany glass dome. Sunday entry is free.

Mexico City, Mexico · easy

Monastery library.

Catania, Italy · easy

Queue, door policy mystery, stay till Monday noon. Maybe.

Berlin, Germany · easy