Auckland is home to the world’s first harbour bridge bungy jump, operated by the bungy originals — the AJ Hackett Bungy. Jumpers leap over the Waitemata Harbour and are offered the experience of a lifetime! The bridge is 40 metres high and if you really want it to be even more thrilling, opt for a water-touch and enjoy a nice ocean dip!

A ride in a carriage pulled by horses is a highlight of a trip to Vienna for many tourists. Today it is hard to imagine the cityscape without the Viennese horse-drawn carriages. A tour in a horse-drawn carriage is a very atmospheric way to explore the beauty of Vienna. Carriage ranks can be found at Stephansplatz, Michaelerplatz, Heldenplatz, Albertinaplatz, Petersplatz and outside the Burgtheater. For that extra special occasion, you can book a carriage ride complete with typical specialties and delicacies paired with sparkling wine.

Asparuhov Park dates to 1935, when what had been barren wasteland was transformed into a shaded retreat of wide paved alleys and mature trees, designed by Anton Novak, the same man behind the Sea Garden. A statue of an Asparuh warrior stands at its centre, facing the sea. The park is quieter and less polished than its city-centre counterpart, which is precisely the appeal: squirrels dart between the trees, and the pace is unhurried. The beach below is broad and shallow, making it well suited to families, with sunbeds, bars and water sports on offer. From there, the Bunkera area to the west rewards those up for a short hike through scrubby coastal terrain. Round off the afternoon by heading east to Observation Deck Galata, where you get a sweeping view over the port entrance and the sea beyond.

Ain Zubaidah stands as a testament to ancient engineering, a water system commissioned over 1,200 years ago by Zubaidah, wife of the Abbasid Caliph Harun al-Rashid. Moved by the plight of pilgrims, she ordered the creation of a complex network to channel water from the Al-Kar mountains to the holy sites of Makkah. This 35-kilometre feat of engineering combined underground channels, surface aqueducts, and deep reservoirs, some reaching 40 metres underground, to traverse the arid landscape. Though time has left much of the original structure in fragments, sections have been restored, including a major renovation in the 1920s. The system's scale remains awe-inspiring, with its gentle gradients, 132 inspection chambers, and strategic storage tanks. Today, visitors can explore remnants of the conduits in the foothills around Makkah, a tangible link to a visionary project that sustained generations of pilgrims.