53 cities

Amsterdam 23 local tips
AmsterdamNetherlands

Canals, cycling, and a city that does things its own way

Athens 57 local tips
AthensGreece

The cradle of Western civilisation, rebuilt as one of Europe's most liveable cities

Auckland 53 local tips
AucklandNew Zealand

City of sails, volcanoes and Māori culture

Bali 59 local tips
BaliIndonesia

Rice terraces, temple ceremonies, and the world's best sunset drinks

Bangkok 41 local tips
BangkokThailand

Street food, golden temples, and organised bedlam

Barcelona 61 local tips
BarcelonaSpain

Architecture, beaches, and a city that eats dinner at 10pm

Beijing 59 local tips
BeijingChina

Five thousand years, one city

Berlin 55 local tips
BerlinGermany

Unfinished, unpretentious, and unlike anywhere else in Europe

Budapest 59 local tips
BudapestHungary

Grand boulevards, thermal baths, and ruin bars in a city that knows how to live

Buenos Aires 27 local tips
Buenos AiresArgentina

The Paris of South America — but louder and better fed

Busan 59 local tips
BusanSouth Korea

Seoul's cooler, saltier sibling

Cairo 26 local tips
CairoEgypt

The pyramids, the chaos, and a city of 21 million that never sleeps

Cape Town 26 local tips
Cape TownSouth Africa

Mountains, ocean, wine, and one of the world's great settings

Copenhagen 18 local tips
CopenhagenDenmark

Hygge, Noma and bikes everywhere

Dubai 59 local tips
DubaiUnited Arab Emirates

The future, built in the desert, at improbable speed

Edinburgh 22 local tips
EdinburghUnited Kingdom

A medieval castle, volcanic crags, and the world's greatest arts festival

Florence 25 local tips
FlorenceItaly

The Renaissance, still happening

Hanoi 26 local tips
HanoiVietnam

Street food, scooters and a thousand years of history

Hong Kong 60 local tips
Hong KongChina

East meets West, full volume

Istanbul 27 local tips
IstanbulTurkey

The city where two continents collide across a single stretch of water

Kuala Lumpur 59 local tips
Kuala LumpurMalaysia

Where rainforest meets skyline

Kyoto 24 local tips
KyotoJapan

Japan's cultural heart — temples, geishas, and the world's most precise seasons

Lima 59 local tips
LimaPeru

The world eats here

Lisbon 25 local tips
LisbonPortugal

Europe's sunniest capital, still gloriously unhurried

London 42 local tips
LondonUnited Kingdom

Perpetually reinventing itself

Los Angeles 60 local tips
Los AngelesUnited States

Seventy-two miles of coastline and infinite reinvention

Madrid 31 local tips
MadridSpain

Europe's latest city — and proudest

Marrakech 20 local tips
MarrakechMorocco

A sensory overload you'll want to repeat

Medellín 20 local tips
MedellínColombia

The most remarkable urban comeback story in the Americas

Melbourne 21 local tips
MelbourneAustralia

Australia's cultural capital — and it knows it

Mexico City 25 local tips
Mexico CityMexico

The Western Hemisphere's most culturally rich capital, and the world's taco capital

Miami 26 local tips
MiamiUnited States

Art Deco, Cuban coffee, and the Atlantic on your doorstep

Mumbai 23 local tips
MumbaiIndia

India's maximum city — 21 million people, the world's best street food, and extraordinary energy

Munich
MunichGermany

Oktoberfest capital where beer flows, history dazzles and Alpine dreams begin.

Nairobi 59 local tips
NairobiKenya

East Africa's capital — and the gateway to some of the world's greatest wildlife

New York 24 local tips
New YorkUnited States

The city that makes every other city feel small

Osaka 59 local tips
OsakaJapan

Japan's kitchen, Japan's id

Paris 60 local tips
ParisFrance

The city that never stops surprising you

Prague 60 local tips
PragueCzech Republic

The most beautiful city in Central Europe — if you get up early

Rio de Janeiro 60 local tips
Rio de JaneiroBrazil

The cidade maravilhosa lives up to every inch of the name

Rome 50 local tips
RomeItaly

Two thousand years of history at every corner

Salzburg
SalzburgAustria

Where Mozart's melodies meet alpine grandeur in Austria's baroque jewel.

Seoul 18 local tips
SeoulSouth Korea

K-culture, ancient palaces, and the world's best fried chicken

Shanghai 61 local tips
ShanghaiChina

Where a century of history meets a city building the future

Shenzhen 62 local tips
ShenzhenChina

The city that invented tomorrow

Singapore 27 local tips
SingaporeSingapore

The cleanest, greenest, and most delicious city-state on earth

Stockholm
StockholmSweden

Where Viking sagas meet sleek Scandinavian chic on glittering island waters.

Sydney 12 local tips
SydneyAustralia

A harbour city that earns every superlative

Tokyo 60 local tips
TokyoJapan

Organised chaos, perfected

Toronto 61 local tips
TorontoCanada

The most diverse city on earth, and it shows on every plate

Venice
VeniceItaly

Float through history on waterways where cars dare not tread.

Vienna 60 local tips
ViennaAustria

Imperial grandeur with excellent coffee and better pastries

Zurich
ZurichSwitzerland

Alpine elegance meets urban sophistication on the shores of Lake Zurich.