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| Barcelona - Around Town - El Raval (part 1) |
| The sleek, shiny, white walls of the Museu d’Art Contemporani (MACBA) juxtapose the decrepit, ramshackle tenement buildings; Asian grocery stores sell herbs and spices next to what were once the most decadent brothels in Europe; and smoky, decades-old bars share dark, narrow streets with high-ceilinged art galleries showcasing video installations. |
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| Waterworld : Hotel Eden Roc, One & Only Le Saint Geran, Wyndham Rio Mar Beach |
| Under swaying coconut palms and an ever-brilliant sky, visitors to Le Saint Geran may feel reluctant to do much else but kick back in this soporific resort,. But Mauritian waters are some of the finest in the world, mid this One & Only hotel knows just how to take advantage of the natural beauty that surrounds the resort, all around. |
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| Madagascar … A Delightfully Dirty Detour |
| GPS navigation systems can certainly help you avoid getting lost due to the poor local maps. And be sure to avoid distractions while getting off your bike - it will save you some laundry and plenty of embarrassment. |
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| Toronto - Around Town - East (part 1) |
| The eastern part of Toronto is a region of contrasts. Some of the city’s grandest old mansions remain along the stately streets of Jarvis and Sherbourne, though many of these homes were abandoned for years and have only in the past few decades undergone renovation and gentrification. |
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| Berlin - Around Town : Grunewald & Dahlem (part 1) |
| Berlin’s green south, which includes the districts of Grunewald and Dahlem, is dotted with numerous lakes, rivers, small castles, private estates and residential villas, leafy roads and cafés for daytrippers. |
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| The Italian Connection (Part 3) |
| This is a part of Switzerland that has long attracted writers, artists and mystics. On the hillside above Ascona, Monte Verita (“Hill of Truth”) was a commune before such things were fashionable. |
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| The Italian Connection (Part 2) |
| The latter is famous for its dam, featured in the opening, 220-metre bungee-jumping stunt of the 1995 Lames Bond film GoldenEye, which anyone can now repeat thanks to the commercial bungee-jumping operation set up there in the wake of the film. |
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| The Italian Connection (Part 1) |
| Switzerland’s Italian-speaking canton is a sensuous land of lakeside beaches, unspoilt valleys, literary greats and mountain peaks. Lee Marshall salutes the Swiss Riviera |
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| On A Bard's Tour Of Italy (Part 2) |
| The Accademia dei Segreti provided a model for Shakespeare’s last great character, Prospero of The Tempest. The playwright located the island where Prospero was exiled somewhere off the coast of Naples towards Tunisia. He may well have been on Stromboli – a volcanic island north of Sicily. |
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| On A Bard's Tour Of Italy (Part 1) |
| With the World Shakespeare Festival in full swing, why not step back in time to visit the sources of the writer’s inspiration from Venice to Sicily? With a little help from some of Britain’s finest Shakespearean actors, Italian historian and broadcaster Francesco da Mosto is your guide |
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| Washington, D.C - Around Town : The Mall and Federal Triangle (part 1) |
| Even Washingtonians whose daily pursuits rarely take them to the Mall regard this magnificent open expanse as the heart of the city. A grassy park with carefully preserved trees, the Mall stretches 2.5 miles (4 km) from the Capitol to the east to the Potomac River, just beyond the Lincoln Memorial, to the west. |
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| Rome's Top 10 : Pubs, Bars and Music Clubs |
| This is definitely Rome’s premier jazz venue. The management regularly books first-rate international talent as well as local musicians, and it serves excellent food, too. Advance reservations are highly recommended . |
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| Rome's Top 10 : Restaurants |
| The premier restaurant of Testaccio since 1887 boasts Rome’s largest wine cellar. Working-class dishes – this is the place that invented coda alla vaccinara – and more elegant fare are prepared divinely, with the best selection of Italian and French cheeses in town . |
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| Hong Kong - Around Kowloon : Kowloon – Tsim Sha Tsui (part 1) |
| On one level, Tsim Sha Tsui (universally truncated to "TST" in a merciful gesture to non-Cantonese speakers) is still a parody of a tourist quarter in an Asian port: its tailors and camera salesmen do not suffer fools, its hostess bars are the scene of many a ruinous round of drinks. |
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| Beijing - Around Town : Eastern Beijing (part 1) |
| East of central Beijing, in a corridor between the Second and Third Ring Roads, is the district of Chaoyang. It’s not an area that is particularly old and it doesn’t have very many significant monuments, but it is home to two main clusters of international embassies, and it is where a large proportion of the city’s foreign expatriate community chooses to live. |
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| Chicago - Around Town - Near North (part 1) |
| History, culture, and commerce collide on Chicago’s densely- packed Near North side. This area is a pleasure to explore on foot, whether motivated by a penchant for shopping or an appreciation of fine art and architecture. |
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| Bohemian Rhapsody |
| Prague’s literary past is as important as its architecture. The best-known name in this chapter is of Franz Kafka. The author of The Metamorphosis and other stories born out of his surreal imagination lived and died here, and worked as of all things an insurance official! The chronicle of his tormented mind is told in a riverside museum. |
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| Seattle : Around Town - Capitol Hill (part 1) |
| Discover one of Seattle’s most electrifying neighborhoods on the long ridge that stretches northeast of downtown. The large gay, lesbian, and transgendered resident population helped to create a vibrant culture reflected in street scenes that hover on the outside edge of mainstream society. |
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