Behind the palm fronds and frangipanis, Malaysia’s verdant capital teems with life

Tel Aviv notched up its centenary last year and continues to evolve

Travelers often bypass Peru’s sprawling megacapital for other destinations within the country. They’re missing out. Among Lima’s many claims to fame: world-class cuisine. And the best pisco sours this side of the Andes.

Portland is one of those towns where it’s cool to be a tourist because all the fun things visitors do are the same awesome things locals do. Visiting Portland is about diving into today’s lifestyle, not staring at the monuments …

It may be a city of antiquity, but Athens has learned to move with the times.

It’s in the trademark flair of passersby, in the city’s celebrated cafés and in the bookstalls lining the Seine that you’ll find Paris’s defining spirit. Even at street-level, City of Lights rises far above its own hype.

Sydney will seduce you with its good looks, youthful air and more besides

From discothèques in old Soviet bunkers to churches decorated with human bones, Prague revels in its diverse past. Take a spin in the Czech Republic’s delightful capital

Stockholm is a cluster of jewel-like islands, and its long, light-filled days make summer the ideal time for your raid. Here’s where to find the choicest spoils.

Why visit Dubai? Because it’s upscale, audacious and fascinating. Because while Dubai’s not everything it’s cracked up to be, if you know where to go, there are some great things to see and do. And, perhaps most important, so you …

With her broad boulevards, miles of faceless ministries and towering office blocks, Beijing can seem more forbidding than Forbidden. But behind its haughty facade, the city has plenty of hidden human-scale gems to be enjoyed by …

D.C. is a lot like L.A.: a one-industry town crowded with self-important strivers and groupies, fractured by poverty and race. But that’s where the analogy ends. More than in any other city, people here care about problems beyond …