Morocco packs an astonishing variety into a single country. In one trip you can wander a medieval medina where donkeys still carry the goods, ride a camel into the dunes of the Sahara, walk blue-painted lanes in a mountain town, and eat fresh fish on an Atlantic beach. It is North Africa at its most … Read more
Vietnam is one of those rare countries that gives you everything in a single trip: misty mountains and golden rice terraces in the north, lantern-lit old towns on the central coast, and warm tropical islands in the south. It is also one of the best-value destinations in Asia, with street food that costs less than … Read more
Georgia is the small country at the crossroads of Europe and Asia that travellers keep discovering and then wondering why they did not come sooner. Wedged between the Black Sea and the Greater Caucasus mountains, it packs an extraordinary amount into a space smaller than many single states: a 1,500-year-old capital with sulphur baths and … Read more
Nepal is one of those rare countries that manages to feel both enormous and intimate at the same time. It is a small, landlocked country tucked between India and China, yet it holds eight of the ten highest mountains on Earth, including Mount Everest. In a single trip you can stand in front of a … Read more
Malaysia is one of the easiest countries in Asia to love, and one of the hardest to sum up in a single sentence. In one trip you can stand beneath the tallest twin towers in the world, climb the rainbow steps of a cave temple, eat your way through a UNESCO-listed old town, and fall … Read more
Turkey is one of those rare countries that gives you almost everything in a single trip. In one holiday you can stand in a city that spans two continents, float over valleys filled with stone chimneys at sunrise, walk through a Roman city that feels frozen in time, and swim in water so clear it … Read more
There is nowhere else on Earth quite like Egypt. It is the only country where you can stand before the last surviving Wonder of the Ancient World in the morning, wander through a temple built three thousand years ago in the afternoon, and fall asleep on a cruise boat drifting down the Nile as the … Read more
Sri Lanka is one of those rare destinations that packs an astonishing variety of experiences into a small island. In a single week you can climb an ancient rock fortress, ride a slow train through emerald tea country, watch elephants cross a dusty plain, walk the walls of a colonial fort, and end the day … Read more
Dubai has a reputation for glittering towers, luxury malls and restaurants where dinner can cost more than a flight. All of that is real. But if you only eat in those places, you will miss the Dubai that most people in the city actually love. The real flavour of this city lives on its streets … Read more
Singapore is one of those rare cities that feels futuristic and traditional at the same time. One minute you are standing under giant solar-powered trees that light up the night sky, and the next you are wandering a street market that smells of satay and jasmine. It is small, clean, safe, and easy to explore … Read more