Historic centres

29 photos of Chinatown with its colourful house facades

12 photos of colonial era buildings in Singapore

24 photos of Arab Street, the Islamic Malay centre of Singapore

19 photos of Little India, the area around Serangoon road

20 photos of Merdeka square with the Sultan Abdul Samad building and other nearby sights

22 photos of the area stretching from Merdeka square in KL towards the north

34 photos of Mutrah, a pictoresque neighbourhood of Muscat

31 photos of what used to be the historic core of Muscat, nowadays an area with many modern buildings

19 photos of colonial era buildings in Kuching

18 photos of the historic core of Barcelona with narrow alleys and old buildings

24 photos of the historic centre of Madrid

16 photos of the historic centre of Sevilla

22 photos of Santa Cruz, the most touristic area of Sevilla

25 photos of the historic centre of Cordoba with its narrow and winding alleys

49 photos of Cordoba, a city in Spanish Anlalusia famous for its Moorish architecture

10 photos of the Tomb of the 12 Imams and of Alexander's prison

19 photos of central Yazd with its maze of narrow alleys and forest of windcatchers

9 photos of the Shali, a former mud brick fortress in the centre of Siwa oasis