Travel Guide

The most challenging city you’ll ever love. While the name Berlin might still carry echoes of its tumultuous past, the city itself is a spectacular place to visit. Bursting with history, you can waltz u...

Go for the History, Stay for the Modernity. It’s hard to pin down exactly what makes London so magical; it may be that constant jostle for balance that is unlike any in the world. Centuries-old landmark...

Sophisticated culture and a sportsman's paradise, all in one city. Although Vienna is unquestionably one of Europe's great cities, its subtler charms sometimes go overlooked. Visitors who do visit this ...

A helluva town - but heavenly. No city compares with bottle-shaped Manhattan, the heart of nonstop New York City. Streets laid out on an easy-to-understand grid, it’s a city made for walking too, with n...

A city of many names, times, colors - and even two continents. The old Constantinople, seat of the Ottoman Empire, starts in Europe and finishes in Asia, across the Bosphorus. But even a first glimpse o...

A continent of many worlds. Visitors from other parts of the world sometimes have a tendency to zap through the continent as if in a slide show: From Berlin to Paris, from Versailles to Schönbrunn, from...

Bicycles, waterways and bohemians. Europe’s "sin city" is more than advertised. Sure, the hash bars – or “coffee bars” - are real, Heineken brews its famous beer here, and the legendary red light distr...

A world city that merits the hype. All of the exalted babble about the "city of lights" can be enough to make you lose your crèpes. But Paris really is one of those places that every traveler should exp...

Two amazing cities in one. The famed Danube River flows seamlessly through Hungary’s capital, which claims a rich and varied history dating back almost 2,000 years. The city got its name as late as 187...