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Ali Qapu Palace
Isfahan, Iran
Address: west side of the Naqsh e Jahan Square, opposite the Sheikh Lotfullah Mosque Timings: 8am to sunset Tickets: IRR 4000 This majestic palatial edifice was initially built as a grand portal that marked entry into the royal gardens that lie to the west of the Naqsh e Jahan Square. Quite simple in its forms, a cubical arrangement of walls and columns, with large blind arches that r...
Dharavi
Mumbai, India
Dharavi, slated to be Asia’s biggest slum, lies on prime property right in the middle of Mumbai. Some travel operators offer guided tours through Dharavi showing the residential as well as the industrial parts. This area is home to a number of small scale industries and it is interesting to see how they operate from here. Some of these industries produce embroidered garments, export quality ...
Quran Museum
Isfahan, Iran
Address: inside the Abbasi Hotel, Chahar Bagh Avenue Timings: 9am to 5pm The Abbasi Hotel houses a splendid museum that displays some of the most beautifully restored specimens of the Holy Quran. The samples are done in a variety of calligraphic styles, including the popular Nakshi, Kufic, and Mohaqqiq, and exhibit the changes that occurred in the fonts as time passed. A Special section ...
Nha Trung Bay Toi Ac Chien Tranh Xam Luoc (War Remnants Museum)
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Previously known as the Museum of American War Crimes, this museum houses instruments of torture and photographs of atrocities committed during the Vietnam War, explaining the use of napalm, Agent Orange and the My Lai massacre. In the front of the museum is a collection of military hardware and the mobile guillotine used by French colonists before World War II. Location: 28 Vo Van Tan, Dist...