In the heart of the old town of Luxembourg City, on a narrow street lined with historic houses, stands one of the most distinctive royal residences in Europe. The Grand

Step through the gates of the Grand Palace in Bangkok and you enter a world that seems to belong more to legend than to reality. Golden spires soar into the

Nothing quite prepares you for the Grand Palace of Bangkok. Behind its high white walls on the banks of the Chao Phraya River lies a dazzling city of gold and

Some monuments impress you with their beauty, others with their age, but the Great Wall of China overwhelms you with something rarer: sheer, almost incomprehensible scale, sustained across an almost

Turks are a nation that has gathered many human virtues in its being. In addition to our superior qualities such as heroism, warriorship, organizationalism, which are not seen as a

The Hill Palace at Tripunithura near Kochi is the largest palace complex in Kerala, the seat of the Cochin Maharajas and home to the state’s finest archaeological museum. Explore its architecture, treasures and gardens.

In the very heart of Vienna, spreading across a great expanse of courtyards, wings, and squares, stands the Hofburg, the vast palace complex that was for centuries the winter residence

A short boat ride from the city of Dakar, off the coast of Senegal, lies a small and beautiful island whose name has become synonymous with one of the greatest

On the Stone Town seafront stands Beit al-Ajaib, the House of Wonders, the grandest palace the East African coast had ever seen and the ceremonial seat of the Sultans of Zanzibar.

Some places hold a few centuries of history; the Imperial Citadel of Thang Long holds a thousand years. In the heart of Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam, this great walled