This isn’t just a place where you’ll read about the latest, most desirable locations - although you can certainly do that.

Opinionated and informative writing, buffered by the hard-headed advice of an active community of readers who've been everywhere.

Within our Beenthere site you can read all our readers' tips on places round the world: a unique, innovative and constantly growing guide built on the recommendations of our globetrotting users.

Send us a snap
When we first asked for readers to send in their pics - and for Guardian visual art critics to give their tongue-in cheek verdicts - we weren’t sure what the response would be. Several years on, we’re inundated with weird and wonderful snaps from around the world, a great collective album of photos, while the (usually) very funny critical commentaries ensure this remains unique to us.

Countries
Does what it says on the tin with clarity and accuracy: each easily navigable country page offers maps, advice, essentials, galleries, all the relevant articles and plenty of links to find out more.

Ask a traveller
With so many places to go and things to see, our writers can’t go everywhere. Fortunately, our army of readers can get most places. So this section matches the obscure queries or requests for simple recommendations with that pool of knowledge, and most published emails find an answer.