Australia's Gold Coast is the ideal holiday place for people on the go, or on a go-slow. In one day you can enjoy surfing on golden beaches, bushwalking in subtropical rainforests, cruising down oceanfront boulevards in a fun convertible, or taking a dinner cruise aboard a luxury yacht.

Dania has a small town atmosphere. Highlights include shopping, fishing, clean beaches, recreational activities. Visit the Graves Museum of Archaeology.

Porto Torres is a city in northern Sardinia, situated on the bay of the Gulf of Asinara. It is home to a number of historical sights: the Basilica of San Gavino, an 11th-century Romanesque church, the largest in Sardinia; the necropolis of Su Crucifissu Mannu, an archaeological site from the Neolithic age; the remains of the Roman bridge on the Rio Mannu; and the ancient megalithic edifices known as nuraghi which have become a symbol of the Sardinian region.

Cres is a large Adriatic island off Croatia’s northern coast, shaped by a long history of seafaring, pastoral life, and quiet isolation.

Farther from a continental landfall than any other group of islands on earth, the twelve Marquesas jut out of the open Pacific just south of the equator, shrouded in a constant cloud cover.