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Best History Destinations

13 city guides · 3-day history itineraries

3-day city guides centred on historical sites, monuments, old quarters and untold stories.

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Asia
🇮🇳 India

Agra

Beyond the Taj: tombs, forts, abandoned capitals and the Mughal court's rise and collapse, walked in…

Middle East
🇯🇴 Jordan

Amman

From Bronze Age citadel walls and a 2nd-century Roman forum to Circassian mosques, royal automobiles…

Europe
🇳🇱 Netherlands

Amsterdam

Eight centuries in a walkable city: the 1306 Oude Kerk, the world's oldest stock exchange square, th…

Europe
🇩🇪 Germany

Berlin

Frederick the Great, the Weimar Republic, the Nazi capital, the divided city and the Wall falling…

Middle East
🇮🇱 Israel

Jerusalem

Temple Mount, Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Yad Vashem and the most contested city in history…

Europe
🇫🇷 France

Paris

Roman ruins, medieval chapels, revolutionary squares and Napoleon's Paris…

North America
🇺🇸 United States

Philadelphia

Independence Hall, Liberty Bell, Eastern State Penitentiary and the founding of a nation…

Asia
🇵🇭 Philippines

Puerto Princesa

Trace Palawan's past from the 1904 Iwahig penal colony and Spanish-era Plaza Cuartel to the site of …

Latin America
🇧🇷 Brazil

Rio de Janeiro

From the Portuguese royal court in exile to the Valongo slave wharf and the fall of the monarchy — R…

Europe
🇧🇬 Bulgaria

Sofia

From the 4th-century Rotunda and the Roman streets under the metro to the Red Flat and the Museum of…

Oceania
🇦🇺 Australia

Sydney

65,000 years of Aboriginal history, the 1788 First Fleet, the convict era and Australian nationhood…

Europe
🇬🇪 Georgia

Tbilisi

Sixteen centuries in one river gorge: 6th-century basilicas, a Zoroastrian fire altar, royal pantheo…

Middle East
🇮🇷 Iran

Tehran

Golestan Palace UNESCO site, 7,000 years at the National Museum and the world's largest pink diamond…