Cities

57 photos of Qingdao, a beach resort in China and former German colony with a significant architectural heritage

148 photos of China's largest city on the banks of the Huangpu river.

27 photos of Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan

17 photos of Tashkurgan, a city along the Karakoram highway and a former stopping point along the Silk Road

92 photos of Kashgar, the starting point of the Karakoram highway and last major centre before the Chinese border

64 photos of the oasis town of Turpan, lying 150km south of Urumqi

78 photos of Urumqi, the capital of the Xinjiang province

80 photos of Dali, a beautiful town on the west side of the Erhai lake

100 photos of Kunming, the capital of the Chinese province of Yunnan

53 photos of Lijiang, a beautiful town home to the Naxi minority and a UNESCO world heritage site

72 photos of Hangzhou, a major tourist attraction and elegant city in eastern China lying in a beautiful setting

163 photos of this scenic Central European capital along the Vltava river

104 photos of the town of Aswan, the Nile river, the High Dam, the Nubian Museum and more.

24 photos of downtown Assuan with its narrow alleys, markets and bazaars.

220 photos of the city of Cairo and of the archaeological sites near Cairo

154 photos of the tombs of the valley of the Kings, the temple of Hatshepsut, the Nile river, the Luxor and Karnak temples

97 photos of Lyon, the second largest city in France and its capital of gastronomy

163 photos of Paris, the capital of France

41 photos of Strasbourg, a French city on the Rhine river, the seat of several European Union institutions

8 photos of Augsburg, the capital of the Swabia region of Bavaria.

11 photos of Berchtesgaden, a small Bavarian town close to the Austrian border in a beautiful alpine setting

7 photos of the town of Fuessen in southern Bavaria