Singapore

Singapore packs a continent's worth of experience into a city you can cross in forty minutes. Supertrees glow like an alien forest at Gardens by the Bay. Rooftop infinity pools hang fifty storeys above the harbour. And down at street level, the real magic: hawker centres where a three-dollar plate of chicken rice or char kway teow can be the best thing you eat all year. The neighbourhoods each run on their own current: incense and gold in Little India, heritage shophouses in Chinatown, boutiques and brunch in Tiong Bahru. It is the world's easiest city to land in, which makes it the perfect gateway to Asia or a luxurious pause between flights. Give it three days. Eat everything. Sleep somewhere with a view.