Five days in Gyeonggi province: the cosmopolitan port of Incheon and the futuristic city of Songdo, the border island of Ganghwa and its dolmens, the listed fortresses of Namhansanseong and Hwaseong, the folk village and Everland.
Six days in the ancient capital of the Silla kingdom, an "open-air museum": royal tombs, Bulguksa and Seokguram, the sacred Namsan mountain, then the industrial and maritime coast of Pohang and Ulsan.
Seven days on the UNESCO-listed volcano island: the Seongsan sunrise peak, the Manjanggul lava tube, Udo islet, the waterfalls of Seogwipo, the basalt columns of Jungmun and the climb up Hallasan, the roof of Korea.
Seven days between the world's highest great lake and the coloured mountains: kayaking at Capachica, Taquile island, chullpas, the last Inca bridge and the fortress of Waqrapukara.
Eight days of sea rocks and caves in Donghae and Samcheok, hot springs in Uljin, then the Confucian soul of Korea: Buseoksa, the villages and academies of Andong, Daegu and the Haeinsa temple.
Nine days between lakes and mountains: the gardens of Gapyeong and Nami island, Chuncheon and its rail park, the Seoraksan massif, the beaches and cafés of the East Sea, and the Olympic peaks of Pyeongchang.
Nine days in pre-Inca Peru: the Moche huacas of Trujillo, Chan Chan, Atahualpa's ransom in Cajamarca, the funerary cliffs of Chachapoyas, Kuélap and the treasures of Sipán.
Ten days between the country's second city and the string of southern islands: temples level with the waves, the beaches of Haeundae, the lanes of Gamcheon, the cherry blossoms of Jinhae, then Geoje, Tongyeong and the terraced rice fields of Namhae.
Ten days in the heart of the country, away from the crowds: the Jikji of Cheongju, the capitals of the Baekje kingdom in Gongju and Buyeo, scientific Daejeon, the temples of Songnisan, the peaks of Danyang and the lakes of Cheongpung, before the return to Seoul.
Ten days in the deep south: the white city, the Cotahuasi and Colca canyons among the deepest in the world, oases, hot springs and the flight of the condors.
Ten days of adventure off the beaten track: the Humantay lagoon, the great trek down the Apurímac canyon to Choquequirao, then Vitcos and Espíritu Pampa, the last refuges of the Incas.
Ten days in the heart of the Inca empire: the capital and its fortresses, the Sistine Chapel of the Andes, Pisac, Chinchero, Moray, the Maras salt pans, Ollantaytambo and a night suspended from the cliff.
Ten days of absolute contrasts: three nights in a luxury lodge in the southern Amazon, then Huaraz, the sanctuary of Chavín and four days of trekking beneath the icy giants of the Cordillera Blanca.
The finale: the Lima of the viceroys, the oldest city in the Americas, then eight days of deep immersion in the Tahuayo Amazon, the most species-rich region in the entire lowland Amazon.
Thirteen days in the great South-West, Korea's most food-loving region: Yeosu and Suncheon, the Jirisan massif, the tea fields of Boseong, Gwangju and Damyang, the hanok village of Jeonju, then Mokpo and the islands at the end of the world.
Fourteen days from the castles and museums of Nagoya to the five lakes of Fuji, then Hakone and its boiling valley, the great Buddha of Kamakura, Enoshima and the port of Yokohama.
Fifteen days from the Edo warehouses of Kawagoe and the Chiba cliffs to ten days of Tokyo, district by district: Asakusa, Ueno, the Imperial Palace, Odaiba, Shinjuku, Shibuya and Roppongi.
Seventeen days from the baths of Gunma to the gold of Nikkō, then across the Japanese Alps: Kamikōchi, the Tateyama-Kurobe Alpine Route, the Kenroku-en of Kanazawa, the thatched roofs of Shirakawa-gō and Takayama.
Seventeen days in northern Honshū, from Aomori to Niigata: Hirosaki Castle, the cypress baths of Sukayu, the Oirase gorge, the samurai street of Kakunodate, the Fujiwara gold, Yamadera and Ginzan Onsen under gas lamps.
From the architecture of Chicago to the nights of New Orleans, by way of the temple of speed in Indianapolis, the longest cave in the world and the capital of country music.
Eighteen days on the northern island: Sapporo and Otaru, Cape Sōya at the far end of Japan, the climb up Rishiri-Fuji, the hills of Biei, Daisetsuzan, Shiretoko and its brown bears, then the volcanoes of the south down to Hakodate.
Eighty-eight days in a loop from New York: New England and the Great Lakes, Chicago and the South, Florida and its parks, the historic Southeast, the political cradle of the country, then New York to finish.
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