Middle East

It’s official. 2022 is the year we’re finally able to get back to doing what we love most—travelling and exploring the…

Anyone who’s stayed in a hostel will have no doubt spotted the weathered traveller with 20+ flag patches on their backpack;…

We’re all dreaming of a holiday right now, and once international travel is opened back up, you’ll be needing a destination that…

COVID-19 is quite literally taking over the world and if you’re one of the hundreds of thousands who had planned to travel in the next…

From the Summer Olympic Games to cultural extravaganzas and hot hotel openings, there are dozens of reasons to plan a holiday for 2020. The…

As we turn the page over to a fresh new year, it’s the perfect time to plan for the 12 months ahead. And with a brand-spanking-new…

We know how much you love Middle Eastern food and the Lebanese have got some of the best. Thanks to Ottoman influences back in the day,…

Turkish food is up there as one of our favourite cuisines of all time, so when one famous foodie city in Anatolia made the UNESCO Creative…

If you’ve ever seen a picture of Cappadocia’s dreamy hot air balloons we’re guessing that it’s probably on high your…

With mind-blowing food, the kindest people we’ve ever come across, more history than you can poke a stick at and a booming cafe scene,…

Occasionally a stopover destination for Kiwis and Aussies en route to Europe, Dubai is more than worthy of its own trip entirely.…

This desert metropolis pairs tradition with a futuristic vision, and following an oil boom in 1966, Dubai quickly developed to rival popular…

Let’s be real: most of us don’t have much cash to splash on regular holidays, let alone go on an art-buying rampage at some of…