At just £40 for a dormitory bed-and-breakfast, this hut is about as budget-friendly as it gets in Switzerland (and there are showers). The food was terrific, too. It cost extra – from about £25 per ...

At Abydos Temple we saw the only known carving of Queen Cleopatra, one of Egypt’s best-known historical figures. There was no trace of her reputation as a femme fatale; instead she shook a set of ...