This utterly delightful bastide town south of the Dordogne more than lives up to its billing as one of France's most beautiful villages.
Monpazier
Bath
Famed for its Roman Baths, Georgian pump room and gorgeous Regency architecture, Bath is a compact, picture-perfect city.
Lisbon travel guide
Historic sites, interesting museums, spectacular day trips and mouthwatering food – Portugal's cool, laid-back capital has it all.
Caerphilly Castle
Wales's biggest castle is a massive 13th century stone fortress surrounded by a series of lakes, with a tower that leans more that Pisa's famous tower.
Ho Chi Minh City: Part 1
Elegant 19th century French colonial architecture and a sobering visit to the War Remnants Museum.
My Son
Hidden away in the jungle-covered hills of central Vietnam lies the ruined ancient religious complex of My Son, built by the Cham people between the 4th and 13th centuries.
London: The Charterhouse
This medieval Clerkenwell manor with a storied past has been a monastery, a Tudor house and since the 17th century, an almshouse.
Chepstow Castle
This impressive and sprawling Norman castle sits high on a cliff overlooking the River Wye on the border between England and Wales.
Neuf-Brisach
Strategically located on the French side of the Rhine, the vauban of Neuf-Brisach is surrounded by an enormous octagonal fortress.
Ecomusee d’Alsace
The wonderful, deceptively big Ecomusée is an open-air museum dedicated to rural life in Alsace over the last couple of centuries.
Colmar
Famous for its brightly-painted old timber buildings and picture-perfect canal, the Alsatian town of Colmar makes for a charming day out.
Breisach-am-Rhein
Pretty Breisach-am-Rhein on the banks of the Rhine is dominated by St Stephen's Munster, which sits high on a rock overlooking the town.
Little Old World 