Discover our favourite sights along one of the most important trading routes in history.  

Discover what not to miss on a visit to Almaty with our walking tour of the city. 

Stretching from Tian Shan's and Altai's snow-capped peaks across great expanses of steppe to the Caspian Sea, Kazakhstan has much to offer.

The Kazakh capital is home to some of the most bizarre buildings in the world. 

Cheshire is blessed when it comes to impressive stately homes. 

Emilia-Romagna’s castles, especially around Parma and the Romagna, are among the most striking in Italy, and several are said to be haunted.

It’s a world in itself, this pianeta porticata – ‘arcaded planet’, as the Bolognesi call their peculiar city. They like to be different, the Bolognesi.

At the crossroads of Judaism, Christianity and Islam, Jerusalem is home to some of the most important religious sites in the world. 

From UFO towers to churches made of icing, these are our favourite bizarre but beautiful buildings from around the globe. 

Author Mike Bagshaw tells the story of this local woodcarver.