CASPIAN TO BLACK SEA

to the lighthouse on the Strait of Gibraltar as well as the city’s labyrinthine medina and kasbah. Africa’s first highspeed line, opened in 2018, is taken for the return to Marrakech.

From £1,995, including flights, Nov

From £3,925-£6,890, Nov 19–28: PTG (01235 227288; ptg.co.uk)

This east to west tour begins on the Caspian Sea at Azerbaijan’s capital, Baku, where highlights are the 12,000-year-old carvings at the Gobustan Petroglyph Reserve and the fire temple at Ateshgah. A sleeping-car train is taken to Georgia’s capital, Tbilisi, for two days of cultural and culinary activities. Caves, canyons and a boat ride to a waterfall are among the attractions visited from Kutaisi before reaching the Black Sea at Batumi. Here the highlight is the magnificent complex of stone buildings forming the Gelati Monastery, founded in 1106. From £1,897, including flights, Sept