This boutique hotel is perched high on a pine-covered hillside overlooking the pretty Bhutanese township of Paro, the country's cultural heart.

The strange rock formations dotted across the high plateaus of Turkey's Central Anatolia region were formed by a huge volcanic eruption three million years ago. Over time, the ash, lava and mud deposited by the eruption were eroded, creating the area's bizarre 'fairy-chimney' geography, which exists nowhere else on earth.

Craig McClelland is left floating after a magical experience in Central Anatolia.

Tropical rainforest bursting with wildlife is being burned to make way for oil palm plantations, writes Jim Eagles.

Peter Calder on the documentary of Rob Hamill's solemn journey to Cambodia where his brother was killed by the Khmer Rouge.

Galle has been a strategic port since the late 1500s and the scene of many shipwrecks over the subsequent 500 years.

For Phuket's ethnic Chinese community, this bizarre festival is a time of cleansing, purity and abstinence.

Her aim is to help 'kickstart a revolution' by giving citizens access to the power and information to challenge and overturn decisions.

This nationwide 'coming of age day' celebration is held each year on the second Monday in January to congratulate those who have reached the nice round number of 20. The tradition goes back well over a thousand years to a time when young princes marked the beginning of their second decade by switching to wearing adult clothes and hairstyles.

In Japan on one day a year 20-year-olds pull out all the stops for a big, noisy, colourful public party, notes Ian D. Robinson.

This park, in Sri Lanka's hill country is the only one in the country where it is considered safe to explore on foot as the native elephant population which used to inhabit the area was decimated by colonial hunters.

Jill Worrall visits one of Sri Lanka's most impressive natural attractions and wonders who really decimated the local elephant population.

Every night of this spectacular annual festival, huge, colourful lantern floats are wheeled through the streets.

From biking, braving local delicacies and touring temples, Ann Newbery discovers there’s plenty to do in Kyoto, Japan.

Beyond the beaches, a world of sound awaits, writes Graham Reid.

Incredibly, most of the half-million tourists who visit this Indian Ocean nation annually miss out on exploring its cute capital.

Turkey's Aegean coast, is home to a wealth of antiquities, architecture and art with few parallels in the Mediterranean.

Sigiriya is one of Sri Lanka's eight Unesco-listed World Heritage Sites and is for me, its most spectacular monument, an absolutely vital part of any visit to this country.

This imposing rock fortress in central Sri Lanka is a Unesco World Heritage Site with a fascinating history and breathtaking views. Built by Sri Lanka's King Kassapa in the 5th Century, the palace atop the 200 metre outcrop was ingeniously situated to repel attack attempts by the king's younger half brother and rightful heir to the throne, Mogallana.

Nicholas Jones enters a weird world of dress-ups.

Charlotte Whale and Mauricio Olmedo-Perez brave a malaria hot-spot and relish some first-class travel.