Destination Guides

Africa is no longer an afterthought on Marriott International’s global expansion map. With over 170 properties across the continent as of early 2026, Marriott now operates in more than 20 …

Every corporate traveller moving through Nigeria eventually faces the same question: Abuja or Lagos and more precisely, Transcorp Hilton or Eko Hotels? Both carry serious reputations; also, these two hotels have …

On 1 November 2025, the Grand Egyptian Museum opened its doors to 39 heads of state and dozens of global dignitaries. The event was twenty years in the making. The …

Deep inside one of Africa’s most extraordinary wilderness systems, the luxury lodges of the Okavango Delta have rewritten the rules of high-end travel. These are not simply places to sleep …

Stand in the Djemaa el-Fna square in Marrakech at dusk, and you are standing in one of the most photographed public spaces on earth. Storytellers work the crowd in Darija. …

There is no flight route from Kinshasa to Lagos. The two cities are roughly the same distance apart as Paris and Madrid. A Paris-to-Madrid flight takes two hours and costs …

The door has a name. Ghana renamed it in 2019. What was once called the Door of No Return, the opening in Cape Coast Castle’s thick stone walls through which …

Stand at the Door of No Return on Goree Island and watch the Atlantic. The door faces west. Ships once left through it carrying people who would never see this …

At five in the morning, the beach at Assinie is still dark, and the Atlantic is already moving. The groundswell has been building since midnight – long, organised lines from …

At the base of a 500-metre sandstone cliff in central Mali, the abandoned dwellings of the Tellem people are embedded in the rock face like wasps’ nests. The Tellem built …