Yaroslavl on the Volga River is part of the famed Golden Ring around Moscow. Like many places outside the capital, it is a city stuck in a post-Soviet time warp. Read full story
Despite 10 years of civil war and a history of almost constant unrest, Nepal remains a beautifully unaffected nation that’s ideal for an adventurous traveler. Read full story
Armenia’s history is ravaged by genocide, war and foreign occupation. “Never mind,” say the locals, “Let’s not worry about it and have another glass of cognac.” Read full story
Flash Dyer’s journey down the Trans-Siberian railway comes to an end at Lake Baikal. She’s got no regrets, except being bitten by a tiny Mongolian vampire. Read full story
Continuing her trip down the Trans-Siberian railway, element’s Flash Dyer discovers that, despite its occasional similarities to Disneyland, Kazan is a beautiful city. Read full story
element’s Flash Dyer reports from Maxim Gorky’s home town of Nizhny Novgorod, the first leg of her long trip down to Irkutsk on the Trans-Siberian railway. Read full story
As Roman Abramovich recently found out, the only people with the cash to rival oligarchs are crazy, oil-rich Arabs. A lot of whom hail from desert paradise Dubai. Read full story
Running away to Mexico is a cliche — for a reason. Don your backpack, release your inner gap year student and prepare to be stunned by the south of the country. Read full story
Despite being in the middle of the most politically volatile region in the world, Jordan remains an accessible and laid-back destination for adventurous tourists. Read full story
So what if the peninsula is being torn apart by notions of national identity? Bruce Neerman finds Crimea’s cleanness and greenness the ideal antidote to Moscow. Read full story
You probably didn’t need element to tell you that Kyrgyzstan is completely different to Switzerland. But just in case you do, here’s Tristan Kennedy to explain why. Read full story
Anyone can go to Paris and gawp at the Arc de Triomphe and the Tour Eiffel. Our resident francophile Kitty Geddes shows us the simpler side of the city of love. Read full story
Turkmenistan is one of the world’s few remaining dictatorships and the bizarre legacy of recently-deceased President-for-Life Turkmenbashi is plain for all to see. Read full story
Unless you have a problem with leaving a carbon footprint the size of a soccer field behind you, a gas-guzzling roadtrip down Route 66 should be right up your alley. Read full story
The only way to experience real Americana is a road trip down Route 66. Join element’s resident road-tripper Ben Jarman on his two-part journey down America’s Main Street. Read full story
Baku on the shores of the Caspian Sea has a rich musical and cultural history. element takes you on a musical journey through the ever-changing Azeri capital. Read full story
You don’t have to go to a tropical island to escape winter. Europe has its own slice of sunshine in Valencia, where the tapas is cheap and the living is easy. Read full story
Since the handover of Hong Kong to China, much of the old city has been swept away. But the “pearl of the orient” still manages to cling onto its quirky traditions. Read full story
Stockholm is cold, dark, and has taxes as high as the nights are long. Thus one is pleasantly surprised to find the natives sweet, stylish and unflappably good-natured. Read full story
