If you’re anywhere in the area, you pretty much have to check out Matera. It’s been continuously occupied since the Palaeolithic era (!), making it the oldest city in Italy and in Europe.
Located about an hour outside of the city, Jarash is a really well-preserved ancient Roman city that’s pretty much a must-see if you’re in Amman.
Thanks to its history of ancient Roman control, Jordan is a treasure-trove of fascinating Roman ruins.
If you’re in Tokyo and you’re into watches, visiting the Seiko Museum is a no-brainer. It’s not particularly large, but it’s free, and it’s quite interesting.
If you’re going to Borobudur Temple, you’re probably going to do Prambanan, too — it’s the other major temple in Yogyakarta, and another big reason why people come here in the first place. You can even buy a combined Prambanan/Borobudur ticket, so yeah, don’t fight it. You’re going to see both.
Saying “if you’re in Yogyakarta, you have to see Borobudur” is kind of like saying “if you’re in Paris, you have to see the Eiffel Tower.” Duh.
But seriously: if you’re in Yogyakarta, you have to see Borobudur. It’s amazing.
If you’re a tourist in Tainan, Anping Fort is one of those places that you have to see. Don’t even fight it; just go.
Built in the early 1400s, the Forbidden City is a really impressive palace compound (consisting of 980 buildings over 180 acres) right in the middle of Beijing.
Free museums appears to be a UK thing, because all of the big museums in Scotland are free just like the ones in London.
So I’ve been to a ridiculous amount of of them over the last couple of weeks (I’m actually starting to get a bit museumed out). Still, Glasgow has a couple of museums that are worth mentioning.
I’m not going to post about every museum I went to, because like I said, I went to a bunch (they’re free! So why the hell not??). But I did want to quickly mention the Natural History Museum.