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1. Holguin

   5/5Travel editor Simon Calder recalls the small-scale delights of Holguin in Cuba.
2. Asmara

   4/5Michela Wrong on the Italianate buildings and futurist constructions in Asmara, Eritrea.
3. Makhachkala

   3/5Vanora Bennett on Makhachkala in Russia, which she describes as 'beyond the mountains'.
4. Kunming

   2/5Romesh Gunesekera on Kunming, considered to be unlike any other modern Chinese city.
5. Hobart

   1/5Nicholas Shakespeare on Hobart's convict and whaling past, and the story of a monkey.