99 city guides · 3-day highlights itineraries
3-day city guides covering the essential highlights every visitor should experience.
Home of the Taj Mahal, Agra Fort, and the greatest Mughal architecture on earth…
The city of white marble (Guinness World Record for highest density of marble-clad buildings): manda…
The extraordinary planned capital of the steppe: the Khan Shatyr (the world's largest tent, −40°C ou…
The oil-wealthy sultanate where everything is free: the Omar Ali Saifuddien Mosque (Italian Carrara …
The Art Deco "Paris of Java" (the most complete Dutch colonial architectural streetscape in Indonesi…
India's Silicon Valley with a permanent spring climate: filter coffee at MTR since 1924, the world's…
Grand Palace at dawn, street food by the UN-endorsed bowl and the world's highest open-air bar…
The Forbidden City, the Great Wall, Peking Duck since 1864 and the world's longest painted corridor…
The Kalon Minaret (1127 CE — spared by Genghis Khan in 1220), the Samanid Mausoleum (892 CE — the ol…
A Buddhist temple on the sea cliff, the largest fish market in Korea and a hillside of 4,000 pastel-…
The oldest city in the Philippines (founded 1565 — the first Spanish colonial city in Southeast Asia…
Giant pandas, Sichuan hotpot with numbing-and-spicy broth, the world's largest stone Buddha and a te…
The cultural capital of Dravidian India: Marina Beach (13km — the second-longest urban beach in the …
The Lanna Kingdom capital (founded 1296 — the most important medieval city in northern Thailand): 30…
Tokyo's eastern gateway — Narita Temple, Tokyo Disneyland, and Japan's soy sauce coast…
Bangladesh's commercial capital and most important port city: the Sitakunda ship-breaking yards (whe…
The world's most dramatic megacity: built on cliffs at the Yangtze-Jialing confluence, the most heav…
Central Vietnam's most exciting city: My Khe Beach (29km white sand — one of the most beautiful urba…
South Korea's most underrated major city: the Yangnyeongsi Oriental Medicine Market (350+ years — 70…
Korea's Science City: the Daedeok Innopolis (1,500+ research institutes — the most concentrated scie…
Northern China's most European-flavored city: Zhongshan Square (the most impressive colonial square …
Eight successive capitals in one city, butter chicken invented at its source, and a cycle rickshaw t…
Bali's capital and the real Bali: the Puputan Square (1906 royal mass suicide — the most heroic sing…
The most densely populated city in the world (44,000 people/km² — the most persons-per-km² single me…
The Manchester of Pakistan and the most important textile hub in South Asia: the Ghanta Ghar Clock T…
The birthplace of tonkotsu ramen, Japan's last surviving yatai culture and the shrine of the god of …
The capital of Fujian Province and gateway of the Maritime Silk Road: the Three Lanes and Seven Alle…
The most completely preserved Dutch colonial city in Asia and UNESCO World Heritage gateway to Sri L…
South Korea's democracy city — the 1980 Uprising sites, Gwangju Biennale, and the bamboo forests of …
Marco Polo's finest city — West Lake UNESCO, Dragon Well tea, and China's ancient silk road…
Pho bo at dawn, Halong Bay's limestone karsts, the Obama bun cha and egg coffee for €1.50…
China's Russian ice city — the world's largest ice festival, Manchurian Orthodox cathedrals, and Sib…
Peace, rebirth, and beauty — the A-Bomb Dome, Miyajima's floating torii, and Hiroshima okonomiyaki…
The tunnels where the Vietnam War was fought underground, Guernica-level photojournalism and the wor…
Victoria Peak at dawn, dim sum, the Star Ferry, Temple Street Night Market and Lantau Big Buddha…
City of Nizams — Charminar, acoustic Golconda Fort, dum biryani, and India's silicon corridor…
Seoul's gateway city — jajangmyeon's birthplace, Korea's oldest Buddhist temple, and the world's bes…
Pakistan's Himalayan-foothills capital — the tent-shaped Faisal Mosque, Taxila's Gandharan Buddhas, …
Rajasthan's Pink City — Amber Fort's Sheesh Mahal, Jantar Mantar UNESCO observatory, and block-print…
The world's 2nd-largest urban area: Dutch colonial Batavia, the world's longest BRT network, nasi go…
Korea's volcanic island — Hallasan volcano, Seongsan sunrise UNESCO crater, Manjanggul lava tube, an…
Afghanistan's Hindu Kush capital — Babur's garden tomb, the Bactrian Gold, and Silk Road bazaars…
Taiwan's port city reborn — Dragon Pagoda Lotus Pond, Pier-2 arts warehouses, and Fo Guang Shan Budd…
Pakistan's Arabian Sea megacity — Jinnah's white marble mausoleum, Burns Road biryani, and Manora Is…
Nepal's Himalayan valley capital — seven UNESCO sites, living goddess, and the gateway to Everest…
Japan's cosmopolitan port — Kobe Beef Wagyu, Rokko Mountain views, and the 1995 earthquake memorial…
India's cultural capital — Victoria Memorial, Tagore's birthplace, the last hand-pulled rickshaws, a…
Petronas Towers at dusk, Batu Caves at dawn, nasi kandar for MYR 10 and the finest street food in Ma…
Fushimi Inari at dawn, Arashiyama bamboo, Kinkaku-ji and kaiseki dinner…
Pakistan's Mughal capital — Fort with Mirror Palace, Badshahi Mosque, Shalimar Gardens, and the Waga…
Malaysia's UNESCO Geopark island — Kilim mangrove Brahminy Kites, Sky Bridge rainforest, duty-free A…
The Roof of the World — Potala Palace, Jokhang pilgrims, Sera monk debates, and Namtso sacred turquo…
Nawab's city — Bara Imambara labyrinth, British Residency siege ruins, Kathak court dance, tunde keb…
World's gambling capital — UNESCO Portuguese ruins, African Chicken fusion, baccarat 7x Vegas revenu…
Tamil cultural capital — Meenakshi Temple 33,000 sculptures, 2,500-year Sangam poetry, Thirumalai Na…
Most densely populated island capital — overwater villa resort, tuna fish market, coral reef sharks,…
Last Royal Capital of Burma…
Spanish Walled City & Pacific Megacity…
Gateway to Orangutans & Lake Toba…
The world's most elaborate railway station, Bollywood in its home city, Dharavi's ₹700M economy and …
Toyota, Samurai Castles & Nagoya-Meshi…
Ryukyu Kingdom, Tropical Coral & Longevity Island…
Gateway to Guangxi Karst & Zhuang Culture…
The World's Strangest New Capital City…
Spirited Away Lanterns & Pacific Cliffs…
Japan's Sunshine Country: Black Castle & Top Garden…
Dotonbori neon, Osaka Castle, takoyaki and the Nara deer…
Bhutan's Tiger's Nest: Happiness Kingdom & Cliff Monastery…
Thailand's Wild Beach City: 100-Year Wood Temple & Coral Island…
Cambodia's Capital: Royal Silver Pagoda & Genocide Memory…
Thailand's Island: James Bond Bay, Phi Phi Maya Beach & 45m Buddha…
Palawan: Underground River, El Nido Lagoons & World's Best Island…
Malaysia's Purpose-Built Capital: Pink Granite Mosque, Lake Reflections & Petronas Day Trip…
The World's Most Closed Capital: Bronze Kims, 100,000-Person Mass Games & DMZ…
Manila's Largest City: UP Diliman, Maginhawa Art Hub & Corregidor WWII Island…
The Silk Road's Greatest City: Timurid Tile Mosaics, Timur's Tomb & 2,750 Years of Civilisation…
Japan's Snow Capital: World's Largest Snow Festival, Niseko Powder Skiing & Hokkaido Seafood…
One-Eyed Dragon's Castle Town, Three Views of Japan Bay & Tōhoku Grilled Beef Tongue…
Joseon dynasty palaces beside Samsung towers, Korean BBQ at midnight and the world's most fortified …
The most dramatic waterfront on earth, xiaolongbao soup dumplings and the world's fastest train at 4…
Where the Qing Dynasty Was Founded Before It Conquered China — Imperial Palace, Manchu Tombs & North…
China's Silicon Valley: The City That Grew from 30,000 to 18 Million in 40 Years, Drone Capital & Wo…
Gateway to Angkor: World's Largest Religious Building, 216 Stone Faces & Jungle-Swallowed Temples…
SGD$5.50 chicken rice, the Supertrees at night for free and the infinity pool above Southeast Asia…
Diamond Polishing Capital of the World, Mughal Port Heritage & Locho Street Food Invented Here…
Toyo Ito's Curvilinear Theater, Sun Moon Lake Indigenous Heritage, Largest Night Market in Taiwan & …
National Palace Museum's 700,000 Chinese Imperial Objects, Taipei 101, Shilin Night Market & Jiufen …
Central Asia's Gateway City: World's Oldest Quran, Soviet Metro Art Stations, Plov Culture & Samarka…
The World's Only Carbon-Negative Capital, the 51m Gold Buddha, Tiger's Nest at 3,120m & The Country …
2,000 European Villas from 9 Colonial Concessions, Goubuli Baozi from 1858, the Tianjin Eye Ferris W…
230 Michelin stars, the world's busiest crossing (2,500 people per light cycle) and a ¥980 bowl of p…
Gateway to the Last Nomadic Culture, Chinggis Khan Empire, Gandan Monastery, Naadam Festival & Mongo…
Pha That Luang Golden Stupa, COPE UXO Visitor Centre, Buddha Park Concrete Sculptures, Morning Alms …
Yellow Crane Tower (Tang Dynasty Poem "Exhausting All Words"), Hubei Museum 2,400-Year Bianzhong Bro…
Gulangyu Island UNESCO (Car-Free Piano Island, Minnan Villas), Nanputuo Buddhist Temple, Xiamen Univ…
Terracotta Army (8,000 Warriors, Each Face Unique, 221 BCE), Ming City Wall Cycling (13.7km), Muslim…
Shwedagon Pagoda at Dawn (60 Tonnes of Gold, 5,451 Diamonds in the Crown), British Colonial Heritage…
Borobudur Sunrise (Largest Buddhist Monument, 2,672 Bas-Relief Panels), Prambanan (9th Century, 47m …
Japan's 1859 Treaty Port (First Railway, First Beer, First Ramen), Largest Chinatown in Japan, Sanke…