Night1
Rome
Central, five-star, walking distance to dinner, a straightforward run out to the Appia start.
Where you sleep
Thirteen nights in beds. None in a seat.
Four- and five-star hotels, single occupancy, chosen for one thing above all: how close they are to the next start line. Thirteen nights, ten cities, and never an early-morning transfer longer than forty minutes.
Nights2–3
Cairo
On the Giza side, at the foot of the plateau. You walk from the finish line to your own shower — this is what makes the pyramid afternoon work.
Nights4–5
Petra
At the gate of the site, two nights in the same bed. The first place on the route where you unpack.
Night6
Agra
Within walking distance of the Taj east gate — what makes the afternoon visit possible.
Night7
Delhi
Airport hotel, arrived at in the evening and left in the morning.
Night8
Mutianyu, Beijing
A resort in the hills below the Wall, so nobody drives at dawn on the hardest morning.
Night9
Anchorage
Downtown, with a free afternoon. Blackout curtains matter here.
Night10
Valladolid
A colonial hacienda thirty minutes from Chichén Itzá.
Night11
Cancún
One night by the airport before the flight south.
Nights12–13
Rio de Janeiro
Copacabana or Flamengo, on the finish-line side of the bay.
The runner price is single occupancy. A runner and companion travelling together share a room; the companion price already assumes this. Two runners travelling together can ask about twin-share.
Sixty people will see the seven wonders this way.
Places are allocated in order of deposit. Finishers of any Runbuk event may reserve before general registration opens.