The hike to Hengifoss in East Iceland — a climb past Litlanesfoss and its basalt columns to a 128-metre waterfall streaked with bands of red volcanic clay.

A day on the Snæfellsnes peninsula — Kirkjufell above Grundarfjörður, the sea cliffs at Arnarstapi, black beaches, and the glacier that gave Jules Verne his entrance.

From Akureyri east to Lake Mývatn — Goðafoss, the pseudocraters of Skútustaðir, the lava formations of Dimmuborgir, and the boiling ground at Námaskarð.

The Golden Circle from Reykjavík — the rift valley at Þingvellir, Strokkur erupting every few minutes at Geysir, and the two-stage drop of Gullfoss into its canyon.

From Reykjavík to the Langjökull glacier — the Deildartunguhver hot spring, the waterfalls of Hraunfossar and Barnafoss, and a tunnel cut deep into Iceland’s ice.

Honfleur in Normandy: the Vieux Bassin dug in 1681, the old town behind it, and the wooden church of Sainte-Catherine built by shipwrights.

Kirkwall on Orkney and the Ring of Brodgar — St Magnus Cathedral in red and yellow sandstone, and a Neolithic stone circle standing unfenced on open moorland.

Cawdor Castle in the Highlands, reached from the port of Invergordon — a 15th-century tower house still lived in, with its holly-tree legend and three walled gardens.