One of the world’s largest squares, framed by the tiled masterpieces of Safavid Isfahan.
The world's largest car-free old city.
Perth's port town of a convict prison, a weekend market and the ferry to Rottnest's quokkas.
The largest covered bazaar in the world, a Blue Mosque and the carpet-weaving capital of Persia.
A baroque city built of black lava at the foot of Etna, with the loudest fish market in Sicily.
Living Silk Road museum-city.
Seven hundred monuments in a maze of covered souks around the Zitouna mosque, largely unchanged since the Middle Ages.
One of the oldest continuously inhabited cities: the Umayyad Mosque, Straight Street and the Souq al-Hamidiyah.
Great Mud Mosque town, UNESCO-listed.
Labyrinthine Swahili trading town of carved doors and spice bazaars.
Medieval quarter of a thousand minarets: the Khan el-Khalili bazaar, Al-Azhar mosque and the Sultan Hassan madrasa.
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