Articles About World Cultures

Set in the impossibly turquoise waters of the Indian Ocean, the Maldives has become a luxury escape with no equal.

From Colombia to Kenya, many of the world's coffee-growing regions are among the most idyllic places on Earth.

Right when coffee shops all over the world had started to blur into the same hipster Williamsburg look, something completely different showed up.

To be fair, it doesn't actually taste bad: it's a lot like crab.

It is eerie, crumbling and abandoned. Santo Stefano is a tiny volcanic island between Rome and Naples where silence reigns, but not for long.

Who wouldn't expect great things from the second largest landmass on the planet? This is a country with enough prosperity, natural beauty and curling talent to serve a population a hundred times its size.

"There are very few experiences you can share with your ancestors across five thousand years," Tuffy says. "Five thousand years ago, people stood in this same place waiting for this same event."

Borobudur, one of Indonesia's most popular landmarks, is about to see a steep price hike from government authorities in a bid to "preserve the country's historical and cultural wealth."

Like New Delhi, Mumbai is famous for its street food, known as "chaat", from the Hindi word chaatna, meaning "to lick". It is a fitting name, because these snacks really will have you licking your fingers.

A cheese roll might seem simple: essentially a slice of bread with a cheesy filling, rolled up and toasted until lightly crisp.

The country's name, Argentina, traces its roots to the Latin word "argentum", meaning "silver".

The country will amaze you with its wide open spaces, wrapped in an atmosphere of grandeur and timelessness

Wild, weird, wonderful... there are plenty of ways to describe the Crazy House (also known as Hang Nga Guesthouse) in Dalat, a laid-back mountain resort town in southern Vietnam.

In Belgium, two languages, two cultures and two religions come together in perfect harmony, creating a kind of symbiosis unlike anything else on the continent.

Enchanting Scotland, a land of ancient castles, proud whiskies and lilting accents, calls travelers into its embrace