Inspiring Travel Writing About Cities: Page 20 of 35

"On the back of a day in the bustling city of Jakarta, Singapore was a haven of cosmopolitan bliss. All this, and I had not even left the terminal yet"

"It may just have been, as DH Lawrence famously said, its ‘on-the-brink feeling’, but an air of menace, like the burning afternoon sun, filled the empty streets of downtown Catania"

"Antwerp’s diamond industry has a 500-year history and even today, 80% of all the world’s rough diamonds end up in Antwerp for trading and processing, giving the city a legitimate claim to being the diamond capital of the world"

"There’s no harm in visiting Melbourne to see the masters at work. The CBD is humming with new pubs of all shapes and sizes, so with a city hotel room and a good map, you’re ready for a taxi-free bar hop..."