It isn't all polar bears and Eskimos, ice and snow. America's 49th, and biggest, state covers three climatic zones, with landscapes varying from ev...

Tolerant, democratic, self-confident and young at heart, Amsterdam is a city that never fails to surprise and delight its visitors. Glide along the...

Tolerant, democratic, self-confident and young at heart, Amsterdam is a city that never fails to surprise and delight its visitors. Glide along the...

Southern Spain is Andalusia -- a land of dazzling light and cool black shadow, dark eyes and flashing smiles, sherry and olives. In a sun-bleached ...

An exhilarating mix of timeless scenery and modern civilisation, Australia is not a place for sitting back and letting things happen. Just inland f...

With its fantastic blend of Gothic and Art Nouveau architecture, museums covering everything from Picasso to FC Barcelona, a pulsing nightlife and ...

Berlin is well and truly back. Unique among German cities, this mercurial and often eccentric metropolis stands at the crossroads between western a...

Whether you stay in Rio, lounge on a beach or foray through the jungle, you will find that one thing remains constant throughout Brazil-its fascina...

Budapest savours the good things in life. It's difficult to decide from which angle the 'Paris of the East' is most breathtaking: looking over the ...

Imagine a paradise isle where life is leisurely, the air heady with rum and vanilla, flowers and spices, the climate so balmy that when rain falls ...

China's attractions are diverse and dazzling. Whether you are visiting the cities of Beijing, Shanghai or Guangzhou, taking a trip to the Great Wal...

Corsica offers an infinite variety of scenery, an intriguing culture and enough activities for a hundred different holidays. The coast has plenty o...

The Minoan palace of Knossos justly asserts Crete's proud claim as the cradle of European civilisation. Some 4,000 years after its creation, the go...

Cuba rhymes with revolution, rum and havanas. Its pristine beaches hold a magnetic appeal, but Cuba's best asset is the people, lively, imaginative...

Cyprus combines craggy landscapes and cliffs with more gentle greenery. Away from sunny beach resorts, the island offers a cool moment of contempla...

Discover the cultural and historic wealth of the eastern Mediterranean -- a whole universe! Stroll through the streets of ancient cities such as At...

The Nile valley, green and fertile amid the dazzling sands of the Sahara is a bewitching backcloth for the spice markets of Aswan, the pharaohs' te...

The city of Michelangelo, Giotto and Botticelli -- not to mention Macchiavelli and the Medicis -- is one great revelation of the Renaissance. Flore...

Florida means home to spacemen and sports stars, millionaires and pensioners, acrobatic dolphins and Mickey Mouse. The Sunshine State offers more t...

Ever had trouble trying to make yourself understood? No more frustrating struggles with the menu, no more battles with the hotel concierge or the h...