Portimao is a port city on the southern coast of Portugal and offers easy access to some of the country's best beaches.

Plymouth is a rural town in central Vermont, set among wooded hills, small farms, ponds, and mountain valleys in the Green Mountain region. The town includes several small settlements, with Plymouth Notch being the best-known because of its preserved historic buildings and connection to President Calvin Coolidge. Much of the surrounding landscape remains forested and lightly developed, with roads following valleys and ridgelines rather than forming a dense urban center.

Big Sur, California, is where dramatic cliffs meet the vast Pacific, creating a stunning landscape that feels almost otherworldly. Stretching for about 90 miles along California's Highway 1, this iconic coastal region offers some of the most breathtaking views in the world, with the rugged Santa Lucia Mountains rising up from the ocean to create a panorama that has captivated artists, writers, and nature lovers for generations.

High on a hill, dominating the sea, Loreto is a small city that lives solely for the "Santa Casa", one of the most famous and revered monuments of Christianity. According to tradition, it was the Virgin Mary's birth house, which up until that time was kept intact and venerated in Palestine, then flown by angels from Nazareth to the Adriatic Coast and set on a green hill of laurels on the night of December 10, 1294; hence the name Loreto.

An island in the Iisselmeer until 1957 when it was linked to the mainland by a dike. Its unique houses are painted deep green and built on stilts to protect them against the raging sea.