Set high in the Khumbu Valley, Pheriche offers a quiet yet striking stop along the route toward Mount Everest. Surrounded by wide landscapes and rugged peaks, this small settlement sits in a windswept valley where the air is crisp and the views stretch for miles. Unlike busier stops along the trail, Pheriche gives travelers space to pause, adjust to the altitude, and take in the scale of the Himalayas without distraction.

El Chaltén sits at the edge of Los Glaciares National Park in Argentina’s Patagonia region, framed by the iconic peaks of Cerro Fitz Roy and Cerro Torre. Its remote location beside the Río de las Vueltas makes it a gateway to dramatic landscapes of granite spires, glacial streams and wide steppe plains.

Santa Fe Island, formerly known as Barrington Island, is one of the smaller of the Galapagos islands. Although relatively small and unpopulated, the island is a great day-trip option for visitors to the area.

Chichester is an ancient cathedral city on the South Coast of England. It lies between Portsmouth - the city of maritime history - and Brighton, home of the English seaside. Its withing an hour's drive of Gatwick and Heathrow, the tow main airports for the UK, and two cross channel ports.

Vieques Island is found in the northeastern Caribbean, roughly 8 miles east of the Puerto Rican mainland. Its beaches are commonly acknowledged as some of the Caribbean's best. The Bioluminescent Bay is especially alluring given the undeveloped nature of the island.