Russia

Russia, officially the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world by area (1,265,267 square kilometres (488,522 sq mi)) extending across eleven time zones. Russia shares land borders with Norway and Finland to the northwest; Estonia, Latvia, Belarus and Ukraine to the west, as well as Lithuania and Poland (with Kaliningrad Oblast); Georgia and Azerbaijan to the southwest; Kazakhstan and Mongolia to the south; China and North Korea to the southeast — as well as sharing maritime boundaries with Japan and the United States. Russia also shares borders with South Ossetia and Abkhazia.

Russia

Vyborg Castle Museum-Reserve

A trip to Vyborg is a unique opportunity to see a medieval fortress on an island. If you've met Castle Island, consider yourself acquainted with Vyborg.

Russia

Monrepo Park

The Monrepo Landscape Park has been created since the 18th century. Now it is a picturesque park on several islands with numerous park pavilions, bridges, ponds and pavilions. The 18th century manor house houses a museum dedicated to the history o... read more

Russia

Ivangorod Fortress

Ivangorod Fortress on the very border with Estonia is the first Russian fortress on the Baltic. It was built in stages: now you can see several lines of walls of different times, buildings built from the 16th to 19th century, two churche... read more

Russia

Gatchina Palace

Gatchina is one of the picturesque and interesting suburbs of St Petersburg. It was the residence of the most enigmatic and romantic Russian emperor, Paul I. Two of his palaces have been preserved here, which now house museum exhibitions, and a hu... read more

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Egypt

Khan Al-Khalili Market

Khan-Al-Khalili is a large market in the Muslim neighbourhood of Cairo, one of the city's striking landmarks. The square that Khan-Al-Khalili occupies was originally the site of the Saffron Tomb mausoleum, the burial place of the Fatimid caliphs. Emir Al-Khalili ordered the destruction of the Fatimid cemetery in 1382 in order to build a large caravanserai. At that time, this was the central... read more

Greece

Ancient Agora

In the heart of Athens, northwest of the Acropolis, lie the ruins of the Ancient Agora. During the period of ancient Greece (from about the beginning of the 6th century BC) it was the political, financial, administrative, cultural and religious ce... read more

Mali

Niono

The city of Niono is known as the "Venice of Mali" because of its system of canals and channels that criss-cross the entire city, and the local brick mosque is almost as famous as the famed Djenné Mosque.