Europe

Off the beaten trail a tentative traveller pushes his own boundaries to explore one of the planet's oldest cultures.

Despite his initial fears of being robbed, quartered and thrown out a window, train traveller Brad Zembic snakes through the Turkish countryside and experiences a cornerstone of Turkish culture.

What came first - art or Paris? Winnie Hasted ambles along the banks of the Seine, taking in the City of Romance's visual delicacies and disasters.