Taj Mahal, Agra, India: Selfie-taking tourists are part of the fun

Sometimes you have to accept the selfie-taking masses as an integral part of an experience.

• by Nina Karnikowski

How to beat the queues at the world's busiest attractions

Julietta Jameson reveals how to beat the crowds for 20 major sights from the Taj Mahal to the Tower of London.

A look back in wonder

Our writers spend their year going places. In 2013 these were their most memorable experiences.

Whirlwind of rich rewards

A pauper among princes and princesses, Max Anderson fastens his seatbelt for an air tour of a lifetime.

Passage through India

Clover Stroud offers the inside track on the country's finest rail journeys

The world's most romantic places

Come over weak-kneed and misty-eyed at the planet's best places to fall in love. From Lonely Planet's new book, 1000 Ultimate Sights, out now.

A hard-won glimpse of the Taj Mahal

IT'S nearly pitch-black and the air is buzzing with insects, spiked with the sounds of rickshaw engines and the jabber of Hindi.

• by Steve McKenna

Opulence in one of the world's best hotels

Heather Tyler finds the Taj Mahal isn't the only impressive building in Agra.

Traveller's tale: a taste for the real India

With help from the locals, Sue Reid gets her hands on a spicy thali and a taste for the real India.

World's best rooms with a view

Christina Pfeiffer takes a front-row suite to gaze at some of the world's finest vistas.