Places to celebrate the end of the year

Terrace rooms looking onto the lake, tented accommodation in a desert, a plush bungalow in a tea estate and more – pick one of these lovely Indian hotels for a year-end holiday


5 things to do in Manila

Feel the vibes at Roxas Boulevard or take a joyride on a colourful jeepney, here is how you can best enjoy Manila


5 things to do in Cairo

Enjoy the best of Egypt, cruise the Nile, gaze at the pyramids and don’t forget to say hello to King Tut


Southeast Asia on a budget

Visit the caves in Laos, eat chicken rice balls in Malaysia, explore a town in central Java, stay at a hostel in Singapore, see the Angkor complex in Cambodia and enjoy southern Vietnam, all on a shoestring budget


Top 15 hotels in Goa

Classic or brand new, extravagant or simple, deeply private or insistently jolly – choose the right hotel for your Goa beach holiday


Top 15 reasons to visit China

Take the Yangtze Cruise, learn Shaolin martial arts, climb to the top of the Great Wall, travel on Beijing-Shanghai high-speed train and try spicy Sichuanese dishes. There’s so much to do in China


Living countryside in India

10 ways to succumb to the charms of country living. Choose from staying at tented camps, farmhouses, thatched cottages and old village homes


The fabulous 15

There’s (wild)life beyond the Big Five. Here are 15 creatures you may have never seen, but should