City Guides

Cassinetta di Lugagnano, the Tiny Naviglio Village Where Milanese Noble Families Built Their Country Villas

Along the Naviglio Grande west of Milan, Cassinetta di Lugagnano preserves 18th-century villas, a 17th-century bridge and an exceptional aristocratic landscape.

Why Ios Deserves More Than a Party Weekend, with Prehistoric Ruins, Homeric Legends and Some of the Cyclades’ Finest Sand

Home to Bronze Age Skarkos and a legendary Tomb of Homer, Ios combines Cycladic Chora, sandy coves, hiking trails and intense summer nightlife

From Sponge Divers’ Mansions to the Castle Above Chorio, the History and Beaches of Halki Island

Prosperous through sponge diving in the 19th century, Halki combines neoclassical Nimborio, a Knights’ castle, clear beaches and quiet Dodecanese...

How to Reach Pitcairn, the Pacific Island with No Airport and a Population of Only Around Fifty

Settled by Bounty mutineers in 1790, Pitcairn combines Polynesian archaeology, dark skies and a 32-hour sea journey from Mangareva

From Artillery Bastion to UNESCO Monument, Five Centuries of History Inside Lisbon’s Torre de Belém

Built for Manuel I from 1514, Belém Tower combines an artillery bastion, Manueline symbols and Portugal’s maritime history on the...

From Vasco da Gama to Fernando Pessoa, Five Centuries of Portuguese History Inside the Cloisters of Jerónimos

Begun by Manuel I in 1502, Jerónimos combines Manueline stonework, royal tombs and Vasco da Gama’s memory beside Lisbon’s Tagus...

National Tile Museum Lisbon Guide: Portuguese Azulejos, the Great Panorama and the Baroque Madre de Deus Convent

Housed in a convent founded in 1509, Lisbon’s Tile Museum traces five centuries of azulejos and preserves the pre-1755 Great Panorama

Mosteiro de São Vicente de Fora Guide: Lisbon’s Baroque Azulejos, Braganza Royal Pantheon and Rooftop Views

Founded by Afonso Henriques in 1147, São Vicente de Fora preserves 100,000 azulejos, a royal pantheon and sweeping Lisbon views

From Medieval University Nations to Public Dissections, Walking Through Four Centuries of Academic Life at the Archiginnasio

Built in 1563 for Bologna’s university, the Archiginnasio preserves 6,000 coats of arms, a 1637 Anatomical Theatre and Stabat Mater...

Cabo da Roca Travel Guide: Atlantic Cliffs, the Historic Lighthouse and Europe’s Westernmost Mainland Point

Portugal’s 1772 Cabo da Roca lighthouse rises above 140-metre Atlantic cliffs at the westernmost point of mainland Europe, west of...