Jan Madeus

Santo Domingo’s Zona Colonial — the oldest continuously inhabited European settlement in the Americas, its cathedral and cobbled streets, and Caribbean life around them.

Edinburgh, where the castle sits on volcanic rock above the city — the Royal Mile, the narrow closes of the Old Town, and the vantage points worth carrying a camera to.

Skara Brae on Orkney, reached from Kirkwall — a Neolithic village older than Stonehenge, uncovered by a storm in 1850 and still standing in the dunes at Skaill Bay.

Ullapool to Inverness is 57 miles on the A835 — about 1 hour 20 minutes. The stops worth making (Corrieshalloch Gorge, Rogie Falls), two hours in Inverness, and on along the A82 …

Through the Great Glen from Fort William to Fort Augustus — Ben Nevis, the Caledonian Canal locks, and one of the most scenic drives in the Scottish Highlands.

Belfast between memory and momentum — the Titanic Quarter, the political murals, and a capital that has spent three decades remaking its own image.

Stirling Castle on its crag above the Forth — the Royal Palace of James V, the Great Hall, and how to reach it as a day trip from the cruise port at …

Liverpool is more than the Beatles — the Royal Albert Dock, the Maritime Museum, two very different cathedrals, and a waterfront built on Britain’s Atlantic trade.

Arriving in Miami by cruise ship — Art Deco South Beach, Little Havana, the murals of Wynwood, and how to see the city properly in a single day ashore.