The three-country packaged tour of Turkey we are doing had only one day for Istanbul, which was really disappointing. Istanbul was on my list for a long time and I wanted to see all the main attractions. It turned out that with […]

Ahmed was fourteen years old when he became the sultan of Turkey. His father died at a very young age. Aware of his own mortality, he decided to build something to be remembered for. He called his chief architect and asked him […]

Airports have come a long way in the past few years. With their massive atriums, seemingly endless corridors, and captive travelers, they are the perfect venues for contemporary art installations. Traveling is stressful. Art combats boredom, frustration, and stress. It can provide […]

In an article in The Telegraph, travel writing was rated as the most overrated job, even ahead of a chef, an advertising executive, an architect, and a junior investment banker. Travel writing is called a profession akin to a nightmare with good […]

Now that we had seen most of the major attractions, we were ready to discover some off-beat attractions on our last day in Paris.  In one of the brochures on walking tours, we spotted a tour titled, HIDDEN GEMS AND SECRET PARIS — a […]

Even if you see Versailles in photos, you are mesmerized by its grandeur and splendor. But, then, you wonder at the extravagance. You also wonder how much planning it would have taken to design and build such a huge complex. How meticulous […]