18:21Aït Benhaddou is a mud brick village on the edge of the High Atlas Mountains that climbs up the side of a hill like giant sandcastles, in Ouarzazate province, southern Morocco. Aït Benhaddou is an ighrem (fortified city or palace in English, ksar in Arabic), along the former caravan route between the Sahara and Marrakech in […]
05:12The Royal Ancient City of Polonnaruwa, declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1982, is the second most ancient of Sri Lanka‘s kingdoms. Just north of present-day Polonnaruwa town, 140km (90 miles) north of Kandy (216 km/134 miles from Colombo), are the ruins of ancient Polonnaruwa, which date from the late 10th century, when the Chola kings of southern […]
01:35Lost in the Cambodian jungle for over four centuries and put back on the map by a French explorer in 1860, Angkor Wat is one of nearly one hundred temples representing the homes of Hindu gods. Angkor is a region of Cambodia that served as the seat of the Khmer empire, which flourished from approximately […]
08:31Anuradhapura is one of the ancient capitals of Sri Lanka, famous for its well-preserved ruins of ancient Sri Lankan civilization. The city, now a UNESCO World Heritage Site, was the center of Theravada Buddhism for many centuries. The city lies 205 km north of the current capital Colombo in Sri Lanka’s North Central Province, on […]
05:53Bagan, located on the banks of the Ayeyarwady River, is home to the largest and densest concentration of Buddhist temples, pagodas, stupas and ruins in the world with many dating from the 11th and 12th centuries. The shape and construction of each building is highly significant in Buddhism with each component part taking on spiritual […]
Built in 1385, was the monarchy’s main building project for two centuries, to commemorate the victory of the Portuguese over the Castilians at the battle of Aljubarrota. A short afternoon is all you need to visit this monstrous unfinished Monastery of Batalha, declared a World Heritage Site, with massive doorways and finely detailed finishings. On […]
09:24Bhaktapur is an ancient city and is renowned for its elegant art, fabulous culture, colorful festivals, traditional dances and indigenous lifestyle of Newari community. Bhaktapur is known variously as City of Culture, Living Heritage, Nepal’s Cultural Gem, An open museum and a City of Devotees. It is just 12 kilometers east of Kathmandu, but gives […]
06:30New South Wales most popular national park with rugged mountains, walking trails, waterfalls and dramatic scenery and World Heritage listed in 2000. The listed and protected Blue Mountains, home to the Three Sisters, an unusual rock formation best viewed from Echo point and the opportunity to bush walk and hike the many trails, for the outdoor […]
06:31Boudhanath has been an important place of pilgrimage and meditation for Tibetan Buddhists & local Nepalis For centuries. UNESCO World Heritage since 1979. The ancient Buddhist stupa of Boudha dominates the skyline and is the largest in Asia. Throughout the day pilgrims can be seen circumambulating the structure chanting mantras. Maroon clad Tibetan Buddhist monks & […]
06:27Bruges is the capital and largest city of West Flanders, the northwest part of Belgium. The historical center is not so big, and most of its medieval architecture intact, a prominent World Heritage Site of UNESCO. Along with a few other canal-based northern cities, such as Amsterdam, it is sometimes referred to as “The Venice of the […]
Cartagena is a large city seaport on the northern coast of Colombia. Founded in 1533 and named after the port of Cartagena in Spain‘s Murcia region, it was a major center of early Spanish settlement in the Americas, and continues to be an economic hub as well as a popular tourist destination. Cartagena is a […]
04:54Colonia del Sacramento is in the Rio de la Plata region of Uruguay. It is filled with old colonial buildings and cobbled streets, and is inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List. Colonia del Sacramento is a city in southwestern Uruguay, by the Río de la Plata, facing Buenos Aires, Argentina. It is one of the […]