Edinburgh is really two cities for the price of one. Its 'Old Town' speaks of its ancient heritage, represented by a medieval castle set against the craggy outcrop of 'Arthur's Seat'. The neoclassical 'New Town', with its broad cobbled streets and handsome Georgian houses, invites you to stroll and appreciate the city's architecture and stunning na...

Plan your time in Tucson well, because you've got a lot of ground to cover here. Sure you can choose to rest in your luxury resort, perhaps with a hit of golf or a spa treatment or two, and enjoy the most incredible sunsets and starlit nights from award winning restaurants. You can also wander the streets of the city exploring galleries displaying ...

Want to experience a new place to visit or work in? Want to immerse yourself in the day-to-day goings on of a city? Then Phoenix's easy-going pace and welcoming communities will be perfect for you. A semi-desert area, with temperatures likened to those of the Saudi Arabian desert, and named Hoozdo meaning "hot place" by the Navajo tribe, the city e...

Adelaide is an oft-forgotten capital in Australia, but that is not to say that it is forgettable. Look on pretty much any list rating world city livability, and Adelaide will surely be somewhere near the top. In fact, it was voted "Most Livable City in Australia" in 2011 by the Property Council of Australia. The city was founded with cultural and r...

Brisbane, state capital of Queensland, has a lot going for it. Nestled on the banks of the wide and meandering ‘Brisbane River’, the city enjoys a fantastic climate with hot, if rather humid, summers and warm winters. It has beautiful parks and some important historic buildings and structures including ‘Story Bridge’, designed by the architect responsible for the ‘Sydney Harbor Bridge’.  Over the last few years Brisbane has built a reputatio...

Liverpool is unmistakably a former dock city - from the wide wharfs that were once lined with cargo ships to the grand buildings built for the rich merchants who used to inhabit them. Today that life is gone but some of the easy-going spirit of ‘have fun while can – and definitely when you’re at shore’ remains. As does a handsome urban environment, albeit with some slightly ‘well used’ parts! There are many clichés about Liverpool and its footbal...

Cairns is a bit of an anomaly as far as Australian tourism goes. While the state capitals and the areas surrounding them are the obvious destinations for visitors, this regional collection of townships finds itself ranked the fourth most visited city, following Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane. This is definitely thanks in part to its proximity to the Great Barrier Reef, but Cairns has also figured out how to keep people coming back. The city ...

Over the past few decades Cardiff, the capital of Wales, has transformed itself from a dingy industrial port city to one of Britain’s leading urban centres.  This metamorphosis was partly driven by the total architectural overhaul of the ‘Cardiff Bay’ area, once the city’s docks. It’s now an ultramodern waterfront that is home to the Welsh Assembly and the Millennium Centre arts complex. Further landmark projects in the Bay area, including t...

If you picture your time studying abroad immersed in European styling, amongst grand, artistic architecture in a cosmopolitan setting, and situated by the azure waters of the Mediterranean, then Barcelona is the city for you.  Barcelona is both diverse in ethnicity and rich in culture. To study in this city is to not only being based in the capital of the autonomous community of Catalonia, but it’s also Spain’s second largest city. ...

‘City of dreaming spires’, that’s how the 19th century British philosopher Matthew Arnold described Oxford. And, for some people, gaining a place at one of the Oxford University’s colleges, with their honey-stone ‘quads’ or courtyards, exquisite architecture and ancient traditions, is an ultimate aspiration. But today’s Oxford has a lot more to offer than academic study alone. The city is becoming increasingly cosmopolitan, with one of the fastes...