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Jungle River Pool.

Bali meets France at this beautiful jungle resort

An elegant stay that seamlessly marries the best of Balinese and French cultures, albeit with a conscience.

  • Jenny Hewett

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The rooftop pool.

Returning from a long trip? This Singapore hotel is a great stopover spot

The youthful, social offshoot of a serviced apartment chain adds a splash of cool to Singapore’s Chinatown district.

  • Craig Platt
The design of Anantara Ubud Bali is hilltop-down.

New Bali jungle resort is beyond the tourist crowds and traffic of Ubud

A resort located well beyond the centre of town sounds increasingly like a good idea amid Ubud’s overtourism and standstill traffic.

  • Penny Watson
Dawn over the river in Bangkok.

Twenty things that will surprise first-time visitors to Bangkok

From the world’s biggest and most diverse market to the world’s biggest water fight, expect the unexpected in this shape-shifting city.

  • John Borthwick
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The Golden Bridge is lifted by two giant hands in the tourist resort of Ba Na Hills in Da Nang, Vietnam.

Move over, Bali and Japan: The other Asian destination we’re obsessed with

There’s another place blessed with some of the finest food on the planet, landscapes that range from lowlands to mountain highs, plus two of the world’s great cities.

  • Ben Groundwater
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Bright and breezy… waiting area at the terminal.

This Thai island airport may be my all-time favourite

Despite a bizarre experience with my luggage, Koh Samui’s airport keeps me in holiday mode a little longer.

  • Justine Costigan
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I skipped the big cities for Vietnam’s charming less-visited waterways

The basket boats of Ke Ga’s fishermen and the floating markets on the Mekong Delta are among the many attractions to discover.

  • Belinda Jackson
Le Bokor Palace was restored to its former glory and reopened as a luxury hotel in 2018, but still feels unsettling.

The eerie Asian ghost town once a holiday spot for the elite

Abandoned French colonial ruins, a former king’s residence, empty townhouses and a hilltop palace-turned-hotel. Bokor is an unsettling destination.

  • Julia D'Orazio
Som Tam… don’t hold the spice.

Perfectly balanced, but this spicy salad is not for the faint-hearted

Order this South-East Asian dish “medium spicy” and prepare to have your world turned upside down.

  • Ben Groundwater

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