The Caribbean islands have been captivating travellers for centuries. They are most famous for their beaches – stretches of palm-backed sugar-soft sand that rise from gin clear shadows in a striking blue sea.

Nature has blessed Vietnam with a bountiful harvest of soaring mountains, a killer coastline and radiant rice fields, Vietnam is a cracker. Inland, peasant women in conical hats still tend to their fields, children ride buffalos along country paths and minority people scratch out a living from impossible gradients.

Enchantingly set at the foot of the High Atlas Mountains, Marrakech is a city filled with character, offering an almost fairy tale-like experience for the visitor. Haggle in the souks, navigate the frantic Jemaa-el-Fna and be inspired by the city's monumental history.