Europe

Inside Europe

48 Hours In: Salzburg

Saturday, 7 February 2009

It will always belong to Mozart and the Von Trapps, but now this lovely Alpine city, with its cobbles, carillons and bierkellers, is alive to the sound of new music, too.

24-Hour Room Service: Hotel Miramar, Barcelona

Saturday, 31 January 2009

From the quiet, chic terraces of Barcelona's Hotel Miramar, you'd never guess that its development caused uproar among the locals when it reopened in 2007. But you can understand why it did.

48 Hours In: Munich

Saturday, 31 January 2009

'The world's biggest village' has atmospheric bierkellers and caf�s galore, not to mention stunning modern art and its newest cultural attraction: the Jewish Museum.

Rock star: The volcanic attraction of Tenerife

Saturday, 31 January 2009

Tenerife offers winter sun in abundance – and has a brand-new water park to entertain the family. But it's the dramatic volcano at the island's heart that really takes your breath away

Vilnius joins Europe's culture club

Sunday, 25 January 2009

Lithuania's capital shares the artistic crown this year – it's a talisman of independence for the Baltic state

Linz: The other capital of the arts

Sunday, 25 January 2009

This unsung Austrian city deserves the spotlight, says Mark Rowe

Simon Calder: Twenty years on, has Berlin come in from the cold?

Saturday, 24 January 2009

A dark, despairing nation whose weary inhabitants cowered beneath the worn-out regime that ruled them so ineptly. So much for Thatcher's Britain in 1989; in East Germany life was even worse.

The Complete Guide To: Spanish journeys

Saturday, 24 January 2009

Spiritual pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela or following in Don Quixote's fictional footsteps, either way you can find your perfect route

Off the beaten track in Tuscany

Saturday, 24 January 2009

Tracey Foss straps on her snowshoes to explore the high points of this beautiful region

Trail of the unexpected: Asolo

Saturday, 24 January 2009

Taking it easy in the Veneto

24-Hour Room Service: Hotel Signum, Salina, the Aeolian Islands, Sicily

Saturday, 24 January 2009

Like all good Italian sons, Luca Caruso is full of reverence for his mother. Showing us to our room, he tells us that Hotel Signum's understated style and charm is all her doing.

All aboard: exploring Venice from the water

Saturday, 24 January 2009

Keen to avoid the crowds, Graham Hoyland chartered a yacht to Venice's 'Festa della Sensa'

Learning to cook in Lombardy

Saturday, 24 January 2009

Kitchen-shy Rob Crossan learns a new skill

Could this be the age of the train, not the plane?

Sunday, 18 January 2009

New high-speed rail links across the Continent will soon give the airlines a run for their money. Mark Rowe reports on the services we can look forward to

Turn the journey south into a busman's holiday

Sunday, 18 January 2009

A motorhome offers an affordable and fun way for families to travel from the UK to the south of France, as Jason Burt discovered

This stretch of Spanish coast is a peaceful place – for now

Sunday, 18 January 2009

New transport links are about to put Asturias on our radar, says Bill Tuckey

24-Hour Room Service: Jumbo Hostel, Stockholm-Arlanda, Sweden

Saturday, 17 January 2009

I regret going to the Jumbo Hostel alone. Not because travelling solo detracts in any way from the glorious absurdity of sleeping in a jumbo jet parked on the end of a runway at Stockholm's busiest airport. Not because of loneliness: the staff, in their retro airline outfits, couldn't be friendlier. And certainly not because of any desire to get married out on the wing, although that option is available to guests who are so inclined. No, my regret lies in wasting the opportunity to cosy up in the romantic penthouse cockpit, thereby missing out not only on the private bathroom, but on an all-too-rare opportunity to get a pilot's-eye view of the world (alright, an airport) from the front of an aeroplane.

Find a budget base in Croatia

Sunday, 11 January 2009

David Ryan discovers an affordable way to explore Istria's beautiful coast and medieval towns

The Complete Guide To: Transylvania

Saturday, 10 January 2009

There's much more to Dracula's homeland than creepy castles and blood-soaked myths. Lucy Mallows uncovers a region so charming that even Prince Charles has a house there

Splashing out: Getting down to the bare essentials in the Baltic Sea

Saturday, 10 January 2009

I am stark naked. On the edge of a northern sea. In the depths of winter. It is, unsurprisingly, freezing. The body of water beside which I am shivering and goose pimpled is the Baltic. Or at least it's where the Baltic ends and merges with the North Sea, on that stretch of grey, flat water bisecting the coasts of Denmark and Sweden: the Oresund. To the north, on the opposite shore, are the battlements of Elsinore, where Hamlet fought with insanity. Here in Malm� , in the south of Sweden, I'm beginning to doubt my own state of mind. What was it about going swimming at this time of year that seemed like a good idea? And in chilly Scandinavia, at that?

24-Hour Room Service: Four Seasons, Florence, Italy

Saturday, 3 January 2009

Some first-time visitors to Florence have been known to suffer from Stendhal syndrome – often referred to as Florence Syndrome – which is named after the 19th-century French novelist. As a result of prolonged proximity to such "sublime beauty", he was overcome with an extreme case of nerves and palpitations.