Brunei
The sultan and his sultanate, or a visit to Brunei
Two days in Brunei are enough: the water village of Kampong Ayer, the Omar Ali Saifuddien Mosque, the Royal Regalia Museum and the Tamu Kianggeh market,…
Travel style
City breaks
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Russia
Visa-free travel - St Petersburg's top attractions
A free e-visa, cheap flights and a city full of palaces, canals and museums: practical tips on transport, food and prices, plus the Hermitage, the Aurora,…
Brazil
A Brazilian mix: Rio de Janeiro, Paraty and Ilha Grande
Rio's iconic beaches and views, the colonial town of Paraty and the wild island of Ilha Grande: a condensed overview of what Brazil has to offer,…
France
A city break in Bordeaux
Bordeaux, its vineyards, oysters on the Bay of Arcachon, the Dune du Pilat and day trips to medieval Sarlat and Rocamadour: a city break full of…
Italy
Naples and its surroundings offer more than you expect
A few days in Naples and a drive around the area reveal a surprising variety of attractions in a small space, from the Spanish Quarter and…
Belgium
Brussels - from the European Parliament to the glorification of peeing
Brussels has a few places you simply must see, food and drink worth trying and charming corners off the obvious track. You can start with serious…
Thailand
5 places worth visiting in Bangkok
Bangkok is a huge, vibrant metropolis with no shortage of things to see. Here are 5 places I recommend, from a river cruise and the Amulet…
China
A crazy stopover, or 24 hours in Beijing
China is full of mysteries, and some of them can be solved by numerology. My crazy one-day stopover in Beijing can be summed up in three…
Singapore
Singapore's 5 greatest attractions
Singapore is a global one-off: an ethnic and cultural collage, a city-state where many races, languages and religions live side by side. Here is my subjective…
India
Mumbai - a city of contrasts
Mumbai, formerly Bombay, is a teeming metropolis bursting with energy: noisy, usually dirty, yet at times dripping with luxury. From the Gateway of India and Elephanta…