Singapore Hawker Centres: The World's Best Street Food

After a two-year, £120-million restoration completed in 2019, Raffles Singapore has returned to the standard its legend demands. It remains the most important hotel in Southeast Asia and, quite possibly, the finest colonial hotel in the world.

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.