World City Guides

The nation's capital since 1862, Bucharest is the country's largest and wealthiest metropolis >>

Sunny, seductive Sydney is a high contender for the title of the world's most ideal city >>

The mean annual temperature in efficient, elegant Helsinki hovers around 43°F (6°C), but this does not mean visitors need expect a chilly welcome >>

Back in the first century AD legendary Viking, Ingolfur Arnarson, named the settlement he founded on a northerly Atlantic peninsula Reykjavik, meaning 'Smokey Bay' >>

For most of the latter part of the 20th century, Berlin has stood as a symbol of the division between East and West, split by the infamous fortified wall erected to separate the socialist sector fr... >>

Through a sweltering bazaar with each vendor crying out louder than the next, clamouring through a sweaty crowd, a beggar tugs at your shirt as the sticky stench of the city pierces your nostrils >>

Originally a small fishing settlement that became a busy port of call on the ancient trade route between Mesopotamia and the Indus Valley, the emirate was rapidly transformed into an international ... >>

Sophistication reaches new levels in Milan >>

Israel's capital city occupies an important place in the hearts and minds of Muslims, Christians and Jews alike >>

When Jean Baptiste Le Moyne picked out the strategic spot on the Mississippi River for his French colony in 1718, little did he know that he had doomed a future city to tragedy nearly 290 years la... >>

Seattle is known as “the Emerald City”, and just like the home of the Wizard of Oz in the fairy tale, it is a magical place >>

Shanghai, home to almost 12-million people, is China's largest city and is situated in the centre of the coastline where the Yangtze River flows through its delta into the East China Sea >>

Lively, lascivious Amsterdam has a unique atmosphere that belies the caricature of the dour Dutch >>

Pensacola, close to the Alabama state border on the Gulf coast, is yet another of Florida’s resort Meccas; but instead of theme parks and excitement, the city relies on real history and... >>

Savannah, Georgia's emblematic city is situated on the Savannah River, a few miles upstream from the Atlantic Ocean state coastline >>