City Guides

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...

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 Tagus

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...