City Guides

India 5 Things to Do in New Delhi India's capital layers a Mughal-era old city over wide colonial-era boulevards and a fast-growing modern metro — expect food, monuments, and noise in equal measure. Read the guide → China 5 Things to Do in Beijing China's capital has been the seat of imperial power for over 800 years, and it shows — this is a city where you can walk from a moat-ringed palace to a section of the Great Wall in the same day. Read the guide → United States 5 Things to Do in Washington, D.C. The U.S. capital is unusually easy to sightsee — nearly all of its major monuments and Smithsonian museums are free, walkable, and clustered along or near the National Mall. Read the guide → Indonesia 5 Things to Do in Jakarta Indonesia's capital is a sprawling megacity where 17th-century Dutch colonial architecture, a modern skyline, and some of Southeast Asia's best street food all sit within a few miles of each other. Read the guide → Pakistan 5 Things to Do in Islamabad Purpose-built in the 1960s as a planned capital at the foot of the Margalla Hills, Islamabad is greener, quieter, and more orderly than most South Asian capitals — and it has genuine hiking on its doorstep. Read the guide → Nigeria 5 Things to Do in Abuja Nigeria's purpose-built capital, laid out from scratch in the 1980s to replace Lagos, is defined by wide boulevards, dramatic rock outcrops, and a skyline built around two of the most striking monolithic formations in West Africa. Read the guide → Brazil 5 Things to Do in Brasília Built from empty savanna in just 41 months and inaugurated in 1960, Brazil's capital is a UNESCO World Heritage Site almost entirely because of one man's architecture — Oscar Niemeyer's curved, modernist government buildings define the entire city. Read the guide → Bangladesh 5 Things to Do in Dhaka One of the densest cities on earth, Dhaka is a Mughal-era river port turned megacity, where centuries-old forts and mosques sit a rickshaw ride away from some of South Asia's most chaotic, vibrant street life. Read the guide → Russia 5 Things to Do in Moscow Russia's capital pairs onion-domed medieval architecture with some of the most ornate public infrastructure ever built — its metro stations alone are worth a dedicated afternoon. Read the guide → Mexico 5 Things to Do in Mexico City Built atop the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan, Mexico City layers pre-Columbian ruins, Spanish colonial architecture, and some of the best food and museums in the Americas across one of the largest metro areas on earth. Read the guide → Ethiopia 5 Things to Do in Addis Ababa Perched at over 7,500 feet in the Ethiopian highlands, Addis Ababa is Africa's diplomatic capital and one of its oldest independent cities — a mix of imperial history, Africa's biggest open-air market, and genuinely excellent coffee. Read the guide → Japan 5 Things to Do in Tokyo Japan's capital packs centuries-old temples, some of the densest pedestrian crossings on earth, and cutting-edge design and food scenes into a city that somehow still runs with total precision. Read the guide → Philippines 5 Things to Do in Manila A former Spanish colonial capital and one of the most densely populated cities on earth, Manila mixes 16th-century walled-city architecture with Asia's oldest Chinatown and a lively, food-driven street culture. Read the guide → Egypt 5 Things to Do in Cairo The Arab world's largest city sits on the Nile at the edge of the desert, where the last surviving wonder of the ancient world is close enough to visit before lunch. Read the guide → Democratic Republic of the Congo 5 Things to Do in Kinshasa Facing Brazzaville across the Congo River — the only place in the world where two national capitals sit directly opposite each other — Kinshasa is one of Africa's biggest, most kinetic cities, built around the world's second-largest river. Read the guide →