Afghanistan
Afghanistan is a landlocked, mountainous country in South-Central Asia, sitting at the historic crossroads of Persian, Indian and Central Asian civilisations along the ancient Silk Road.
Afghanistan is a landlocked, mountainous country in South-Central Asia, sitting at the historic crossroads of Persian, Indian and Central Asian civilisations along the ancient Silk Road.
Albania is a mountainous Balkan nation on the Adriatic and Ionian Sea coasts, bordered by Montenegro, Kosovo, North Macedonia and Greece. Its rugged interior and Riviera-style beaches have made it a fast-growing destination for travellers seeking unspoiled Mediterranean coastline.
Algeria is the largest country in Africa by area, dominated by the Sahara Desert, with a Mediterranean coastline that hosts most of its population and capital Algiers — a UNESCO casbah of layered Arab and French heritage.
Andorra is a tiny landlocked principality in the eastern Pyrenees between France and Spain, famous for ski resorts, duty-free shopping and a uniquely shared headship of state.
Angola is a south-western African nation on the Atlantic coast, formerly Portugal's largest colony, with extensive oil and diamond resources and a culture rooted in Bantu, Portuguese and Brazilian influences.
Antigua and Barbuda is a twin-island Caribbean state in the Leeward Islands, famous for 365 white-sand beaches — locals say one for every day of the year.
Argentina is the eighth-largest country in the world, stretching from the Andes to Patagonia and the Atlantic, with the cosmopolitan capital Buenos Aires and a culture rooted in tango and gaucho heritage.
Armenia is a small landlocked South Caucasus country with an ancient Christian heritage — it was the first nation in the world to adopt Christianity as a state religion in 301 CE.
Australia is both a country and a continent, the world's sixth-largest by area, with the Outback's red interior, the Great Barrier Reef on its north-eastern coast, and over 80% of its plant and animal species found nowhere else.