We’ve put together a guide to the best Halloween events in the US, from California to New York, to help you decide how to celebrate the holiday. From parades to pumpkin carving, there is a Halloween event for everybody. Check out our list of the USA’s best Halloween events, including…

How better to acquaint yourself with the good old US of A than with a trip to the ‘Birthplace of America’? That’s right, fabulous Philadelphia brims with things to do for travelers looking for urban adventures. With city tours, views from skyscrapers, unending culinary delights, and glorious summer weather, you won’t be left wanting for things to do here. After all, they say it’s always sunny in Philadelphia...

Austria’s riverside capital fills the imagination with imperial architecture, romantic art and poetry, and gorgeous confectionary. Vienna is one of Europe’s most important centers for culture, cuisine, art, and innovation, and boasts a plethora of must-sees that’ll feature on every avid traveler’s list. So we’ve compiled the best of it so you don’t have to...

There’s an autumnal crispness in the air but you’re probably not quite ready to bundle up and see out the cooler months from indoors just yet. So we’ve come up with a list of top activities to do in London during COVID – a mixture of indoor and outdoor activities that are fun and exciting while being safe and smart.

One of the highlights of the city’s social calendar, Dine Out Boston (formerly known as Boston Restaurant Week) sees the doors of Boston’s best eateries flung open to welcome happy diners to sample prix fixe, multi-course tasting menus for lunch and dinner. This culinary event actually takes over the first three weeks of March for 2020’s winter edition, and it would be foolish to miss out on the fun and food.

Set on the banks of beautiful Lake Michigan, Chicago is famous for a number of things. Towering skyscrapers, deep-dish pizza… and one of the biggest Asian populations in America. That makes it one of the best places to celebrate Chinese New Year. Welcoming in the Year of the Rat, 2020 is deemed to be a year of prosperity, abundance and renewal (something we could all use after the post-Christmas slump). From parades and performance art to designer dim sum, there’s something for everyone over two weekends of scintillating celebrations.

Spending time in NYC for Chinese New Year? This year it falls on January 25 and it’s the Year of the Rat. There are plenty of special events taking place in the Big Apple where you can celebrate. After ringing in the traditional New Year holiday on January 1, it’s round two with Chinese New Year. From firecracker celebrations and wild dance performances to martial arts demonstrations, there’s a whole host of ways to have fun during the many events in the city. The streets of New York turn outlandishly festive during the celebration of the Chinese New Year.

New Year’s Eve has to be one of the most anticipated annual celebrations on Earth. The whole world joins together on the final night of the year to make merry and make resolutions against the backdrop of skies lit up in technicolor. From riverside festivities to beachfront revelry, we’ve rounded up our favorite locations around the world in which to kick off 2020 with a bang!

In food-obsessed Singapore, finding somewhere good to eat is far from a hard task. The city is peppered with excellent restaurants, renowned food stalls, and exceptional culinary experiences that make for memorable evenings. Don’t assume that everything on this list is going to be eye-wateringly expensive, however. Some of the finest food on offer in this diverse city comes from market stalls and family-run establishments.

Spain’s capital is alive with energy, color, flavor, and beauty. The red-roofed metropolis is bursting at the seams with architecture to ogle, history to explore, dishes to savor and green spaces in which to luxuriate. We’ve done the hard work so you don’t have to. Here’s our list of the best things to do in Madrid.

As one of the world’s most important historical and cultural capitals, it will come as no surprise that Madrid is replete with outstanding museums that you can lose yourself in. Art aficionados and history buffs alike will feel right at home in Madrid. From super swanky contemporary buildings, housing the latest innovations in art and sculpture, to achingly beautiful classical museums that host an endless array of timeless masterpieces, these are the best museums in Madrid.

Singapore doesn’t do things by halves. The city is bold, beautiful, and extravagant in every measure. Huge glimmering skyscrapers tower over technicolor colonial houses and tropical nature bursts forth from the hillsides. So you can imagine that their version of a public ‘garden’ is something really rather special. Spanning 250 acres, Gardens by the Bay is a vast ecological, educational and simply stunning site. With so much sparkle and highrise in the city, it could be all too easy to forget that Singapore is a super-eco tropical paradise. But, Gardens by the Bay, Singapore’s most memorable attraction, will surely remind you.

Hawker centers are practically an institution in Singapore. Somewhere that all nationalities and social circles come together to chow down on excellent quality yet super cheap local delicacies. These covered food courts rose to prominence as a more sanitary alternative to street food vendors, who always had a delicious yet risky reputation… By no means a luxury food fix, these dining halls are bare-bones and all the better for it. The focus here is the food, enjoyed in a vibrant atmosphere with tightly-packed tables that encourage conversation with friendly strangers.

The City of Lights, The City of Love, the city of unending cultural gems; there’s good reason why Paris is one of the world’s most iconic capitals. A hub for trade, invention, fashion and colonial expansion through the ages, the city’s heritage and culture are captured within its countless fascinating museums.

Imagine the scene: tongkang boats bobbing along the shore, heat haze rippling on the horizon, and a stiff drink in hand to sip in with the views. The Singapore Sling is a cocktail menu staple around the globe, but nowhere is it better enjoyed than its hometown. Resisting the temptation of this lurid pink potion is impossible. A robust mix of spirits and tropical fruit juice, this cocktail is the perfect, ice-cold antidote to Singapore’s perpetual humidity.

We all know the feeling of having overindulged the night before. The next day a delicate stomach and throbbing head calls for only one thing… Tomato juice, a touch of Tabasco, and squeeze of lemon, a salted rim and the all important shot of vodka, the Bloody Mary has become synonymous with the weekend brunch cure. We’ve rounded up our favourites that you need to hunt down in the world’s three most stylish cities. Hair of the dog, as they say…

This year has seen some seriously stylish new hotel openings. Across the globe, fashionable getaways are springing up so fast it’s hard to pick where to head next. From former embassies and municipal buildings, to towers with sky-high pool views and cabins that fringe white sand beaches, here’s our pick of the most exciting new hotels to book this summer.

Out-of-this-world music performances by world-renowned artists, sampling the tastiest food and booze from around the globe, camping out under the stars and getting covered head to toe in glitter and body paint make for a sunny summer well spent. And since Glasto tickets were all gone in a heartbeat, we’ve rounded up these awesome summer festivals you can still get your hands on tickets for.

The heat of summer will no doubt have you dreaming of escaping the office and venturing to more inspiring scenes. We’ve rounded up our pick of where to head this July for a sandy respite or urban exploring. Whether its discovering colonial towns, island hopping over sapphire blue water, charging through orange deserts or partying the night away with jubilant locals, we’ve got you covered for a joyous July.

From infinity edges where water tumbles away to the unknown, and ocean-sized giants you can breeze out the sails on, our blue planet is peppered with perfect places to dive head first into. Far from just being lagoons to lounge by, these architectural masterpieces are designed with hedonists in mind. We show you the most stunning places around the globe to take a dip, guaranteeing a splashing summer.