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Europe.

Six regions. Forty-six countries. The obvious destinations and the ones nobody talks about — organised by geography, not by popularity.

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Western Europe
France · Spain · Portugal · Ireland · UK · Belgium · Netherlands
80+ destinations
 

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Northern Europe & Scandinavia
Sweden · Norway · Finland · Denmark · Estonia · Latvia · Lithuania
40+ destinations
 

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Central Europe
Germany · Austria · Switzerland · Czech Republic · Poland · Hungary · Slovakia
60+ destinations
 

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Southern Europe & Mediterranean
Italy · Greece · Croatia · Slovenia · Malta · Cyprus · Turkey (Aegean)
90+ destinations
 

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Eastern Europe & Balkans
Romania · Bulgaria · Serbia · Bosnia · Montenegro · Albania · North Macedonia
55+ destinations
 

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Caucasus & European Turkey
Georgia · Armenia · Azerbaijan · Istanbul · Thrace · Gallipoli · Aegean Coast
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Geographic extension

The Caucasus & European Turkey

The Wanders covers the Caucasus and Aegean Turkey as part of its geographic scope — territories where European civilisation, culture and history left their deepest marks beyond the continent’s conventional borders.

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Georgia

Ancient wine culture, Orthodox monasteries, the Silk Road, Svaneti’s medieval towers. A civilisation older than most of Europe.

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Armenia

Europe’s least-known neighbour. Ancient monasteries, apricot orchards, a Christian heritage predating Rome’s conversion.

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Aegean Turkey

Istanbul, Thrace, Gallipoli, the Aegean coast to Bodrum. Where Greek, Roman and Byzantine civilisation left its primary mark.

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"Six regions. Forty-six countries. The obvious and the ones nobody talks about."