Kenya
Mombasa
Mombasa with a population of 1.2 million (2019), is the second-largest city in Kenya and its main port city. It is particularly known for its warm and sunny climate, whit…
Where will you go next?
Search by destination, country or a word that captures your kind of trip. Save a place, compare up to three, then open the guide.
Kosovo
Pristina
Pristina (Albanian: Prishtinë or definite form Prishtina, Serbian: Priština), the capital and largest city of Kosovo: it is messy, with centuries-old Ottoman heritage com…
Kyrgyzstan
Bishkek
Bishkek (Бишкек), the capital and largest city in Kyrgyzstan, sits at the foothills of the Tien Shan mountain range in the Chui Valley. It is a relatively new city with f…
Laos
Vientiane
Vientiane (Lao: ວຽງຈັນ, Vieng Chan) is the capital of Laos, with stunning temples, vibrant night markets, beautiful French-Indochinese architecture, lively street food st…
Latvia
Riga
Riga is the financial, creative, and cultural centre of Latvia. It is the capital and the largest city in Latvia, it is also the second largest city in the Baltic States …
Lebanon
Beirut
Beirut (Arabic: بيروت Bayrūt, French: Beyrouth) is the capital city of Lebanon with a population of approximately 2.1 million people in its metropolitan area. The city i…
Lesotho
Maseru
Maseru is the capital of and largest city in Lesotho and is very close to the north western border with South Africa. There is a great deal to see in Maseru and in Lesoth…
Liberia
Monrovia
Monrovia is the capital, and with a population of around 1.6 million (2021), also the largest city in Liberia.
Libya
Tripoli
Tripoli (Arabic: طرابلس, Tarabulus) is the capital, largest city, principal harbour and biggest commercial and manufacturing centre of the North African country of Libya.…
Lithuania
Vilnius
Vilnius is the capital and largest city of Lithuania. It stands on the River Neris in the southeast pocket of the country, the Dzūkija region, and in 2023 had a populatio…
Luxembourg
Luxembourg (city)
The city of Luxembourg is the capital of the namesake country, and with a population just under 135,000 (2024), it is the second smallest national capital of the European…
Madagascar
Antananarivo
Antananarivo (AN-tan-AN-ah-REEV-oo) (City of a Thousand), also known as Tana, is the capital and largest city of Madagascar. It has more universities, nightclubs, art ven…
Malawi
Lilongwe
Lilongwe is the capital of Malawi. It's a very green city, to the extent that sometimes you wonder if there is a city centre at all as buildings in the new town at least …
Malaysia
Johor Bahru
Johor Bahru (Jawi: جوهر بهرو, Chinese: 新山) (also Johor Baru or Johore Baharu, or just JB) is Malaysia's second largest city, and the state capital of Johor. The city is s…
Maldives
Malé
Malé (މާލެ), pronounced Maa-leh, is the capital of Maldives. The city occupies the entire islet of Malé at the southern rim of North Malé Atoll. Malé is occasionally dism…
Mali
Bamako
Bamako is the capital of Mali and straddles the Niger River. With a population of around 2.5 million in 2020, it's the largest city in Mali and one of the largest in West…
Malta
Valletta
Valletta or Il-Belt is the capital of Malta. Historically built as harbour city to first capital, Valletta preserves much of its 16th-century architectural heritage built…
Marshall Islands
Majuro
Majuro is the largest city and capital of the Marshall Islands. The downtown area is north of the airport on the eastern side of the main island. It consists of the small…
Mauritania
Nouadhibou
Nouadhibou is the second largest city in Mauritania. It's a major fishing centre and large industrial port.
Mauritius
Port Louis
Port Louis is the capital of Mauritius, and with around 150,000 inhabitants the island nation's most populous city. Sitting in a bay surrounded by mountains, Port Louis i…
Mexico
Guadalajara
Guadalajara is the capital of the central state of Jalisco in Mexico, and the second-largest city in the country, with about a million and a half citizens (known as "Tapa…
Micronesia
Tinian
Tinian is one of the Northern Mariana Islands in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, an unincorporated territory of the United States of America. It is just…
Moldova
Chișinău
Chișinău, pronounced "Kishinau" with "nau" as in the English word "now", is the capital of Moldova with a population of around 780,000 in the metro area (2018), and 250,0…