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Reza visits north east Italy to find a part of the country that preserves its mediaeval nature.

Dalyan, on the southwest coast of Turkey, is not a beach resort but an inland town that attracts visitors due to the impressive Kaunian rock-cut tombs.

Reza explores some remoter areas of the Philippines – Palawan

Reza visits Miltenberg, a town that looks like it should adorn a chocolate box or a Christmas card!

Reza visits Ottawa ad finds his visit coincides with Canada Day.

Resa visits Kronberg Castle, today a hotel but with a past entwined with the German monarchy

Reza visits Frankfurt combining a visit to the Embankment Festival with some of the well-known sights of the city.

Reza begins the first part of his journey to Marrakesh and the Atlas mountains by exploring Marrakesh’s medina.

Reza visits the Moroccan city of Fez to see one of the best preserved medinas in the world.

Reza visits Innsbruck and finds a city that was nurtured by the Holy Romans Emperor, Maximilian I

Reza visits the Austrian city of Salzburg, a place forever linked with music and especially its most famous son – Mozart.

Reza visits Sri Lanka in search of leopards that roam the Yala National Park

Reza makes a fleeting visit to the Frankfurt Rhine-Main area of Germany to see some of the heritage sites that visitors should include when they holiday there.

Reza returns to Old Havana a place where Cuban cigars still reign supreme, the intoxicating sound of jazz reverberates in the streets and the revolutionary slogans on the walls and portraits of Che Guevara remain to watch over the city.

Reza visits the Gastein Valley in Austria, a place with spectacular views but the healing cave therapy is also a big tourist draw.

Reza travels to the Philippines to seeing the diving there lives up to the reputation it has as one of the best places in the world to dive.

Now that Tunis is open to British tourists again, Reza visits the old city of Medina as it undergoes regeneration to its former glory.

Reza travels to the the province of Ilocos Norte in the northernmost part of the Philippines, an area not usually on the tourist routes.

Reza visits Istanbul and Antalya in Turkey, assesses the security measures in place and sees tourism on the increase.

Reza returns to Cuba to see how tourism is changing the country and what plans the government has for the next few years.

Reza visits Hangzhou in China, a city chosen to hold last years G20 summit.

As St Valentine’s day approaches, Reza, looks at Konya in Turkey – a city of love and a city of pilgrimage.

With the 67th Berlin International Festival about to start, Reza looks back at his visit to Berlin last year and compares with his first trip to Berlin 26 years ago.

Luxembourg is small but its rich heritage heart beats fast in these modern times.

Reza visits Gallipoli and tours the memorials and cemeteries of one of the most bloody conflicts of WWI.

Reza finds that, although Bern is a busy capital city, it manages to sustain a sense of calmness and projects a charm that you could only find by living in a village

Khuzestan saw some of the worst fighting when Saddam Hussein invaded Iran. Reza visits the war memorials which are increasingly becoming part of a tourist trail.

Reza visits Cuba for the second time and ponders whether Cuba will alter as more tourists visit the country.