World City Guides

Sunny, seductive Sydney is a high contender for the title of the world's most ideal city >>

Encircled by mountains, containing a population of 10-million, and with more than a million registered motor vehicles inching through its congested streets, one would imagine the metropolis of Seou... >>

Nairobi is best characterised by the variety of locally-given descriptive names, representative of the city's contrasting images - of wealthy spacious suburbs, charming flower-lined streets and a r... >>

Sprawling across a valley encircled by ice-capped volcanoes and mountains, atop an ancient Aztec civilisation, Mexico City is North America's highest city, and one of the worlds most densely popula... >>

Tel Aviv is a vibrant modern city that is best known for its sun-drenched beaches, pumping nightclubs, designer shopping, crowded street markets and high culture >>

The capital of Portugal has experienced a renaissance in recent years and has reclaimed its rightful place as the 'golden city' of southern Europe >>

The splendid city of Istanbul has many unique and fascinating features >>

Delightful Durban is the largest city of the vast and varied Kwa-Zulu Natal province of South Africa >>

As Maryland’s biggest city and one of the USA’s busiest ports, Baltimore’s position at the end of the Patapsco River that feeds into Chesapeake Bay gives the city easy access to ... >>

After three centuries of French colonial rule, Senegal became independent in 1960 >>

Founded in 1796, Cleveland became an industrial town with the opening of the Erie-Ohio Canal that linked the Ohio River to Lake Erie, and the city’s vast iron and coal supplies made it one o... >>

The city of Paphos on the southwest coast of Cyprus was the capital of the island in Roman times, and dates from 1400 BC >>

Sun and sand, salsa and style, the dazzling city of Miami shines brightly in the Sunshine State, pulsing with excitement day and night: a playground for everyone, from celebrities to Mr and Mrs Am... >>

Chicago is the major metropolis of America’s heartland, with three million people hustling and bustling in the city of skyscrapers that appears to rise straight out of the waters of Lake Mic... >>

Australia's second-largest city, Melbourne, capital of Victoria, is the most European in style with trams rattling through streets past Victorian buildings, parks and outdoor cafes >>