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An evening, three or four barsNo booking needed

Granada is one of the few Spanish cities where most bars still bring a tapa with every drink, at no extra cost.

1 to 2 hoursFree

Watch the Seine turn gold from the willow-shaded tip of the Île de la Cité, with bread and cheese on the grass.

45 minutes, 2 hours with Trevi and the PantheonFree

Catch the Spanish Steps nearly empty, with the street cleaners still at work, then set off on an easy early loop through Rome.

1 to 1.5 hoursBook ahead

Walk a two-storey Manueline cloister, then step into the church where Vasco da Gama and the poet Camões are buried.

1 hour, or 3 hours with the rim walkFree

Santorini's caldera sunset is the island's big moment; skip the crush in Oia and watch it from Imerovigli or the Akrotiri lighthouse.

About 2 hoursNo booking needed

Walk the full ring of Dubrovnik's ramparts, 1,940 metres past sixteen towers and three fortresses.

About 1 hour in the air, 3 to 4 with transfersBook ahead

Drift over the valleys around Göreme at sunrise, when the winds are lightest, or watch the launches for free from the ridges.

Half a dayFree

Covered lanes where each trade keeps its own street, from spices and dyes to the metalworkers of Souk Haddadine and their lanterns.