Luxury Vacations in Asia

Asia is a treasure chest of time gone by, of dynasties, dzongs, geishas and Great Walls, but also of bullet trains straining to break the time barrier, robot-assisted airports and hologram concerts.

Terracotta warriors outnumber endangered pandas in China, street food stalls collect Michelin stars in Singapore; rainforests offer up glimpses of orangutans in Borneo; Japan’s valleys echo with ancient folk tales while its cities move at breakneck speed. Everywhere there is magic and mystique. The slow, storied Mekong threads together the countries of South-east Asia: Cambodia, where the Hindu-Buddhist temples of Angkor Wat rise out of the jungle; Laos, with its sleepy, French-flavour city of Luang Prabang; Vietnam, where hill tribes lead treks through the terraces. This region is also blessed with the world's most sensational shores, from Thailand’s palm-fringed islands to the pink-tinged sands of the Philippines and world-class surf breaks of Indonesia’s Bali and Sumba.