Lisbon: History
Understanding the history of Lisbon makes the trip more rewarding. Streets, monuments, markets and neighbourhoods feel different when you know what shaped them. Quick answerLisbon is best understood…
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Switzerland: History
The history of Switzerland explained through the places travellers can still experience today.
Florence: History
You can’t tell Florence’s story without the Medici. The family built their fortune through banking starting in the 14th century, then spent generations pouring that wealth into artistic…
Dubai: History
Dubai’s modern history is, essentially, a 50-year story of deliberate, willed transformation — from a modest pearling and trading settlement into one of the most visited cities on…
Jaipur: History
Jaipur was founded in 1727 by Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh II, a Rajput ruler and noted astronomer, who relocated his capital from the hilltop fort at Amber to…
Queenstown: History
Queenstown’s founding traces back to the 1860s Otago gold rush, when gold discoveries in the surrounding rivers and hills drew prospectors in fast, turning a sparse area of…
Hoi An: History
Hoi An’s location at the mouth of the Thu Bon River made it a natural harbour, and by the 2nd century it was already functioning as a port…
Cape Town: History
Cape Town’s modern history begins in 1652, when the Dutch East India Company set up a supply station here specifically because of its position at the midpoint of…
Munnar: History
It started in 1879 with a British planter named John Daniel Munro, who leased land from the Poonjar royal family and decided to try growing tea at altitude.…
Santorini: History
The island’s modern shape traces back to a colossal volcanic eruption around 1600 BC — one of the largest in human history. It destroyed a sophisticated Bronze Age…