Old towns, islands, museums and city breaks, from Lisbon to Baku
There are Italian foods that arrive at the table demanding applause. A towering plate of pasta, a glossy burrata, a pizza emerging from a wood-fired oven. Mortadella rarely makes such an entrance. It is pink, round, familiar, and almost disarmingly modest. Yet this enormous…
Palermo deserves at least two days if you want to see its great interiors and still spend time in the streets. The centre is compact enough to…
For many travel vlogs today, the smartphone already in your pocket is enough to make the whole thing, from the first street scene to the finished…
A table outside in Rennes can turn lunch into the afternoon’s main activity. Around Rue Rallier du Baty, in the historic centre, restaurant terraces…
Plaza de España in Seville looks like the oldest thing in the city's park and is one of the newest. It was built for the Ibero-American Exposition of…
Pena Palace in Sintra is usually photographed from outside, where its red and yellow walls rise above the wooded hills. Step into the small cloister…
One well-chosen walk can give a city break a shape without filling every hour. Pick a route that joins different kinds of space, allows a few stops…
A waterfront gives a newcomer something a dense street map often cannot: a long, readable line. You can see the direction of the river or coast…
Lyon makes more sense from the water. On foot, the city arrives in fragments: an old-town alley, a bridge, a steep glimpse of Fourvière, a modern…
Taormina has a remarkable talent for making an ordinary summer afternoon feel like a theatrical performance. There is no need for a festival, a…
