Inspiring Travel Writing About Architecture: Page 13 of 13

"Egypt: Visit Ibn Tulun mosque, Cairo. If you go to Cairo only for the Pyramids you will miss what is probably the greatest range of Islamic sacred architecture anywhere on earth. Whereas the pyramids are dead monuments, the city's mosques are..."

"It is said that Russia's second city, St. Petersburg, is not really a Russian city at all, but an elegant European upstart implanted on the breast of Mother Russia. It is a very simple, very Russian, case of jealousy"

"Iran, Isfahan: See Isfahan, the 18th century capital of Iran, with its glorious palaces and eye popping mosques, its wide, tree-lined boulevards and bridges harbouring old fashioned tea houses. First stop should be the vast main square lined by..."