City Guides · 151 destinations
Cities worth a flight
Neighbourhood-by-neighbourhood field guides to the cities we keep coming back to — what to eat, which subway line saves an hour, where the locals actually drink, and the small details guidebooks miss.
Browse by regionNorth America (15)
Canada
Banff
Canada's First National Park, the Lakes That Sell the Country & the One Mountain Town Worth Re-Arranging Your…
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Canada
Calgary
Cowtown Reborn, Olympic Host City & the Mile-High Gateway to the Canadian Rockies
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United States
Chicago
Big-Shouldered Architecture, Deep-Dish Appetites, and a Lakefront the Size of a Sea
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Canada
Halifax
Atlantic Canada’s Harbour Capital, Donair Town & Citadel City
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United States
Las Vegas
Neon in the Desert, a Strip That Never Sleeps, and Red-Rock Wilderness on the Doorstep
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United States
Los Angeles
Eighty-Eight Cities, Two Mountain Ranges, and a Beach at the End of Every Freeway
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Miami
A Bilingual Beach City Where Art Deco Meets the Caribbean
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Canada
Montreal
French-Speaking Capital, Bagel Wars & North America's Most European City
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United States
New Orleans
Wrought-Iron Balconies, Brass-Band Streets, and the Best Eating City in America
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United States
New York City
Five Boroughs, Seven Neighborhoods Deep, Three Pizza Styles a Day
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United States
San Diego
Seventy Miles of Coast, a Year of Perfect Weather, and a Border That Shapes the Plate
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United States
San Francisco
Seven Square Miles of Fog, Hills, and the Best Sourdough on Earth
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United States
Seattle
Coffee, Mountains, Saltwater, and the Sound That Started Grunge
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Canada
Toronto
Multicultural Mosaic, Lake Ontario & Canada's Quiet Megacity
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Canada
Vancouver
Pacific Coast, Mountain Skyline & a City Wedged Between Sea and Forest
ExploreLatin America (14)
Colombia
Bogotá
Andean Capital, Street-Art Mecca, La Candelaria Heart
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Argentina
Buenos Aires
Tango Capital, Belle Époque Bones & South America's Most European City
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Mexico
Cancún
Caribbean Beaches, the Gateway to the Riviera Maya & Mayan World
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Colombia
Cartagena
Walled City, Caribbean Heat & Spanish Colonial Bones
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Peru
Cusco
Andean Capital, Inca Heart & Gateway to Machu Picchu
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Cuba
Havana
Classic-Car Capital, Malecón Sunsets & the UNESCO Old Town of La Habana Vieja
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Bolivia
La Paz
The World's Highest Seat of Government, Where Cable Cars Cross the Sky
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Peru
Lima
Pacific Capital, Gastronomic Capital, the City of Kings
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Mexico
Mexico City
Aztec Roots, Colonial Bones & North America's Most Underrated Capital
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Panama
Panama City
Glass-Tower Skyline, the UNESCO Casco Viejo & the Canal That Built a Capital
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Ecuador
Quito
Andean Capital, Colonial Heart & UNESCO Old Town at 2,850m
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Brazil
Rio de Janeiro
Sugarloaf, Christ the Redeemer & a City Squeezed Between Mountain and Sea
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Costa Rica
San José
The Central Valley Capital of Pura Vida, Coffee Money Architecture, and Gold-and-Jade Museums
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Chile
Santiago
Andean Capital, Wine Valley Gateway & Pacific South America's Quiet Powerhouse
ExploreEurope (67)
Iceland
Akureyri
Northern Capital, Whale-Watching Hub & Gateway to the Arctic
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Netherlands
Amsterdam
Canal City, Cycling Capital & Northern Europe's Most Walkable Capital
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Turkey
Antalya
Roman Gates, a Turquoise Coast, and the Capital of the Turkish Riviera
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Greece
Athens
Acropolis, Anarchy & a Three-Thousand-Year Conversation
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Spain
Barcelona
Gaudí, Gothic Lanes, and the Mediterranean
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Germany
Berlin
Wall, Walls, Walls & Europe's Most Reinvented Capital
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Switzerland
Bern
Sandstone Old Town, Aare River Loop, UNESCO Capital
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Spain
Bilbao
Gehry's Titanium Guggenheim, the Seven Streets, and the Best Pintxos in the Basque Country
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Italy
Bologna
La Dotta, La Grassa, La Rossa — the World’s Oldest University, Italy’s Food Capital & the UNESCO Porticoes
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France
Bordeaux
The World's Wine Capital, an 18th-Century Stone City, and the Miroir d'eau
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Romania
Brașov
The Saxon Crown of the Carpathians
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Belgium
Brussels
The EU’s Working Capital, Comic-Book City & Best Beer List in Europe
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Romania
Bucharest
Belle Époque Boulevards, Communist Monumentalism, and the Most Underrated Capital in Eastern Europe
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Hungary
Budapest
Thermal Bath Capital, Danube Split City, Ruin Bars & Habsburg Belle Époque
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Turkey
Cappadocia
Fairy Chimneys, Cave Churches, and the World's Greatest Balloon Sunrise
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Wales
Cardiff
A Castle in the City Centre, a Roofed Stadium That Roars, and a Reborn Waterfront
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Romania
Cluj-Napoca
Transylvania's Unofficial Capital, Where a Gothic Spire, 50,000 Students, and One of Europe's Biggest Festivals Share the Same…
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Germany
Cologne
Gothic Spires, Kölsch Culture & the Rhine's Most Unbuttoned City
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Romania
Constanța
Ancient Tomis, the Black Sea Port, and the Beaches of Mamaia
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Denmark
Copenhagen
Hygge, Harbors & the Capital of Modern Nordic
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Ireland
Dublin
Georgian Doors, Trinity Library, Guinness Brewery & UNESCO City of Literature
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Croatia
Dubrovnik
Pearl of the Adriatic, Walled City & Game of Thrones Set Piece
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Scotland
Edinburgh
UNESCO Twin City, Festival Capital, Birthplace of the Enlightenment
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Italy
Florence
Renaissance Capital, Tuscan Tables & a City-Sized Open-Air Museum
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Spain
Granada
The Alhambra, the Albaicín, Free Tapas and the Last Kingdom of Moorish Spain
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Finland
Helsinki
Design Capital, Sauna Culture & a Pearl of the Baltic
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Turkey
Istanbul
Two-Continent Capital, Bosphorus Crossroads, 1,693-Year Imperial Stage
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Montenegro
Kotor
Fjord-Like Boka Bay, the UNESCO Walled Town & the Climb to San Giovanni
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Portugal
Lisbon
Seven Hills, Tile Façades & the Atlantic at the End of Europe
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Slovenia
Ljubljana
Europe’s Greenest Capital — the Car-Free Old Town, Pléčnik’s Bridges & the Gateway to Lake Bled
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England
London
Two Millennia, Eight Royal Parks, One Tube Map
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France
Lyon
France's Gastronomic Capital, a UNESCO Old Town, and the City Where Two Rivers Meet
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Spain
Málaga
Picasso's Birthplace, a Moorish Alcazaba Above the Sea, and the Sunniest City on the Costa del Sol
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Spain
Madrid
Royal Capital of Late-Night Tapas, Velázquez & the Plaza Mayor
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France
Marseille
Vieux-Port Mornings, Le Panier Lanes, and the Calanques on Europe's Oldest Mediterranean Doorstep
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Italy
Milan
Gothic Spires, the Last Supper, and the Capital of Fashion and Design
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Germany
Munich
Bavarian Capital, Beer Gardens & the Alps Within an Hour
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Greece
Mykonos
Whitewashed Chora, the Windmills & Little Venice, the Beach-Club Glamour & the Sacred Island of Delos
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Italy
Naples
Birthplace of Pizza, the Living Heart of the Mediterranean South
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France
Nice
Belle Époque Promenade, Vieux Nice Lanes, and the Capital of the Côte d'Azur
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Norway
Oslo
Fjord Capital, Viking Heritage & Scandinavia's Greenest City
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France
Paris
Haussmann Boulevards, Twenty Arrondissements, and the World's Densest Michelin Map
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Portugal
Porto
Granite Hills, the River Douro, and the City That Gave the Country Its Name
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Czech Republic
Prague
Spires, Cobblestones & a Bohemian Heart of Central Europe
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Iceland
Reykjavík
Northernmost Capital, Geothermal Pool Capital, Aurora Base Camp
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Italy
Rome
Eternal City — 28 Centuries of Layered Stone
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Spain
San Sebastián
La Concha Bay, the Parte Vieja, and the World's Densest Constellation of Michelin Stars
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Greece
Santorini
Caldera-Rim Villages, Bronze-Age Akrotiri & the World’s Most Photographed Sunset on the Rim of a Drowned Volcano
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Spain
Seville
Orange-Blossom Streets, the World's Largest Gothic Cathedral, and the Capital of Flamenco
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Romania
Sibiu
Saxon Hermannstadt, the Eyebrow Houses, and Transylvania's Most Beautiful Old Town
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Romania
Sighișoara
Europe’s Last Inhabited Medieval Citadel, the Clock Tower & the Saxon Heart of Transylvania
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Romania
Sinaia
The Pearl of the Carpathians — Peleș Castle, the Prahova Valley & the Bucegi Sphinx
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Bulgaria
Sofia
The Capital Where Romans, Ottomans and Communists Share a Sidewalk
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Sweden
Stockholm
Archipelago Capital, Nobel Heritage & 14 Islands of Swedish Design
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Estonia
Tallinn
A Medieval Hanseatic Old Town Wired Into Europe's Most Digital Society
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Georgia
Tbilisi
Sulphur Steam, Crooked Balconies and a Caucasus Skyline
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Greece
Thessaloniki
The Byzantine Soul of the North
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Romania
Timișoara
Little Vienna, the Spark of a Revolution, and Europe's First City of Electric Light
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Albania
Tirana
Painted-Facade Capital, Skanderbeg Square & the Pyramid Beneath Mount Dajti
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Italy
Turin
Baroque Boulevards, the First Italian Capital, and the Home of Chocolate, Cinema, and the Shroud
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Spain
Valencia
Calatrava's Future-City, the Birthplace of Paella, and Spain's Most Liveable Mediterranean Capital
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Italy
Venice
La Serenissima, 117 Islands & a City Built on Stilts
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Italy
Verona
The Roman Arena, Romeo and Juliet, and the Most Romantic City in the Veneto
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Austria
Vienna
Imperial Capital, Coffee Houses & a Capital Built on Music
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Poland
Warsaw
Phoenix Capital, Old Town Reborn & Eastern Europe's Most Resilient City
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Croatia
Zagreb
Austro-Hungarian Cafes, the Tiled Roof of St. Mark's, and the Most Underrated Capital in the Balkans
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Switzerland
Zurich
Lakeside Capital, Banking Skyline & Europe's Most Punctual City
ExploreAfrica & Middle East (19)
Ghana
Accra
The Buzzing Atlantic Capital Where the Diaspora Comes Home
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Ethiopia
Addis Ababa
Africa's Highest Capital, Where the Continent Meets to Talk and the Coffee Was Born
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Jordan
Amman
Hilltop Capital, Roman Citadel, Levantine Crossroads
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Madagascar
Antananarivo
The City of a Thousand Hills and Madagascar's Front Door
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Lebanon
Beirut
The Phoenix City of the Eastern Mediterranean
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Egypt
Cairo
Pyramid-Adjacent Capital, Islamic-Architecture Capital, the Mother of the World
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South Africa
Cape Town
Table Mountain, Two Oceans & Africa's Most Photogenic City
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Qatar
Doha
The Pearl-Diving Village That Became a Museum Capital on the Gulf
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United Arab Emirates
Dubai
Skyline of Cranes, Sand Dunes & a City Built on Ambition
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Morocco
Fez
The Living Medieval Medina Where Scholars, Tanners and Sufis Still Walk
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Botswana
Gaborone
A Quiet Diamond Capital and the Gateway to the Kalahari, the Okavango and Chobe
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Israel
Jerusalem
Holy City, Ancient Walls & Three Religions in Square Mile of Stone
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Morocco
Marrakech
Souks, Spice & a Medina That's Run on Memory
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Oman
Muscat
The Low-Rise Arabian Capital Where the Hajar Mountains Drop Into the Gulf
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Kenya
Nairobi
Africa's Safari Capital, Giraffe Centre & a City Pressed Against the Wild
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Jordan
Petra
Rose-Red City, Nabataean Carved Tombs & a UNESCO Wonder Walked Through Time
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Saudi Arabia
Riyadh
The Desert Capital Reinventing Itself at Full Speed
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Tunisia
Tunis
A Medina, a Buried Empire and the Bluest Village on the Mediterranean
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Tanzania
Zanzibar
Spice Island, Stone Town & the Indian Ocean's Cultural Crossroads
ExploreAsia (31)
Indonesia
Bali
The Island of the Gods and Indonesia's Hindu Exception
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Thailand
Bangkok
Temple-and-Tuktuk Capital, Street-Food Olympiad, Skytrain City
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China
Beijing
Imperial Capital, Hutong Lanes & the World's Longest Wall
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South Korea
Busan
Coastal Capital, Seafood Markets & Korea's Second City with a Beach Soul
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Thailand
Chiang Mai
Northern Capital, 300 Temples & a Slower Pace
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Sri Lanka
Colombo
Indian Ocean Port Capital of Colonial Forts, Curry-and-Hopper Mornings, and a Rising Lotus-Tower Skyline
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India
Delhi
Eight Cities Stacked on One Floodplain
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Vietnam
Hanoi
Old Quarter Lanes, Lake Mist & the Soul of the North
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Japan
Hiroshima
A City of Peace, a Floating Torii, and the Best Okonomiyaki in the Country
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Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh City
Saigon Soul, Boulevard Cafés & a Megacity in the Mekong Delta
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Vietnam
Hoi An
Lantern-Lit Trading Port, Cao Lâu Capital & UNESCO Old Town on the Thu Bồn River
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China
Hong Kong
Skyline of Steel, Sea & a Thousand Steps to a Hidden Trail
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Nepal
Kathmandu
Seven World-Heritage Zones in One Valley
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Malaysia
Kuala Lumpur
Twin Towers, Hawker Smoke, and the Most Underrated Capital in Southeast Asia
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Japan
Kyoto
Ancient Capital, Thousand Shrines & the Heart of Traditional Japan
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Pakistan
Lahore
Mughal Grandeur, Walled-City Bazaars, and the Friendliest Food Capital in South Asia
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Laos
Luang Prabang
The Slow, Saffron-Robed Heart of the Mekong Where Time Was Asked to Wait
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Maldives
Malé
The Dense, Coral-Stone Island Capital of Fish Markets, Golden Mosque Domes, and a Whole Country Packed onto Two…
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Philippines
Manila
Pearl of the Orient, Spanish Bones & a Megacity in the Tropics
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India
Mumbai
Bollywood, the Gateway of India, Two UNESCO Sites & the World’s Busiest Suburban Railway on the Arabian Sea
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Japan
Nara
Bowing Deer, the Great Buddha and Japan's First Capital
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Japan
Osaka
Kuidaore Capital, Tokaido Anchor & Kansai's Loud, Generous Heart
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Cambodia
Phnom Penh
River-Confluence Capital of Royal Spires, Khmer Plates, and a Hard Recent History
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South Korea
Seoul
Tech Capital, Palace Walks & 600 Years of Korean Capital Heritage
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China
Shanghai
The Bund, the Skyline, and a City of 24 Million
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Cambodia
Siem Reap
Gateway to Angkor, the World's Largest Religious Monument and a 400 km² Archaeological Park
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Taiwan
Taipei
Night Markets, Hot Springs and a 508-Metre Skyscraper
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Bhutan
Thimphu
The Traffic-Light-Free Himalayan Capital of Gross National Happiness, the Buddha Dordenma & the Tashichho Dzong
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Japan
Tokyo
World's Largest Metro, Densest Michelin Map, Best Rail Network on Earth
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Mongolia
Ulaanbaatar
Gateway to the Steppe and the World's Coldest Capital
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China
Xi’an
The Terracotta Army, the Ming Walls, and the Eastern End of the Silk Road
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New Zealand
Auckland
Two Harbours, 53 Volcanoes & the Pacific Gateway
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Australia
Melbourne
Laneways, Trams & Four Seasons in One Day
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Australia
Sydney
Harbour, Beaches & a City Built for the Outdoors
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New Zealand
Wellington
Coffee Capital, Cable Cars & New Zealand's Creative Heart
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