Destination Guides

Flights, neighborhoods, things to do, and everything else you need to plan a trip — one guide per destination.

Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque

Abu Dhabi

Marble mosques, a palace turned museum, and Yas Island's theme parks

Dubai skyline

Dubai

Record-breaking towers, desert dunes, and souks in between

Kinshasa skyline

Kinshasa

Rumba, river life, and the pulse of Central Africa's biggest city

Giraffes at Giraffe Manor in Kenya

Kenya

Safari plains, Nairobi giraffes, and white-sand coast

Thames river view from the Shard in London

London

Royal history, world-class theatre, and a skyline rebuilt one century at a time

Doha skyline from the Corniche

Doha

Souqs, skyline towers, and desert safaris in the same afternoon

Marina Bay Sands skyline at night in Singapore

Singapore

Supertrees, chili crab, and a skyline that looks unreal even in person

The Petronas Twin Towers rising above the Kuala Lumpur skyline at dusk

Kuala Lumpur

A rainforest-fringed skyline, a night market a street away from every hotel, and Malaysia's best food packed into one walkable city.

Times Square New York

New York

Skyscrapers, world-class museums, and a Broadway marquee on every corner

Anse Source d'Argent beach, Seychelles

Seychelles

Granite boulders, jungle-backed beaches, and a rainforest older than the dinosaurs

Mauritius

Mauritius

Lagoon-blue water, a mountain shaped like a fortress, and a patch of hillside that comes in seven colours

Eiffel Tower at dusk

Paris

A two-hour lunch, a world-class museum, and a floodlit iron tower, all before dinner

Manchester Cathedral and city skyline

Manchester

Football rivalries, free museums, and the sound that never left Madchester

Basilique Sainte-Anne-du-Congo, Brazzaville

Brazzaville

Riverside terraces, a green-roofed basilica, and Kinshasa shimmering across the water

Pointe-Noire

Pointe-Noire

Atlantic beaches, the red cliffs of Diosso Gorge, fresh seafood, and whales off the Congolese coast

Muanda

Muanda

Atlantic beaches, river-mouth mangroves and nesting sea turtles on the DRC coast

Conkouati-Douli National Park

Conkouati-Douli National Park

Gorillas, forest elephants, chimpanzee islands and humpback whales where the rainforest meets the sea

Hagia Sophia and the Istanbul skyline

Istanbul

Domes, bazaars, and ferries between two continents

The Colosseum in Rome

Rome

Ancient ruins, Baroque fountains, and a plate of cacio e pepe on every corner

Griffith Observatory above Los Angeles

Los Angeles

Film sets, hillside views, art-filled museums and a coastline that stretches for miles

Tokyo Skytree with Mount Fuji in the distance

Tokyo

Neon crossings, quiet gardens, temple courtyards and some of the best food on earth

The Koutoubia minaret in Marrakech

Marrakech

Rose-red palaces, a night market that never sits still, and desert sunsets within reach