From Michelangelo to Giotto, the exquisite art in one of the world's most beautiful cities costs nothing – if you know where to look. Amy Raphael goes on a church crawl
Hong Kong's cash-rich art scene features major international players such as White Cube and Gagosian, says critic Mary Agnew, but there are also smaller galleries that challenge the status quo
It's this year's World Design Capital, and few cities can match the Finnish metropolis for the craftsmanship of its buildings. Justin McGuirk sets out on foot
A lovely ramble through the South Downs, taking in a superb selection of medieval buildings as well as a series of murals by the Bloomsbury artists Duncan Grant, Vanessa Bell and Quentin Bell
An easy tour of Capability Brown's first landscape garden, sticking close to the banks of the invented "Croome river", this is a magnificent introduction to what his revolutionary style was all about
You could hardly choose a greater architectural spectacle than Stowe landscape gardens, which were designed and built during the first half of the 18th century by Charles Bridgeman, William Kent and Capability Brown
Nostell is a masterpiece of 18th-century architecture, and is filled with exceptional paintings and antiques. In the gardens you can enjoy lakeside walks, the newly planted orchard and many glorious views.
A choice of routes around one of Northern Ireland's most beautiful estates. The 18th-century mansion is an eccentric marvel and the grounds are filled with original features such as Lady Anne's Temple