Mark Tungate reports on a plan to revitalise a famous slice of Paris

Abid Shah visits Shigar Fort, a boutique hotel in Pakistan with a community role

Kasia Ostrowski provides an insider’s guide to the bustling Polish capital

After months of dark, cold, snow-lashed winter, is it any wonder the Finns enter into the summer spirit with gusto? David Brown joins the party in Helsinki

The tepuis of Venezuela are towering remnants of the days of the dinosaurs. Flemmich Webb explores a lost world

Bahrain was the first of the gulf states to witness an oil boom. Long ago surpassed by its neighbours, it still has an attraction all its own. Francesca Syz reports.

As China prepares to host the Olympics, Adrian Cooper explores the green places where Beijing residents go to relax

Inspired by the stories told by an adopted son of Emperor Haile Selassie, Yves Stranger journeys west to see one of the planet’s largest migrations

Rebecca Beardmore journeys to the Lake Balkhash region of Kazakhstan

After years spent playing Washington to Dubai’s New York, Abu Dhabi is carving its own niche, as Matthew Teller discovers