Route notes
Why this routing works
This 12-week round-the-world itinerary is built as a true westbound progression from Valencia across North America, onward through Europe into East and Southeast Asia, then down to Australia and across South America before returning to Spain. The structure keeps the long-haul sectors moving in one direction while allowing shorter regional flights and a few intentional surface segments to connect places that are handled overland rather than by air on the ticket.
The North America section is front-loaded with confirmed stays in Toronto, Ottawa, Quebec, Chicago, and Bozeman, then shifts into an open overland break from Bozeman to Las Vegas before flying again from Las Vegas to San Francisco and continuing to Washington DC and Frankfurt. A second surface gap appears between Frankfurt and Tokyo, followed by a regional sequence through Osaka and Seoul. The same pattern continues in Southeast Asia, where Vientiane is reached overland before flights resume through Luang Prabang, Singapore, Kota Kinabalu, Jakarta, and Melbourne.
From Australia, the ticket crosses the Pacific into Santiago and continues south to Punta Arenas, then backtracks through PNT and Santiago before the final long-haul leg to Quito and the return to Valencia. That Santiago double-call is a practical feature of the routing rather than a duplicate by mistake, since it links the southern Chile segment back into the onward international sectors. In economy, this kind of RTW ticket works best for travelers who want the major long-haul framework locked in while keeping selected ground transfers separate and manageable.