The Best Continent-Crossing Trips

There’s something unique about the idea of continental borders. They’re not as defined or politically meaningful as national borders, and yet there is an undeniable feeling of totemic shift when you stray to the edge of a whole continent. Each of the seven slices of the map have their own identities – through culture, language, religion, even geography – but in our minds we do tend to draw a thicker line in the sand than is actually there. Visit a country that straddles two continents, or even get anywhere near the borderlines, and you can easily notice the line-blurring evolution from one to another. These melting pots tend to cook up some of the most fascinating cultural destinations on the planet, where cuisines fuse together and historic cities act as gateways to a new world. We celebrate these fascinating places on our locally guided multi-day tours, and these are our favourite cross-continental trips.