City Guides

Beyond Praia da Marinha, Finding the Golden Cove of Malhada do Baraço Along Lagoa’s Wild Limestone Coast

Accessible only from the sea, Malhada do Baraço hides beneath Lagoa’s limestone cliffs between Praia da Marinha and Albandeira.

Three Days in Lagos Between a Maritime Old Town, Ponta da Piedade and the Long Sands of Meia Praia

A 15th-century Atlantic port, Lagos combines Ponta da Piedade’s limestone arches, historic walls, slavery museums and some of the Algarve’s finest beaches

Évora Through Two Thousand Years, from Roman Ebora and Medieval Kings to the Whitewashed Streets of the Alentejo

Roman Ebora, a medieval cathedral and the Capela dos Ossos survive inside Évora’s remarkably intact UNESCO-listed walls in the Alentejo

Porto Travel Guide: Ribeira, Azulejos, Port Wine Cellars and the Best Things to See Along the Douro

Porto combines medieval Ribeira, baroque towers, twenty thousand São Bento azulejos and centuries of Port wine history along the Douro.

Casa Batlló and the Block of Discord, Where Barcelona’s Great Modernist Architects Competed Façade by Façade

Transformed by Gaudí between 1904 and 1906, Casa Batlló combines a dragon-like roof, skeletal façade, catenary arches and ingenious natural...

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...

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