Destinations
Hand-picked destinations with guides, best travel months and live prices.
Bangkok
Golden temples, a restless river and legendary street food collide in Bangkok, Asia's most intoxicating city of spice and sparkle.
Best time to visit: Nov · Dec · Jan
Doha
Pearl-diving heritage meets glass towers in Doha, where world-class museums, spice-scented souqs and golden dunes lie minutes apart.
Best time to visit: Nov · Dec · Jan
Salalah
Where Arabia turns green: monsoon-misted mountains, frankincense ruins, coconut groves and empty turquoise beaches on Oman's southern coast.
Best time to visit: Jul · Aug · Nov
Batumi
A subtropical Black Sea port where palm-lined promenades, futuristic towers and misty green mountains meet over bubbling Adjarian khachapuri.
Best time to visit: May · Jun · Jul
Trabzon
Mist-wrapped mountains rise straight from the Black Sea, hiding a cliffside monastery, emerald lakes and villages where tea and hazelnuts grow.
Best time to visit: May · Jun · Jul
Antalya
Ottoman lanes, cliff-top sunsets, turquoise beaches and Roman theatres, all framed by the Taurus Mountains on Turkey's sunny Mediterranean coast.
Best time to visit: Apr · May · Jun
Baku
Flame Towers, a walled old city and mud volcanoes an hour away.
Best time to visit: Apr · May · Jun
Muscat
Wadis, turtle beaches and a capital that still feels like a fishing town.
Best time to visit: Oct · Nov · Dec
Sarajevo
Ottoman lanes, Austro-Hungarian boulevards and ćevapi you will dream about.
Best time to visit: May · Jun · Sep
Kuala Lumpur
Hawker food, jungle temples inside the city and cheap onward flights across Asia.
Best time to visit: Feb · Mar · Jun
Tbilisi
Sulphur baths, courtyard wine bars and mountain day trips two hours from the city.
Best time to visit: May · Jun · Sep
Cairo
Pyramids before the crowds, koshari at midnight and the new Grand Egyptian Museum.
Best time to visit: Oct · Nov · Mar
Dubai
Desert dunes at sunrise, rooftop pools at sunset and a stopover that turns into a holiday.
Best time to visit: Nov · Dec · Jan
Istanbul
Two continents, one skyline: bazaars, Bosphorus ferries and the best breakfasts in Europe.
Best time to visit: Apr · May · Sep