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Sight days from real trips: Marrakech's Private car and driver out of Marrakech over the pass, Edinburgh's Arthur's Seat from the Palace car park.
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Over the Tizi n'Tichka: Telouet, the ksar at Ait Benhaddou, and back in the dark
8 stops · 7:15 am – 9:45 pm · $225.70 each- 7:15 am Private car and driver out of Marrakech over the pass
- 10:15 am Telouet Kasbah, off the pass on the old caravan road
- 11:30 am Argan cooperative on the Ounila road
- 12:45 pm Lunch on the far bank, looking at the ksar
- 2:15 pm Cross the Ounila and climb the ksar to the agadir
- 4:30 pm Atlas Studios in Ouarzazate
- 5:45 pm Kasbah Taourirt before the light goes
- 7 pm The drive back over the pass in the dark
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Arthur's Seat at dawn, the Old Town, and a dram on the West Bow
7 stops · 8:30 am – 9:30 pm · $181.00 each- 8:30 am Arthur's Seat from the Palace car park
- 10:05 am Coffee and a bacon roll before the Royal Mile wakes up
- 10:45 am Edinburgh Castle, mid-morning timed slot
- 12:30 pm A hog roast roll from Oink on Victoria Street
- 1:30 pm The Real Mary King's Close
- 3 pm The Bow Bar, and a shelf you have not tried
- 7 pm Dinner at The Cottage at Royal Terrace
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Luxor: a balloon at first light, an Egyptologist on the West Bank, a felucca at dusk
8 stops · 4:15 am – 9:45 pm · $1,149.09 each- 4:15 am Pickup at 04:15 and the ferry across in the dark
- 5 am Private basket over Dra Abu el-Naga at first light
- 7 am Breakfast at Marsam, and the car for the day
- 8:15 am Valley of the Kings, plus Seti I, with a private Egyptologist
- 11:30 am Deir el-Bahari, Hatshepsut's terraces
- 12:45 pm Nefertari, ten minutes and no longer
- 5:30 pm Felucca off the corniche as the sun goes
- 7:45 pm Dinner at 1886, in the Winter Palace
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Chichén Itzá before the buses, then the cenotes nobody queues for
8 stops · 6:45 am – 9:15 pm · $91.50 each- 6:45 am First colectivo of the day to Pisté
- 8 am Chichén Itzá at 08:00, when the plaza is silent
- 11 am Cenote Yokdzonot instead of Ik Kil
- 1:15 pm Colectivo back into Valladolid
- 2:15 pm Lomitos de Valladolid at El Amigo Casiano
- 4 pm Cenote Oxman at the quiet hour
- 6:15 pm Calzada de los Frailes at dusk
- 7:45 pm Dinner at IX CAT IK
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Sultanahmet in the order nobody does it, and a Sinan hammam at the end
8 stops · 7:30 am – 7:15 pm · $191.00 each- 7:30 am Menemen and çay on Divanyolu before anything opens
- 8:45 am Topkapı Palace and the Harem, at the Imperial Gate for opening
- 11:30 am Hagia Sophia's upper gallery, in the gap before noon
- 12:45 pm Köfte, piyaz and şalgam, standing room only
- 1:45 pm The Basilica Cistern with a timed slot
- 3 pm The Blue Mosque between afternoon prayers
- 4:15 pm Kese and köpük at Çemberlitaş, Sinan's 1584 hammam
- 6:30 pm Künefe at Hafız Mustafa, walking back
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Big Sur in December: Bixby at first light, the keyhole at four, and a room on the cliff
8 stops · 7 am – 10 pm · $1,145.00 each- 7 am Check Highway 1 before you turn the key
- 7:45 am Bixby Creek Bridge before the light is up
- 8:30 am Point Sur Light Station from the road
- 9:15 am Pfeiffer Big Sur is CLOSED — the morning you get instead
- 12 pm Lunch at Nepenthe, on the terrace
- 2 pm McWay Falls is CLOSED — turn round at Nepenthe instead
- 3:45 pm Pfeiffer Beach, for the keyhole
- 6 pm A room at Post Ranch, and dinner at Sierra Mar
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Rome: the Forum at opening, Testaccio at lunch, Trastevere after dark
8 stops · 8:45 am – 10:15 pm · $79.50 each- 8:45 am Roman Forum and Palatine from the Via di San Gregorio gate
- 10:45 am Down the Palatine and out under the Arch of Titus
- 11:15 am Colosseum, levels 1 and 2, on the timed slot
- 1:15 pm Mordi e Vai, box 15, Mercato Testaccio
- 2:30 pm A supplì at the original Trapizzino
- 3:15 pm Cimitero Acattolico and the Pyramid of Cestius
- 7:45 pm Over Ponte Sisto into Trastevere
- 8:30 pm Dinner at Da Enzo al 29
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The Burren in the morning, the Cliffs of Moher at six
8 stops · 9:15 am – 11:30 pm · $128.00 each- 9:15 am The R480 from Ballyvaughan over Corkscrew Hill
- 10:15 am Poulnabrone Dolmen
- 11:15 am Caherconnell fort and the sheepdogs
- 12:45 pm The Burren Perfumery tea room at Carran
- 2:30 pm Through Lisdoonvarna to Doolin — not lunch at the Wild Honey Inn
- 4:45 pm Under the cliffs from Doolin pier
- 6:30 pm The Cliffs of Moher, evening slot
- 9:30 pm A session at Gus O'Connor's
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Versailles at nine, then the half of it the buses never reach
8 stops · 7:50 am – 6:40 pm · $94.50 each- 7:50 am RER C from Invalides, direction Versailles Château
- 9 am State Apartments at 09:00, ahead of the coaches
- 10:40 am Down through the bosquets while the fountains run
- 12:15 pm Lunch at the head of the Grand Canal
- 1:35 pm The Hameau de la Reine, which does not open until noon
- 3:45 pm A bike for the last hour of the park
- 5 pm Back through the town instead of straight to the platform
- 5:55 pm RER C back into Paris
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The Mission: Tartine at nine, Balmy Alley with a muralist, and settling the burrito argument
8 stops · 8:45 am – 8:30 pm · $132.00 each- 8:45 am Morning bun at Tartine, before the line exists
- 10 am Mission Dolores — the adobe, not the basilica
- 10:45 am Dolores Park, north-west slope
- 11:45 am The burrito argument: La Taqueria versus El Farolito
- 1:30 pm Precita Eyes classic mural walk
- 3 pm Balmy Alley again, slowly, with nobody talking
- 3:50 pm Dandelion Chocolate on Valencia
- 6:30 pm Dinner in the courtyard at Foreign Cinema
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Seoul: hanbok at the gate, two palaces, and Euljiro on plastic stools
8 stops · 8:30 am – 10 pm · $63.20 each- 8:30 am Rent the hanbok before anything else
- 9:10 am Gyeongbokgung from the 09:00 opening, then the guard change
- 10:45 am Bukchon, but the lanes nobody polices
- 11:55 am Lunch out of a brass tin at Tongin Market
- 1:20 pm Changdeokgung, and the Secret Garden ticket you must have already bought
- 3:10 pm Ikseon-dong, one turn off the main strip
- 6:20 pm Nogari and beer on a stool in Euljiro
- 8:20 pm A bar behind an unmarked door
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Cairo: through the Great Gate at seven, the Grand Egyptian Museum by eleven
8 stops · 7 am – 7:30 pm · $123.56 each- 7 am Great Gate on the Fayoum road, at opening
- 7:20 am Electric shuttle straight out to the panorama point
- 8 am Inside Khufu, before there is a queue to be in
- 9:30 am Down to the Sphinx and the Valley Temple
- 11 am Grand Egyptian Museum, the 11:00 slot
- 1:30 pm Late lunch on the museum terrace, facing the pyramids
- 4 pm Khan el-Khalili and a shisha at El Fishawy
- 6 pm Sunset over the city from Al-Azhar Park
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Marrakech: the medina done slowly, ending on a rooftop at the adhan
8 stops · 8:30 am – 8:15 pm · $79.95 each- 8:30 am Mint tea on the terrace at Cafe des Epices
- 9:30 am Ben Youssef Madrasa in the first half hour it is open
- 10:40 am Souk Semmarine up to the dyers' lane, with nobody attached to you
- 12 pm Le Jardin Secret and the view from its tower
- 1:15 pm Lunch on the fourth floor at Nomad
- 3 pm Bahia Palace after the coaches leave
- 5 pm Saadian Tombs, then out through Bab Agnaou
- 6:45 pm Le Salama's roof as the muezzins start
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Cappadocia: the balloon that might not fly, the Red Valley, and Kaymaklı
8 stops · 4:45 am – 9:30 pm · $319.50 each- 4:45 am Pickup from the cave hotel, in the dark
- 5:30 am The flight over Göreme and the fairy chimneys
- 8:15 am Second breakfast back in Göreme
- 10 am Red Valley walked in from Çavuşin, not driven to
- 1 pm Testi kebap and a sit down at Seten
- 2:45 pm Kaymaklı underground city, after the coaches
- 5 pm Uçhisar Castle instead of Göreme's sunset point
- 7:30 pm Dinner in somebody's cave house at Topdeck
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The Loire with a driver: Chenonceau at opening, Chambord's roof, Villandry at dusk
7 stops · 8:30 am – 10 pm · $803.00 each- 8:30 am Driver at the hotel door in Amboise
- 9:05 am Chenonceau in the first hour it is open
- 11:20 am Vouvray, tasted in the tuffeau
- 12:45 pm The long lunch the day is built around
- 2:50 pm Chambord for the roof, not for the rooms
- 5:10 pm Villandry's gardens in low sun
- 8 pm Dinner under the château wall in Amboise
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The Bay of Kotor: the walls before the ships, then a boat all day
8 stops · 7 am – 10 pm · $578.00 each- 7 am The Old Town at seven, before the first tender
- 8 am 1,350 steps up to San Giovanni, in the shade
- 10:30 am Meet the skipper and run up the bay
- 11:30 am Our Lady of the Rocks, which people built
- 12:30 pm Lunch in the watermills at Morinj
- 2:30 pm The Blue Cave, deliberately late
- 5 pm Up the campanile at Perast
- 8 pm Dinner at the quiet end of Perast
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Sacred Valley by hired taxi: Moray, the salt pans, and Pisac before the buses
7 stops · 7:15 am – 7:10 pm · $112.50 each- 7:15 am Hired taxi from Cusco over the Chinchero pass
- 8:30 am Moray terraces at opening
- 10:15 am Salineras de Maras
- 12:15 pm Lunch in Urubamba
- 2:30 pm Pisac market after the coaches leave
- 4:15 pm Drive up to the Pisac ruins and walk down
- 6 pm Back to Cusco in the dusk
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Ubud at dawn: Tegallalang before the buses, purification at Tirta Empul
8 stops · 5:45 am – 8:45 pm · $72.40 each- 5:45 am Driver pickup on Jalan Raya Ubud
- 6:20 am Tegallalang Rice Terrace before the coaches
- 8:15 am Breakfast over the valley at Alas Harum
- 9:20 am Melukat at Tirta Empul, Tampaksiring
- 11:35 am Gunung Kawi rock-cut shrines
- 1:20 pm Babi guling at Warung Ibu Oka 3
- 2:45 pm Massage at Karsa Spa on the Campuhan ridge
- 7:30 pm Legong in the Ubud Palace courtyard
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Rhodes Old Town: in through the right gate, out after dark
8 stops · 8:15 am – 10:30 pm · $118.00 each- 8:15 am Mandraki and the deer columns before the ships tie up
- 9:05 am In through d'Amboise Gate, not Freedom Gate
- 9:35 am Palace of the Grand Master at opening
- 11:40 am Street of the Knights downhill to the Archaeological Museum
- 1:15 pm Long lunch at Nireas
- 3 pm Kahal Shalom and the Square of the Jewish Martyrs
- 5 pm Walk the dry moat, the whole way round
- 8 pm Dinner in the Marco Polo Mansion courtyard
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Fes el-Bali: down the Talaa Kebira to the tanneries, over the river to al-Andalus
8 stops · 7:30 am – 7:45 pm · $64.20 each- 7:30 am Meet a licensed guide at Bab Bou Jeloud, 07:30
- 8:30 am Bou Inania Madrasa before the light gets flat
- 9:45 am Down the Talaa Kebira to Nejjarine square
- 11:15 am Al-Attarine Madrasa, and the door of the Qarawiyyin
- 12:15 pm Chouara tannery from a leather shop's terrace
- 1:30 pm Lunch in the courtyard at The Ruined Garden
- 3:30 pm Across the river into the Andalusian quarter
- 6:30 pm Petit taxi to the Merenid Tombs for the sunset call
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Lands End to Fort Point: ruins at low tide, the Coastal Trail, and standing under the bridge
8 stops · 8:15 am – 7:45 pm · $81.00 each- 8:15 am Sutro Baths ruins, at low water
- 9 am Lands End Coastal Trail to Eagle's Point
- 11 am Legion of Honor, if the fog holds
- 12:15 pm The 29 bus across to the Presidio
- 12:50 pm Lunch on the Tunnel Tops
- 2 pm Battery Bluff, then down to Crissy Field
- 3:30 pm Fort Point, under the south anchorage
- 6:15 pm Burmese on Clement Street
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Lyon: oysters at nine, the traboules, and a bouchon with the plaque
8 stops · 8:30 am – 10:30 pm · $93.30 each- 8:30 am Oysters and a glass of white at nine, in the Halles
- 10:15 am The long traboule, 54 rue Saint-Jean
- 11:45 am The Ficelle up to Fourvière
- 12:10 pm Fourvière, and down through the Roman theatres
- 1:25 pm Lunch in a bouchon that has the certificate
- 3:30 pm Up the slopes of the Croix-Rousse
- 5:45 pm A praluline and a glass before dark
- 7:30 pm The Fête des Lumières, walked against the flow
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A Saturday in the Luberon: Apt market, Sénanque, Gordes and the ochre road
8 stops · 7:50 am – 10:30 pm · $271.00 each- 7:50 am Out of Avignon early, east on the D900
- 8:45 am Apt on a Saturday, the biggest market in the Luberon
- 11:15 am Gordes from the road, then Gordes from inside
- 12:35 pm The market lunch, eaten at the Village des Bories
- 1:45 pm Sénanque, on a visit booked days ago
- 3:30 pm The ochre trail late enough for the colour
- 5:15 pm Tasting at Château La Canorgue below Bonnieux
- 8:15 pm Back inside the walls for a late table
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Petra: through the gate at six, the Monastery by noon, candles at half past eight
8 stops · 6 am – 10:30 pm · $218.55 each- 6 am Ticket window at 06:00 and straight down the Bab as-Siq
- 6:15 am The Siq on foot, before the carriages start running
- 7:15 am Al-Khazneh with a guide and about nine other people
- 8:30 am Street of Facades, the Theatre and the Royal Tombs
- 10:30 am The 800 steps up to Ad Deir, the Monastery
- 1:15 pm Late lunch at the Basin
- 3:30 pm Al-Khubtha trail to the ledge above the Treasury
- 8:30 pm Petra by Night: candles the whole length of the Siq
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