The red Bernina Express passing an Italianate village in the Swiss Val Poschiavo, on the Tirano to St Moritz line.

Destinations & Itineraries

Routes that survive contact with a map

Itineraries with nights that add up, trains that exist, and days that leave room to sit down.

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Europe Itineraries

Route-by-route plans for a first trip across Europe.

Colmar's Petite Venise under snow at Christmas, with a painted Advent-calendar house above the canal and a boat of visitors passing a wooden chalet

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Beaches & Islands

Coastlines and islands, and how long they are worth.

Positano's houses stacked in tiers up the cliff, lit at dusk above the beach

Amalfi Coast Itinerary: A First-Timer's Guide to Getting It Right An Amalfi Coast itinerary has one puzzle to solve before any other: there's no single easy way in, and the towns you...

Cities & Day Trips

One city properly, and what is worth a day away from it.

A traveller in a sun hat watching the sunset beside the windmill in Oia, Santorini

Best Things to Do in Santorini: A 2026 Traveller's Guide Santorini's famous half-dozen earn their reputation, and this guide tells you which deserve your limited days. But...