For­mer com­mer­cial cap­i­tal of Per­sia. Ancient Islam­ic archi­tec­ture, sev­er­al UNESCO World Her­itage Sites at once, stunn…

An unof­fi­cial self-gov­ern­ing com­mune. It is a large com­mu­ni­ty with a social­ist eco­nom­ic struc­ture, although the resid…

The best time to vis­it St. George’s Mar­ket Square is on a Sat­ur­day morn­ing, when the mar­ket real­ly bus­tles. Set in th…

This ancient city was also found­ed by the French, so its archi­tec­ture is cor­re­spond­ing­ly French. Here you can walk al…

This archae­o­log­i­cal area is an out­stand­ing exam­ple of an ancient Roman bur­ial ground. The word “necrop­o­lis”, from the…

This vil­lage on the water is con­sid­ered one of the most inter­est­ing places in Brunei. Here you can see the real life …

As the first cap­i­tal of Brazil, from 1549 to 1763, Sal­vador de Bahia wit­nessed the blend­ing of Euro­pean, African and …

Dia­man­ti­na, a colo­nial vil­lage set like a jew­el in a neck­lace of inhos­pitable rocky moun­tains, recalls the exploits o…

Sucre, the first cap­i­tal of Bolivia, was found­ed by the Span­ish in the first half of the 16th cen­tu­ry. Its many well-…

Named after the near­by archi­tec­tur­al mon­u­ment – ​​Bahrain Gate. Actu­al­ly, the road that pass­es under the arch of Bahr…

The old and main mar­ket of Tashkent. Every­thing is sold: from food to cloth­ing.

One of the largest mar­kets not only in Turk­menistan but in all of Cen­tral Asia. Here you can find and buy almost ever…

It’s easy to see why Her­at – the third-largest city in Afghanistan – has such a Per­sian fla­vor to it: the town sits j…

If you want to wit­ness the sophis­ti­cat­ed blend of past and moder­ni­ty, Sarande is the town to go. It has one of the wo…

A UNESCO World Her­itage site, Habana Vie­ja or Old Havana is a well-pre­served slice of Cuban his­to­ry. Strolling around…

Less­er vis­it­ed com­pared to many oth­er places in Cuba, Cam­aguey can be puz­zling for those who choose to vis­it. While i…

The cap­i­tal of the Tibet Autonomous Region of Chi­na, locat­ed at an alti­tude of approx­i­mate­ly 3,650 meters, is one of …