The ship ties up in the village and the railway station is a few minutes away. Flåm Railway NOK 730, Stegastein by shuttle in 90 minutes — and why both rarely fit …

Bergen on your own: from Skolten it is 5 to 15 minutes on foot to Bryggen, the Fløibanen runs every 10 to 15 minutes for 200 NOK return — and the berth …

How to research landscape photography locations before you book — reading light and season, finding the frames everyone else misses, and keeping the trip affordable.

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.