Nick Walton encounters remarkable levels of customer service on Air Astana during a flight between Hong Kong and Almaty. 

Kazakhstan’s Air Astana offers travellers from Asia and Europe the opportunity to traverse Central Asia in style, discovers Nick Walton.

Nick Walton revisits Air Astana, one of his favourite airlines, on a red-eye flight from Kazakhstan commercial capital to Bangkok, Thailand. 

The year ahead is the perfect opportunity to step back in time with a visit to Georgia, famed for its pristine landscapes, beautifully-preserved churches, and passion for slow travel.

Crumbling Soviet architecture and armies of moody babushkas? Think again! Tbilisi in Georgia is the capital of cool for the Caucasus.

Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan’s eye-catching capital, is a wonderland of surreal architecture, traditional hospitality, and blind ambition, making it the hottest destination in Central Asia for the year ahead.

Maggie Chooi finds innovation and comfort in equal measure on a recent flight from Hong Kong to Dubai on Emirates’ flagship Airbus A380.

Nick Walton explores the lush landscapes of Southeast Asia aboard the region’s most luxurious train, Belmond’s Eastern & Oriental Express.

Just when you thought slow travel had been overtaken by the jet age, a series of luxurious new trains is set to seduce slow travel lovers like never before. Here’s our take on the world’s most remarkable rail journeys. 

An adventure into the Peruvian Amazon with Aqua Expeditions is a chance to delve into an ancient and captivating landscape unlike any other.