Places pperferi Wants to Go

A model solar system adds a celestial touch to this suburban park.

A first-century Roman colony and a magnificent Roman bridge

On the coast of Sardinia, a once-great mining village is finding new life as a coastal resort town.

A lone nuraghe and a little old church with mysterious origins.

This isolated village has Hollywood fame and a church with underground structures that date to the pre-Christian period.

The childhood family home of Italian Marxist theorist and politician Antonio Gramsci.

Greenery covers the face of a gently-dripping waterfall deep in the mountains of central Sardinia.

This cliff-face port is considered a masterpiece of mining engineering.

Windblown rock formations in an ancient Roman quarry.

At an estimated 3,800 years old, this olive tree is one of the oldest on earth.

This weird, elephant-shaped rock also hosts two ancient tombs.

A striped 12th-century basilica sits in the countryside of Sardinia.

Stalactites and stalagmites in a beautifully lit cave.

The titular "little arch" near this Italian resort is one of the most popular diving spots in the country.

A small Sardinian village covered in vivid murals depicting a century of local life.

The only urban monument in the world designed by the great surrealist painter Salvador Dalí.

A comprehensive look at the art of Joaquín Sorolla in his former home in Madrid.

The oldest restaurant in the world is this old-world Spanish eatery, still known for its suckling pig.

Trimmed trees grow alongside the graves like topiary tombstones.

A well-worshipped shrine to the Virgin Mary nestled inside the last of Zagreb’s historic gates.

A World War II evacuation tunnel turned into a history display of Croatian state and people.

This beautiful Croatian fortress is haunted by legends of forbidden love.

This Croatian fairytale castle is slowly falling apart thanks to years of neglect.

A hundred copies of Antony Gormley's naked body stare out across the water.