Key:

Alternative suggestions are always offered in descending order of recommendation
Emboldened entries are emphasized recommendations
📅 Reservations required (well in advance)
🛬 Book your flight to this destination (well in advance)
🛏️ Book your lodgings (well in advance)
🤥 Dash has not actually been to this place himself
🎧 Get the audio guide (always recommended where available)
🚸 Activity for kids
⏳ Duration of the itinerary or activity
✍ When the data informing the recommendation was collected
🚨 Warning about a place or activity
🔞 Not suitable for kids
$ Under $50 per person
$$ Under $100 per person
$$$ Under $200 per person
$$$$ Over $200 per person

This guide assumes that you appreciate classical art, history, wine, and food; that you don’t have any dietary restrictions, are highly mobile, and fluent in English; and that you have cell service wherever you are traveling, an active passport, all necessary visas, and a sense of humor.