Asia
One of the world’s most beautiful art deco hotels is not where you’d expect
The “Paris of the East” might be a modern metropolis, but many of the buildings from its heyday 100 years ago are still standing.
- Justine Costigan
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- ★★★★
- Train journeys
This bullet train journey is something Australians can only dream of
This is everything a bullet train journey should be – a fast way to connect two major centres, in comfort and with frequent services at a reasonable price.
- Craig Platt
The basic Aussie survival skill we forget as soon as we go overseas
As a nation, there’s nothing we love more than terrifying foreigners with stories of our own deadly creatures.
- Justine Costigan
More than 50 years on, grand Singapore hotel goes green
More than 35 per cent of the Grand Hyatt’s staff has been with the hotel for more than a decade, some for multiple decades.
- Julietta Jameson
The ‘Seven Hells’ of this Japanese town feel more like heaven
Part spa town, part post-apocalyptic film, the theatrical town of Beppu is like nowhere else.
- Kerry van der Jagt
The coolest part of this Asian city is actually underneath it
A visit to Zhongshan, one of Taipei’s up-and-coming neighbourhoods, is not normally on the dance card of first-time visitors to the Taiwanese capital.
- Kerry van der Jagt
- ★★★★½
- Hotel reviews
This upscale brand’s first Thai hotel is a haven of good taste
Madi Paidi offers an enjoyable respite from the intensity of Bangkok, tailor-made for city trippers, design fans and adventurous diners.
- John Borthwick
Asia is flush with ancient marvels, but nothing matches these caves
The extraordinary cave network of Ajanta in India houses a trove of masterpieces dating back thousands of years.
- Matt Wade
I visited ‘Japan’s most boring city’ and found it was the opposite
The highlight of this city is not what it has, but what it doesn’t have: tourists.
- Paul Marshall
A special experience changed my mind about Bali
Ubud is overrun by tourists, but you can still connect with authentic Balinese life if you look in the right places.
- Brian Johnston
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