Masks, high water, and a mostly empty city
Cliff villages, Baroque stone, clear water
Almond blossom among Greek temples
Two Advent capitals, and Germany's oldest market town
Painted-egg markets, then apricot blossom
Nativity scenes, chestnuts, and no real winter
Flemish squares, ice rinks and winter beer
The beer gardens reopen under the chestnuts
Baroque capital of porticoes, cafes and chocolate
Hermitage, palaces and Neva embankments
Seven medieval towns north-east of Moscow
Old town, Art Nouveau streets and market hangars
Kremlin, metro palaces and riverside parks
Four Volga cities from Kazan to Volgograd
Neoclassical center, Finnish design, island fortress
Colonial old town, the Malecón and live music
Collieries, blast furnaces and gasometers of the Ruhr
Belle Époque boulevards, communist colossus, old-town bars
Gold-rush towns of the Estrada Real
Half-timbered canals, a Gothic cathedral, Alsatian cuisine
Moorish palaces and flamenco in Andalusia's capital.
Mozart's city below an Alpine fortress
Cube houses, market halls and daring modern skyline
Tiled streets, port wine cellars, and a legendary bookshop
Royal squares, beer gardens and Alpine day trips
Dragon bridges and riverside cafes in Slovenia's green capital
Amber-lined lanes, Gothic spires and a storied Baltic port
Renaissance art and Tuscan flavors in one walkable city
Flemish masters, canals and medieval towns
Conquistador towns and Roman ruins
Baroque Dresden reborn on the Elbe
Grand-Place gilding, art nouveau and chocolate
Fairy-tale canals and medieval architecture
Canals, Golden Age art and cycling streets
Colonial facades, Art Deco seafronts and legendary street food
Blue-tiled mosques, desert wind-catchers and ancient Persepolis
Four Gulf capitals: souqs, pearls and modern museums
Grand mosque, island museums and desert dunes
Vermouth from the barrel, warehouses until dawn
Palaces, coffee houses and a concert every night
Neon streets, shrine calm, unbeatable food
Twin towers, hawker feasts and three faiths
Goethe, Bach and Dresden's rebuilt Baroque splendor
Hanseatic brick Gothic towns and Baltic beaches
Souq nights and museum days on the Gulf
Skyscrapers, blues clubs and a walkable lakefront
Thermal baths and Danube-view grandeur in one weekend.
Caspian modernism, ancient rock art and silk-road caravanserais
Turquoise domes along the old Silk Road
Steak, tango and Parisian grandeur on the Río de la Plata
