Rio de Janeiro is Brazil's most famous city, a dramatic stretch of coast where forested…

Beijing is the capital of China and the political and cultural centre of the country, a…

Dubrovnik is a walled medieval port city on Croatia's Adriatic coast, famous for its…

Prague is the capital of Czechia and one of Europe's best-preserved historic cities, a…

Cairo is Egypt's sprawling capital and the largest city in the Arab world, a dense,…

Giza sits on the western edge of greater Cairo and is famous the world over for the…

Paris is France's capital and one of the world's most visited cities, a place of grand…

Athens is the capital of Greece and one of the world's oldest cities, where classical…

Santorini is the most famous of Greece's Cyclades islands, a crescent of dark volcanic…

Agra sits on the banks of the Yamuna River in northern India and is home to one of the…

Delhi is India's capital and one of its oldest continuously inhabited cities, a sprawling…

Bali is Indonesia's most famous island, a tropical destination known for its Hindu…

Rome is Italy's capital and one of the world's great open-air museums, where ancient…

Venice is built across more than a hundred small islands in a lagoon on Italy's northeast…

Kyoto was Japan's capital for over a thousand years, and it remains the country's…

Tokyo is Japan's sprawling capital and one of the world's largest cities, a place where…

Ajloun sits in the wooded hills of northern Jordan, a world away from the desert scenery…

Petra is Jordan's most famous archaeological site and one of the New Seven Wonders of the…

Kuala Lumpur is Malaysia's fast-moving capital, a city where gleaming skyscrapers rise…

Cancun sits on the Caribbean coast of Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula, famous for its long…

Mexico City is one of the largest and highest-altitude capitals in the Americas, a…

Marrakech is Morocco's most famous imperial city, a walled maze of ochre streets set…

Amsterdam is the capital of the Netherlands, a compact and walkable city built around a…

Cusco is the historic heart of the Andes and the former capital of the Inca empire, set…

Lisbon is Portugal's capital, a warm, hilly city of pastel facades, patterned tiles and…

Jeddah is Saudi Arabia's commercial and cultural port city on the Red Sea coast, long…

Riyadh is the capital of Saudi Arabia and a rapidly modernising desert city, where glass…

Singapore is a compact, ultra-modern city-state at the tip of the Malay Peninsula, famous…

Cape Town sits where the Atlantic and Indian Oceans nearly meet, wrapped around the…

Barcelona is the capital of Catalonia and one of the Mediterranean's most enjoyable…

Madrid is Spain's capital and its liveliest city, a place of grand boulevards, elegant…

Bangkok is the capital of Thailand and one of Asia's most exciting cities, a sprawling…

Phuket is Thailand's largest island, a former tin-mining and rubber hub that has grown…

Cappadocia is a region in central Turkey famous for its surreal landscape of eroded rock…

Istanbul is Turkey's largest city and its cultural heart, straddling two continents…

Dubai is the largest city in the United Arab Emirates and one of the world's most…

London is the capital of the United Kingdom and one of the world's great cities, spread…

Las Vegas is the entertainment capital of the United States, built around a four-mile…

New York City is one of the world's great capitals of culture, finance and food, packed…

Hanoi is Vietnam's capital and its historic and cultural heart in the north of the…