India

Mysore Palace by day and lit up at night, the Dasara festival, Devaraja Market, Chamundi Hill and the island town of Srirangapatna:…

The living Virupaksha Temple, the Vittala Temple and its stone chariot, the Royal Centre and the boulder hills of the Tungabhadra: a…

How to visit the Meenakshi Amman Temple well, what to see in the old city around it, the great Chithirai festival and…

The Shore Temple, the Five Rathas, Arjuna’s Penance and the cave shrines of Mahabalipuram: what to see at this UNESCO-listed Pallava port,…

The Chinese fishing nets, St Francis Church, the Mattancherry Palace murals, the Paradesi Synagogue and the spice warehouses of Kochi’s old port,…

Varkala’s red cliffs and Papanasam beach, the pilgrim town of Sivagiri, the capital Thiruvananthapuram and the beaches to the south, with notes…

Tea estates in the Kannan Devan Hills, the Nilgiri tahr of Eravikulam, the high viewpoint at Top Station and how to plan…

Alappuzha, Kumarakom and the smaller canals: how the backwaters work, what a houseboat day is really like, and how to choose an…

Two Ramsar wetlands within reach of Delhi: Sultanpur National Park near Gurugram and Bhindawas in Jhajjar. When to go, what to look…

How to see Varanasi slowly and respectfully: the ghats on foot and by boat, the evening aarti at Dashashwamedh, dawn at Assi,…