Places to book
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Places to book

The places we write about, by country. Open one to see the tours and tickets available for it.

Spain

  • Sagrada FamíliaGaudí's basilica, still unfinished
  • FlamencoThe real thing, in a tablao
  • The AlhambraMoorish Granada, booked out for weeks
  • Park GüellBarcelona from Gaudí's terrace
  • The PradoVelázquez, Goya and a very long wall
  • MontserratThe serrated mountain above Barcelona

the United Arab Emirates

  • Burj Khalifa828 metres, and the lift does most of it
  • Museum of the FutureThe building is the exhibit
  • The desert, at duskDune driving, then dinner under the dark
  • Dubai AquariumTen million litres, inside a shopping mall
  • Louvre Abu DhabiOne museum, borrowed from Paris

Malaysia

  • Petronas Twin TowersThe tallest twin towers in the world
  • Batu Caves272 painted steps to a limestone cavern
  • KL TowerHigher than the towers, and the better view
  • Langkawi SkyCabA cable car to a curved bridge
  • Genting HighlandsCool air, an hour above the city

Thailand

  • The Phi Phi IslandsThe bay a film ruined, and the closure that fixed it
  • James Bond IslandPhang Nga Bay, and one very famous rock
  • Muay Thai at RajadamnernThe older of Bangkok's two great stadiums
  • Elephants at KanchanaburiNo riding, and the work is yours
  • Bangkok's temples and the riverWat Pho, Wat Arun and the Chao Phraya

Indonesia

  • Nusa PenidaBali's cliff-edge day out
  • UbudRice terraces, and a lot of scooters
  • Mount BaturUp at two, on the summit for sunrise
  • Uluwatu & the KecakCliff temple, fire dance, sunset
  • BorobudurThe largest Buddhist temple there is

Vietnam

  • Ha Long BayLimestone karsts, and a great many boats
  • Ba Na HillsThe hands, and the cable car up to them
  • Hoi AnLanterns, tailors and a very old port
  • Cu Chi TunnelsTwo hundred and fifty kilometres of it, most of it very small
  • The Mekong DeltaNine dragons, and a great deal of river
Sheikh Zayed Grand MosqueWhite marble, and a dress code
Aquaria KLCCA tunnel under the sharks, in the middle of town
The Tegallalang swingsThe photograph everyone comes home with
Ninh BinhHa Long Bay, without the sea