From the moment you step off the plane to the moment you lay down to sleep, Delhi is right in your face; it’s like a four-dimensional Jackson Pollock that’ll make you rue the day you were born with just a single set of eyes. Prayer calls drift above the yodelling cries of market hawkers and […]

The first view of Bath from the top of the emerald valley in which it sits is one that lives long in the memory; perfectly preserved, it looks almost like a museum model of a sixteenth century settlement. There’s been a city here since AD 43 and the ornate stone architecture amid the leafy green […]

There’s been a silent revolution in Copenhagen over the last few decades. Long seen as a peaceful, pleasant city, since the 1990s it has increasingly begun to express itself as one of Europe’s leading cultural centres. Until recently its citizens would eat out only on special occasions, but they can now dine in some of […]

If asked to put a pin in a globe to mark the location of Wallis and Futuna, most people wouldn’t even know which hemisphere to go for, let alone which ocean. That’s just fine with them; pleasantly adrift amidst a medley of Polynesian islands, the twin French collectives seem happy enough to keep it that […]

There’s a friendly student atmosphere to this sleepy Sun Belt city filled with laid back Cajun joie de vivre. Far removed from the charged frenzy of New York or the ostentation of Los Angeles, the subtropical warmth has bred a laid back people who deliver authentic Louisiana at every turn. Lying around 75 miles north-west […]

Neighbourhood kids play street cricket with a few twigs and rounded stone, stopping only to gape at the classic Mercedes that rolls silently past or to ask if you want to join them. Welcome to Colombo, a dash of spice on the margins of Sri Lanka’s misty green interior, a chaotic collage of colours and […]

The African continent comes in many shades and textures, but few feel more authentic than those boasted by the richly diverse Zambian landscape. Nomadic tribes have wandered its landlocked plains for millennia, but only since the 18th century has it really been settled; first by regional tribes migrating from other areas of Africa and then […]

Savannah’s heyday at the height of the cotton trade has long since past, but the Victorian mansions and grand, open squares are a lasting testament to the riches of yore. The port retains its significance as one of America’s busiest, and there’s still a busy manufacturing sector attached, but Savannah is more renowned for its […]

Charleston, often called the Holy City because of the churches and cathedrals that dominate its skyline, is the kind of well-mannered, seemly charmer that your parents would just love you to bring home. Romance seeps from the city’s antebellum architecture and the reputation for hospitality and unerring politeness is well-deserved. This is a city of […]

The terracotta warriors of Xian are widely regarded as the greatest archaeological discovery of the twentieth century; 80,000 figures in full battle formation buried beneath the city suburbs since 210 BC. They’ve become more famous than the city itself; yet Xi’an is older than Beijing and Shanghai and has a fascinating history stretching more than […]

Come live the high life among the trendsetters south of the Sahara, where the fashionistas flock to Senegalese ‘Paris of the South’. Forget the azure seas and strips of gorgeous white beaches that surround the sunny Cape Vert Peninsula; Dakar is a feverish melting pot of exquisite colours and crafts, where Senegalese tribes jam with […]

Poland’s glorious cities are already gearing up to host the 2012 European Cup competition. Roger St. Pierre takes a whistlestop tour