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The Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum in Glasgow, Scotland.

Glasgow’s West End: A guide for first-time visitors

Unique Charles Rennie Mackintosh architecture, great museums and innovative restaurants all form part of the appeal in Glasgow’s West End. What’s Glasgow’s West End all about? The West End is divided from Glasgow city centre not just physically – there’s a honking great motorway cutting…

city guides, Glasgow, neighbourhoods, Scotland, UK

The Szechenyi Baths in Budapest, Hungary.

First time visitor’s guide to Pest, Hungary

Pest is the more exciting half of Budapest, with unique attractions including the House of Terror and Szechenyi Baths. What’s Pest all about? The city splits like the name - Budapest is really two settlements riven by the River Danube. Buda is the one with…

Budapest, city guides, Hungary

Frankfurt visitor guide: Best museums, attractions, parks & more

Frankfurt mixes business with pleasure – as long as you know where to look. What makes Frankfurt unique? The Frankfurt of common conception and the Frankfurt of reality are very different things. Before arrival it tends to be a hazy cross between a giant conference…

city guides, Frankfurt, Germany

The Goethe's statue in Berlin's Tiergarten.

A guide to West Berlin for first time visitors

The cool factor of Berlin isn’t solely in the east – pockets of West Berlin are well worth visiting too. What makes West Berlin unique? After the fall of the Berlin Wall, the ‘eastern’ side formerly occupied by the communist German Democratic Republic was ripe…

Berlin, city guides, Germany

On top of the Sydney Harbour Bridge with BridgeClimb.

A luxury travel guide to Sydney, Australia

From VIP tours of the Sydney Opera House to fine dining at Quay, Sydney offers a host of unique luxury travel experiences. What’s Sydney all about? Cape Town and Rio de Janeiro may come close, but no other world class city manages to get close…

Australia, city guides, New South Wales, Sydney

9 reasons to take a Hamburg city break

Top attractions in Hamburg, Germany, include the unique Elbphilharmonie concert hall, the world’s biggest model railway and engrossing harbour cruises. Hauptkirche St Michaelis The baroque interior of Hauptkirche St Michaelis looks like a wedding cake designer has been let loose on a cavern, with the…

city guides, Germany, Hamburg

A first time visitor’s guide to Auckland, New Zealand

New Zealand’s biggest city has undergone dramatic improvements, fitting of the gorgeous natural setting. What makes Auckland unique? New Zealand’s gateway and largest city is the de facto capital of Polynesia, and it’s beginning to make the most of its natural blessings. Auckland is squeezed…

Auckland, city guides, New Zealand, North Island

A first time visitor’s guide to Johannesburg, South Africa

Johannesburg’s unique historic attractions meld well with creative, art-packed neighbourhoods. What’s Johannesburg all about? Frenetic, edgy and ever-changing, Johannesburg is the heartbeat of not just South Africa, but southern Africa. It will not be winning beauty contests any time soon, and it’s a miracle than…

city guides, Johannesburg, South Africa

Where to eat, drink, shop and stay in Hamburg, Germany

Hamburg is where Germany goes to have fun. And this guide to Hamburg’s restaurants, bars, shops and clubs should help you join in the good times. Where to eat in Hamburg (€) Otto’s Burger Hamburg without a hamburger would be a dereliction of duty, and…

city guides, Germany, Hamburg

Cairns, Australia: A travel guide for first time visitors

Tropical Queensland’s favourite holiday city has more to it than just the Great Barrier Reef. What makes Cairns unique? Put simply, Cairns is the most easily accessible gateway to one of the great natural wonders of the planet – the Great Barrier Reef. The reef…

Australia, Cairns, city guides, Queensland