Europe’s Most Underrated Travel Destinations

There are few travel destinations in Europe more underrated than Georgia, on the eastern end of the Black Sea. Anyone who makes the jaunt will be rewarded with ancient ruins, rich cuisine and rural villages with top-notch local wine. Tbilisi is a city so friendly that you’d think you were a local, and the country’s hospitality only increases the further out you go. Get Georgia stamped into your passport on this nine-day discovery tour.

This Portuguese archipelago is about as remote as Europe gets, and our six-day tour of São Miguel, the largest island, is proof that the Azores are Europe’s premier adventure playground. You’ll cycle around and kayak on the two stunning crater lakes at Sete Cidades, hike around Furnas Lake, go abseiling down a waterfall and canyoning down mountain streams, as well as embarking on a whale and dolphin-spotting marine safari. Lower the heart rate with soaks in natural volcanic hot springs and cook a hearty cozido stew underground using only geothermal heat.