I took the train to Düsseldorf – here’s my guide to the city
Next stop in our series marking the Interrail pass’s 50th birthday is a city in the heartland of industrial Germany, home to avant-garde art, electronic music and high fashion
Notes from a tranquil island: slow walking in Orkney
With its mesmerising seascape, the long, low green isle of Shapinsay is perfect for mindful exploration
A local’s guide to Hamburg: concerts, cocktails and dockyard cuisine
Concert pianist Alexander Krichel reveals his pick of the best bars, vintage stores, ferry rides and sailor-sized dishes of Germany’s second largest city
Hidden France: where to stay and what to do off the beaten track
If you dream of salt pans and chalets on stilts, wild heather-clad hillsides and car-free isles …
A walk along the Mersey to a historic Liverpool pub: The Bridewell
Take a stroll past the famous docks, then clink glasses in a former Victorian police station
I took the train to Trieste – here’s my guide
Next stop in our series marking the rail pass’s 50th birthday is the Italian city of Trieste, where literary past meets cosmopolitan present – and everyone goes to the seaside
I took the train to Strasbourg, France – here’s my guide to the city
In the first of a series of stopovers marking the rail pass’s 50th birthday, our writer heads to the Alsatian capital, where France seamlessly meets Germany
A walk through historic York to a great local pub: the Phoenix Inn
Rich in medieval and Roman history, this walk around the city walls ends up at a good old local
A local’s guide to Lecce, Italy: baroque beauty and rural cuisine
Puglian winemaker Massimiliano Apollonio shares tips on the best cafes, museums, parks and bike rides in his beautiful southern city
A riverside walk to a famous old London pub: the Prospect of Whitby
From the green expanses of Greenwich to the ancient nooks of dockland, stories lurk around every corner of this Thames walk to a historic pub
Megaliths and hoopoes: chance encounters in untamed Brittany
A five-day walking trip along the shoreline and around the islands of Brittany’s Gulf of Morbihan reveals a fascinating blend of the familiar and the exotic
A local’s guide to Jaén, Spain: sunsets and sundowners in Andalucía
Award-winning poet Begoña M Rueda reveals the best museums, bars and beauty spots in her quintessentially Andalucían home town
‘Really cool, day or night’: readers’ top modern European architecture
From a giant Gulliver in Spain to a sleek basking whale in Budapest, readers tip 10 destinations with stunning contemporary buildings
Bandits, beaches and Roman baths – Andalucía’s wild side
Away from the main cities, the region’s dusty plains and green mountains offer hiking, ancient ruins and no crowds, as the author of a new guide reveals
Ireland’s most scenic bus service? Ennis to Galway via the Cliffs of Moher
The 350 bus in County Clare offers sublime views of some of Ireland’s most dramatic scenery, stops off in historic villages and gives glimpses of a rich cultural heritage