Escape the crowds of Marrakech and head to this coastal gem just three hours away for outdoor adventures on the water, art, ...

HIDDEN deep in the African desert lies one of the strangest pieces of land on Earth — not for its beauty, wealth, or strategic value, but because no country wants it. Bir Tawil is a 2,060-square ...

In the High Atlas Mountains, the sandstone citadel of the Unesco-listed Kasbah Aït Benhaddou appears to grow out of the rocky ...

A nearly 1,000-year-old city that was once a centre of religious learning, art and a trading hub in the far west of Inner Mongolia, China, now lies completely abandoned. Khara-Khoto, also called ...

Africa is the second-driest inhabited continent after Australia and as such, provides some varied deserts. Believed by many geologists to be the oldest desert in the world, the Namib in Southern ...

These "super blooms" occur in deserts and arid landscapes around the world, but few are as consistent or diverse as South Africa's flower season. Typically lasting for just a few weeks between ...