Amy Turner loses herself in mouth-watering delicacies and heartbreaking folk music in Portugal’s capital city

Throughout the last two decades, Prague has steadily built up a well-deserved reputation as a great European capital city. But the Czech Republic has much more to offer than just the well-publicised and widely-known delights of the “golden city of 100 spires.” David Neville Williams reports

Poland is undergoing something of a renaissance: minor blips aside, its economy has been growing since its ascension into the EU in 2004. Productivity is up, unemployment is down, infrastructure is improving, they are co-hosting – along with the Ukraine – the 2012 European Championships and there’s a tangible prosperity about the place. Steven Rowland explores a city on the up

Blending offshore financial services and upmarket tourism, Nevis has always attracted the discerning businessman. Simon Neil dips his toe in the Caribbean water

The frenetic and fast-paced city of Johannesburg has its detractors, but the buzz is hard to beat and rewards those willing to investigate

With overnight direct flights, no jetlag and only a two-hour time difference, Cape Town – widely regarded as one of the world’s most beautiful cities – is a great place to do business

Switzerland’s largest city sturdy, workman-like reputation is gradually being superceded as it lets its hair down and embraces the stylish nightlife of Zurich West. Sarah Johnstone discovers a way of life so enjoyable that even the graffiti is polite

David Neville Williams takes a look at a country which has witnessed some remarkable sweeping changes

At the end of a tough business day, there’s nothing quite like having your body steamed and pummelled amid the grandeur of a 16th-century Ottoman bath palace, or swimming in healing waters amid marble columns in Art Nouveau splendour. Sue Dobson samples the delights of Budapest

For such a skinny country, Chile packs a considerable punch. Variously described as ribbon-shaped or like a runner bean, the country is arresting enough in an atlas, let alone in the flesh

For decades Cuba has been an insular country, battling to hold back the tide of American capitalism. Now it’s dropping its barriers and welcoming tourists to its beaches and cities, and they’ve brought a free market economy along with their factor 15 and rubber dinghies, as Howard Byrom finds out

Phil Spencer looks forward to another trip to The Big Apple, everyone’s favourite business destination