Old towns, islands, museums and city breaks, from Lisbon to Baku
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 film. You can record your arrival, explain what caught your attention and put the clips together on the same device. There is no need…
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…
The Cathedral of Syracuse, standing in Piazza Duomo on the island of Ortigia, is one of those buildings that makes you wonder whether architecture…
