Say “Kota” to most Indians, and they’ll think of coaching institutes before they think of tourism—but that reputation hides a genuinely underrated Rajasthan destination. The best places to visit in Kota span a 13th-century royal fort, a river dotted with gharials and crocodiles, and a lake with a palace floating at its center. This guide […]
You want a trek that isn’t just another hill climb—one with a story attached to every stone. That’s exactly what a Rajgad Fort trek gives you. Without the right route and season, though, the climb can turn into a long, confusing slog up unmarked forest trails. This guide walks you through the history, routes, difficulty, […]
Landing in Bangkok with no plan for where to eat usually means one of two things: you end up at the same air-conditioned restaurant every night, or you wander into a stall that isn’t worth your first meal in Thailand. Street food in Bangkok deserves better than a guess — it’s some of the best […]
Nashik has a way of making a short trip feel like several holidays rolled into one. One moment you are walking through an ancient temple in Panchavati, the next you are looking out over vineyards, exploring centuries-old caves or sitting down to a plate of spicy misal pav. Whether you are travelling with family, meeting […]
Festivals in France aren’t a side note to a trip — for a lot of travellers, they’re the whole reason to book one. A single country somehow hosts the world’s most-watched film festival, its oldest theatre festival, a metal pilgrimage that fills a small wine town with 60,000 fans a day, and a national holiday […]
Street food in Kuala Lumpur isn’t a side activity — for a lot of visitors, it’s the main reason to go out after dark. Malay, Chinese, and Indian food cultures share the same plastic stools here, often at the same stall, and the best street food in Kuala Lumpur rarely comes from a restaurant with […]
Ask most people what Surat is known for and you’ll hear “diamonds” or “textiles” before anything else. That reputation is accurate — around 90% of the world’s diamonds are cut and polished here — but it also means most visitors fly in for business and never see the rest of the city. The real places […]
Sri Lankan street food announces itself before you see it. Walk past any night kade in Colombo after dark and you’ll hear two metal blades hitting a hot griddle in a rhythm that’s closer to a drum solo than cooking—that’s kottu roti being made, and it’s the dish every other item on this list gets […]
Finland packs an unusually dense festival calendar into a short summer season, then follows it with cultural traditions old enough to predate the country itself. Festivals in Finland range from Helsinki’s genre-blurring flagship music event to a centuries-old fiddle tradition now recognised by UNESCO, and most travellers only ever hear about one or two of […]
Puri Beach gets most of the attention, and it deserves some of it—but building an entire trip around it means missing what actually makes Puri one of India’s most significant temple towns. The genuinely interesting things to visit in Puri are largely inland and a short drive out of town: a 900-year-old temple complex, a […]