Destinations
Middle East
Where three continents and three faiths meet
Bahrain
Pearl island of ancient Dilmun and modern speed
Iran
Persia's gardens, poets, and turquoise domes
Iraq
Mesopotamia — where writing, cities, and time began
Israel
Ancient stones and start-up speed between two seas
Jordan
Petra's rose city and Wadi Rum's Mars on Earth
Kuwait
Towers over a storied bay of pearl divers
Lebanon
Cedars, Roman temples, and the Mediterranean's best table
Oman
Frankincense trails, forts, and fjords of Arabia
Palestine
Olive groves and holy cities of deep memory
Qatar
A peninsula betting its desert on the future
Saudi Arabia
AlUla's tombs and a kingdom newly open
Syria
Damascus and Aleppo — the oldest continuous cities
Turkey
Two continents, one bridge city, and fairy chimneys
United Arab Emirates
Seven emirates racing skyward from the dunes
Yemen
Tower cities of mud and Socotra's alien trees