Northern California’s hilly city of San Francisco sits at the tip of a peninsula surrounded by the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay. The City by the Bay is the center of the Bay Area and is best known for its liberal community, rich ethnic and cultural diversity, and naturalRead More →
Second largest city in Brazil, Rio de Janeiro is best known for its breathtaking landscape. Despite its massive size, Rio boasts a laid-back, fun-loving beach culture. Rio’s best known beaches, Copacabana and Ipanema, are among the most beautiful and most crowded in the world. Christ the Redeemer, an iconic, artRead More →
Cosmopolitan capital of France, Paris boasts being one of the most beautiful and romantic of cities in Europe and the world. Known as the City of Light and Capital of Fashion, Paris is home to many of the world’s most exclusive, high-end designers. In Paris, high-end fashion and food goRead More →
Center of international finance, politics, film, music, fashion, commerce, and culture, New York is the most populous city in the United States and is one of two cities – alongside London – to be universally considered to be a World City. With one of the most iconic skylines in theRead More →
Massive can’t begin to describe Mexico City, the capital of Mexico and most populous city in North America. Founded on the rubble of the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan, Mexico City served as the colonial capital of New Spain and then, following the Mexican War for Independence, capital of the MexicanRead More →
Capital city and Jewel in the Crown of England and the United Kingdom, London is the former imperial capital of the mighty British Empire and remains the preeminent financial capital of the world. As majestic as it is quirky, London offers up something for every sort – museums and palacesRead More →
Nexus of faith and profoundly Holy to the world’s great Abrahamic religions, Jerusalem is the sacred, spiritual capital of the world for billions of souls. Once believed to be the center of the world, where God resides on Earth, the Holy City retains every bit of its ancient significance inRead More →
East meets West in the ancient, transcontinental city of Istanbul. Last stop on the fabled silk road, a network of trade routes stretching from from the Korean Peninsula to the cities and marketplaces of Europe. Naturally, the city that straddles two great continents attracted merchants from across the globe asRead More →
Once a colony of the British Empire, Hong Kong now exists as an autonomous Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China. Under the “one country, two systems” principle, the territory of Hong Kong maintains a democratic government and distinctly capitalist society separate from the government and economics of mainlandRead More →
Capital of Italy’s Tuscany region, Florence is birthplace of the Renaissance and home to many of the world’s greatest works of art. Florence itself is a masterpiece of urban planning with sights, smells, and tastes designed to be discovered on foot. Art, architecture, and fashion dominate the uniquely romanticRead More →
