Gourmet walk guide Alex Cram shows us the historic city’s best places to eat, drink and relax away from the crowdsSoon after moving to Dubrovnik in 2014, Alex Cram set up Piknik Dubrovnik, which runs gourmet walks, hikes and boat trips in the region. C…
10 of the best eco-friendly places to stay in Europe
These sustainable stays offer the chance to share mountain views with bears, sleep easy in a low-carbon hotel and wellness experiencesThe Holenberg forest is the gateway to the Maashorst nature reserve, a rewilding pioneer in North Brabant, home to roa…
All back to Mahón: a return to Menorca
Rustling palms, hooting owls, pintxos and sangria … After a lockdown-enforced hiatus, a writer revisits the quiet Balearic to revel in joys old and newA peal of bells marks the start. Then comes a beating of drums. A barely perceptible breeze carries t…
A local’s guide to Berlin: five great things to do
Art dealer Johann König revels in his city’s diversity, where relics of the former East rub shoulders with hip nightclubs of the WestArt entrepreneur Johann König has been living in the German capital for 20 years. In 2002, he set up his influential Kö…
‘Sleepy, leafy and lusciously bucolic’: France’s best towns and villages by readers
Our tipsters go beyond the expected names to hail the charms, cultural and culinary delights of places from Pas-de-Calais to ProvenceI really loved the peacefulness of Saint-Nectaire. The local cheese is enough to put it on any list but it also has woo…
Europe’s best walking cities: Seven wonders of the wandering world
From atmospheric Berlin to Joyce’s Trieste, via Marseille’s markets and a wellbeing walk in Copenhagen, city strolls reward the curious ramblerThe art of flâneur-ing might be French and its most famous practitioners Parisians, but other European cultur…
10 of the best October half-term family breaks in Europe
With overseas travel opening up again, we have family ideas for cities, coast and countrysideSlovenia is cooling down in October, but it is a spectacular time to see Lake Bled’s woody fringes burst into flames of colour. Hilltop Bled Castle towers over…
A local’s guide to Menton, France: five great things to do
British aristocracy flocked here in Victorian times, but artist Fabien Gauthier is inspired more by its medieval buildings and the remnants of the swinging 1970sA specialist in trompe l’oeil art and frescoes ancient and modern, Fabien Gauthier has live…
A local’s guide to Málaga: five great things to do
Great places to shop, walk, eat and drink, as selected by Mark Holness, a cafe owner who moved from London to the sunny Spanish cityAfter moving to the Costa del Sol six years ago, Mark Holness opened Café de Estraperlo, close to the harbour in Málaga,…
Warriors, cathedrals and carnivals: Spain’s best smaller cities, chosen by readers
Medieval plazas, fortresses like film sets and seafood straight out of the net feature in your pick of these lesser-known destinationsI stopped in Salamanca for lunch when driving from Madrid to Lisbon and ended up staying there for a week, caught up i…