Avant garde Africa: Italian modernism in Eritrea – in pictures
In our weekly look at travel through three Instagram images, Samantha Runkel finds eye-catching architecture in Unesco-listed Asmara
April 2015
A history of cities in 50 buildings
Asmara's Fiat Tagliero service station: a history of cities in 50 buildings, day 18
Mussolini’s Italy brought death from the skies to East Africa in the 1930s – but left behind a striking futurist building in the Eritrean capital
March 2009
Grand designs at Bauhaus B&B
The influential German design school now offers tourists the chance to stay in its former student quarters. Hans Kundnani checks in
December 2006
2006: how was it for you?
From basking in the summer heatwave to battling through the crowds at Heathrow in the wake of the terror alerts, it's been an eventful year in travel. We asked some expert travellers to share their holiday hits and misses.
October 2006
Eritrea: essential information
Visitors who have ventured to this little-known country since its independence in 1993 have discovered a land of green mountains, deserts and coral reefs, populated by many ethnic groups.
February 2006
The Art Deco gem baking in the African sun
Eritrea's capital holds an amazing surprise. The city was designed by Mussolini's architects as a bold experiment in 1930s Modernism, and Italian coffee, cakes and customs live on, writes Paddy Magrane.
