Croatia
Croatia is a crescent-shaped Adriatic country famous for its 1,200+ islands, walled medieval towns like Dubrovnik, and a mainland of national parks where waterfalls cascade through limestone karst.
Croatia is a crescent-shaped Adriatic country famous for its 1,200+ islands, walled medieval towns like Dubrovnik, and a mainland of national parks where waterfalls cascade through limestone karst.
Denmark is the southernmost Scandinavian country, with a hilly Jutland peninsula, dozens of inhabited islands, and a quality-of-life model centred on hygge, cycling and cradle-to-grave welfare.
Ecuador is a small but diverse South American country named for the equator that crosses it, encompassing Andean highlands, Amazonian rainforest, Pacific beaches and the Galápagos Islands.
Fiji is a Melanesian archipelago of more than 330 islands in the South Pacific, famed for white-sand beaches, vibrant coral reefs and a cultural blend of indigenous Fijian and Indo-Fijian descendants of indentured labourers.
Greece is the southernmost Balkan nation and the cradle of Western civilisation, known for ancient Athens, the Acropolis, more than 6,000 islands and a coastline longer than that of any other Mediterranean country.
Grenada is the southernmost of the Windward Islands in the Caribbean, nicknamed the 'Spice Isle' for its nutmeg, mace and cinnamon plantations, with a tri-island state including Carriacou and Petite Martinique.
Honduras is a Central American country with both Caribbean and Pacific coasts, the spectacular Mayan ruins of Copán in its western highlands, and the Bay Islands' world-class diving offshore.
Indonesia is the world's largest archipelago — over 17,000 islands — and the fourth most populous country, where Java alone hosts more than half the population and active volcanoes loom over Bali, Sumatra and Sulawesi.
Japan is an East Asian archipelago of 14,000 islands stretching across the Pacific, blending ancient Shinto and Buddhist tradition with high-tech megacities like Tokyo, Osaka and the megacity-spanning Tōkaidō corridor.