- Travel from Messina to the base of Mount Etna and join an illustrious winemaking family for an indulgent four-course meal accompanied by their excellent wines.

- Departing from Athens, travel to Corinth, where the remains of a Greco-Roman city lie a short distance from the Corinth Canal, a 19th-century engineering wonder.

- Ascend the mountains near Toulon and discover the picture-perfect medieval village of Le Castellet, accessible only through its two ancient stone gateways.

- Explore Palma de Mallorca from the ideal viewpoint of a bicycle, discovering stately historic sights and quiet corners where locals go about their everyday life.