Hanoi Street Food: Everything You Need to Eat

The Metropole has been the finest address in Hanoi since 1901. Graham Greene wrote part of The Quiet American here. Charlie Chaplin honeymooned here. Jane Fonda sheltered in its wartime bunker. The weight of history is extraordinary, and the hotel carries it beautifully.

Leaving Seminyak behind for the real Bali — the emerald rice terraces of Jatiluwih, the mother temple at Besakih, and a day spent with a Balinese healer in Ubud.

Getting lost in Marrakech's medina is inevitable; getting properly lost is avoidable. We walk the major souks, the tanneries, the Bahia Palace, and the Djemaa el-Fna in a single day.

Istanbul straddles Europe and Asia, Christianity and Islam, ancient and hypermodern. We spend a week exploring both sides of the Bosphorus and the layered history that makes this city endlessly fascinating.