Where we can take you

United Arab Emirates

Burj Khalifa, desert dune bashing, the Palm, and enough malls and shows to fill a week.

Best time · November to March, with the Shopping Festival in December and January

Vietnam

Limestone karsts in Halong Bay, lantern-lit Hoi An, Sapa rice terraces and Mekong Delta sampans.

Best time · October to April in the north, February to May in the south

Maldives

Overwater villas, house reefs a step from the deck, private sandbanks and some of the clearest water anywhere.

Best time · November to April, the dry season across the atolls

Thailand

Bangkok temples, Pattaya shows, the Phi Phi islands and the limestone cliffs of Krabi and Phang Nga.

Best time · November to March, the cool dry season

Singapore

Universal Studios, Sentosa, Gardens by the Bay and a city that works perfectly for first-time flyers.

Best time · Year round, with February to April the driest

Azerbaijan

A walled old city beside the Caspian, mud volcanoes and petroglyphs at Gobustan, and the Caucasus an hour away.

Best time · April to June and September to October

Malaysia

The Petronas Towers, Genting Highlands, Langkawi beaches and the street food of Penang.

Best time · December to April on the west coast

Turkey

Hagia Sophia and the Bosphorus, sunrise balloons over Cappadocia, and the white terraces of Pamukkale.

Best time · April to June and September to November