Places mariska135mm Wants to Go

Take respite inside this jaw-dropping church while climbing the volcano where Georgia's Prometheus was once chained.

Ancient rock-hewn town that witnessed key events of Georgian history.

Small church on top of a huge rock column.

The smaller of the three towers of San Marino is a former prison inaccessible from the ground level.

This hidden courtyard in the Andorran capital hosts a unique contemporary sculpture park.

In one of the smallest countries in the world stands an original Salvador Dalí sculpture.

These sea caves are the source of Xigia Beach's distinct aroma.

This little Greek plateau is home to thousands of rustic, white-sailed windmills.

This seaside sanctuary was once one of the most important religious sites for women in ancient Greece.

Ruins of a 13th-century fortress perched above a breathtaking Mediterranean bay.

Where commuters walk through remnants of an ancient Greek necropolis.

One of the largest single-span stone-arch bridges in the Balkans looks like something straight out of a fairytale.

A small island with shimmering pink sands, home to loggerhead turtles and rare plants.

The ruins of this monumental city founded by the first Roman Emperor are strangely overlooked by most travelers.

This wrecked ghost ship has been rusting on a Greek beach since the 1980s.

An autonomous republic of Orthodox monks.

An alien landscape on the banks of the Aegean Sea.

This remarkable cave was discovered after a shepherd watched bees enter and exit through a small fissure.

According to myth, Zeus himself was hidden in this cave to escape being eaten by his dad.

A quirky bookstore hidden beneath a sea of whitewashed Greek villas.

The Cycladic architecture makes this Athens neighborhood feel like an island paradise hidden in the shadow of the Acropolis.

This ancient hydrological marvel is now the base of a modern outdoor cinema.

The railway carts travelers to central Athens's highest peak, which offers stunning vistas of the city.

Perched on a spindly rock spire in a Greek archipelago, this lighthouse would make a perfect wizard's tower.