Aspire to travel around ancient land (6)
I believe the answer is:
persia
'ancient land' is the definition.
'aspire to travel' is the wordplay.
'to travel' is an anagram indicator (I've seen 'travels' mean this).
'aspire' anagrammed gives 'PERSIA'.
'around' is the link.
(Other definitions for persia that I've seen before include "It's now known as Iran" , "Iran, formerly" , "Old land" , "Aspire to this old country" , "Former name of Iran" .)