Kuwait has launched visas on arrival for expat residents of GCC countries, marking another step in the emirate's gradual opening to tourism, and unlocking one of the region's lesser-explored countries ...

Above the Arctic Circle and below the Antarctic, the sun can stay high through the night or fail to rise at all. Here’s where to experience these rare extremes ...

When plotting our next getaway, a lot of us have one thing in mind: where can we go to chill out on some of the world's prettiest beaches? It's a fantasy many of us share for a reason. The idea of ...

Where, and how, do you work best? Is it in the office among colleagues, tasks littered with chatty pick-me-ups? From the comfort of home, with minimal distractions in your plushest comfies? Or perhaps ...

Istanbul has always been a city that understands the value of a good drink — not just the liquid in the glass, but the ritual, the setting and the company it keeps. In the traditional meyhanes of ...

On a frenetic Cairo street where dented taxis vie for space with men on bicycles balancing trays of flatbread on their heads, a doorman in a red jacket and jaunty bow tie cuts a Wes Anderson-esque ...

How to find out your rising star sign Your rising star sign is determined by the exact birth time, date and location of where you were born. This is because rising signs – the zodiac in view from the ...

But while the French influence lingers, the vibe is uniquely Laotian: peaceful and laidback. Nothing and nobody here is in a rush. To get the best out of your Luang Prabang visit, throw away your ...

Setting out on an odyssey to cook with grandmothers across the breadth of the entire Mediterranean basin for my book Mediterranea, I knew I would uncover the secrets to some incredible recipes ...

These are the world’s aircraft graveyards – better known as “boneyards” – where aircraft come to spend their final days. And while they might look like mechanical cemeteries, they’re also valuable ...

Windsurfing turned out to be a lot harder and less glamorous than Kubat had made it look. Having painfully learnt the fundamentals from a teenage instructor who screamed at me in exasperation from the ...

With the first UAE public holiday after the summer expected around 5 September, many residents will be looking to make the most of a long weekend without breaking the bank. Combine that with September ...