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Monaco29 · France & Monaco
Robuchon Monaco in Monte-Carlo – French classics and a first star
Robuchon Monaco on the Esplanade du Portier: Jonathan Larrieu's French classics, the Robuchon mash with every main course, a first MICHELIN star in…
La Table d'Antonio Salvatore in Monaco – five tables beneath Rampoldi
La Table d'Antonio Salvatore beneath Rampoldi in Monte-Carlo: five tables, contemporary southern Italian cooking, one MICHELIN star, tasting menu…
Pavyllon in Monaco – Yannick Alléno's counter above the harbour
Pavyllon Monte-Carlo at Hôtel Hermitage: Yannick Alléno's one-MICHELIN-star counter and sea-view terrace, open daily for lunch and dinner. Dishes…
Le Grill in Monaco – soufflés and a sliding roof above Casino Square
Le Grill on the eighth floor of Hôtel de Paris: wood-fire cooking, the Grand Marnier soufflé, a sliding roof, one MICHELIN star, menus from €150…
L'Abysse in Monaco – Yannick Alléno's two-star sushi counter
L'Abysse Monte-Carlo at Hôtel Hermitage: Yannick Alléno and sushi master Naoki Kikuchi, two MICHELIN stars, the Omakase, Collection and Matataki…
Les Ambassadeurs in Monaco – two stars in the Métropole's gilded room
Les Ambassadeurs at Hôtel Métropole Monte-Carlo: Christophe Cussac's two-star Mediterranean cooking, Jacques Garcia's dining room, menus and prices…
Casino de Monte-Carlo – the wager that built a principality
In 1863 a prince who had lost most of his land bet his future on a gaming house on a deserted hill. The Casino de Monte-Carlo paid off so handsomely…
Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters – spring tennis on the terraces above the sea
It began in 1897 on the roof of the Hôtel de Paris wine cellars. Since 1928 the Monte-Carlo Masters has been played on red clay terraced above the…
Walking the Monaco circuit – a Grand Prix lap on foot, any day of the year
For most of the year the world's most famous street circuit is simply Monaco's streets. Cars round Sainte-Dévote, shoppers cross Casino Square and…
Rallye Monte-Carlo – ice, hairpins and the Night of the Turini
In January 1911, 23 cars set off from all over Europe to race to Monaco. More than a century later, the Rallye Monte-Carlo remains one of the great…
La Salière – Italian lunch on the quay at Port de Fontvieille
La Salière on the quay in Fontvieille: Neapolitan pizza, Gragnano pasta and a terrace facing the boats and the Rock. Address, hours, booking and what…
Monaco Yacht Show – the week when superyachts fill Port Hercule
The Monaco Yacht Show in Port Hercule: 118 superyachts worth €4.5 billion in 2026, how access works, and the dates for 2027: 22–25 September.
Opéra de Monte-Carlo – Garnier's jewel and the 2026–2027 season
The Opéra de Monte-Carlo: Garnier's 524-seat hall from 1879, 45 world premieres, Cecilia Bartoli as director and Carmen, Siegfried and Rigoletto in…
Hôtel Métropole Monte-Carlo – Belle Époque with Lagerfeld's pool
Hôtel Métropole in Monte-Carlo since 1889: Jacques Garcia's interiors, Lagerfeld's Odyssey by the pool and two-star Les Ambassadeurs by Christophe…
NMNM in Monaco – two villas, two eras, and contemporary art
The Nouveau Musée National de Monaco in two villas: Villa Sauber in Larvotto and Villa Paloma above the Jardin Exotique, their history, hours and…
Port Hercule – Monaco's harbour from the Greeks to the floating pier
Port Hercule in Monaco: a Greek harbour, a 160,000-tonne floating pier towed from Spain in 2002, 760 berths and the Grand Prix, Yacht Show and Foire.
Monaco Grand Prix 2027 – guide to the weekend with the first sprint
The Monaco Grand Prix runs 4–6 June 2027 with a sprint for the first time. The circuit, the history since 1929, where to watch and how to plan.
Eating in Monaco beyond Louis XV – six starred restaurants and a market
Monaco has nine Michelin-starred restaurants. Six to book after Le Louis XV, from L'Abysse's two-star sushi to Blue Bay, plus the Condamine market.
Larvotto – seven ways to live the beach life in Monaco
Monaco's only public beach, redesigned by Renzo Piano in 2021: a morning swim, the Japanese garden, Avenue Princesse Grace and the new Mareterra.
Jardin Exotique in Monaco is open again – the cactus cliff after six years
Monaco's Jardin Exotique reopened in March 2026 after six years and an €18m renovation: clifftop succulents, a stalactite cave and sweeping views.
Monaco-Ville early in the morning – a walk on Le Rocher
Walk Monaco-Ville before the crowds: Rampe Major at 7am, the palace square, the cathedral where Grace rests, the Oceanographic Museum and 11.55.
Fontvieille in Monaco – the district built out of the sea
Fontvieille was reclaimed from the sea from 1966: a quiet harbour under the palace, Princess Grace's rose garden, Stade Louis II and the stamp museum.
Moneghetti in Monaco – the district of steps where the Alps meet the sea
Moneghetti is the Monaco visitors rarely see: stairways and lifts from Sainte-Dévote up past Sacré-Cœur and the railway station to the Jardin…
La Condamine in Monaco – the harbour quarter between the rock and Monte-Carlo
La Condamine is Monaco's everyday heart: Port Hercule, the Place d'Armes market since 1880, Sainte-Dévote's burning boat and the Grand Prix start.
Elsa at Monte-Carlo Beach – the star restaurant that went organic first
Elsa at Monte-Carlo Beach in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin: one Michelin star, early full organic certification, Marcel Ravin's marine garden and a sea…
Blue Bay Marcel Ravin – Martinique meets Monaco with two stars
At Blue Bay in Monte-Carlo Bay, Martinique-born Marcel Ravin blends Caribbean spices with Riviera produce – two Michelin stars in the 2026 guide.
Hôtel Hermitage – Monte-Carlo's Belle Époque palace overlooking the harbour
Hôtel Hermitage above Port Hercule: the 1896 palace, its glass-domed winter garden, the listed painted ceiling and Yannick Alléno's two restaurants.
Hôtel de Paris Monte-Carlo – 160 years on Place du Casino
Since 1864 Hôtel de Paris has faced the casino in Monte-Carlo: Le Louis XV with three Michelin stars, a 350,000-bottle cellar and a $280m renovation.
Le Louis XV in Monaco – the promise to a prince that became three stars
Rainier III gave Alain Ducasse four years to win three Michelin stars at Hôtel de Paris. Le Louis XV did it in 33 months and has kept them since 2003.
The Riviera123 · France & Monaco
Port Grimaud – François Spoerry's lakeside town on the Gulf of Saint-Tropez
Port Grimaud on the Gulf of Saint-Tropez: how François Spoerry built a Provençal Venice from 1966, the church, the canals by water boat and what to…
Rue d'Antibes – Cannes's shopping street and its 1920s façades
The Rue d'Antibes, Cannes's main shopping street one block behind the Croisette: laid out around 1830, named in 1852, and lined with 1920s and Belle…
Living in Cannes – a resident's guide to the town's ten quarters
A resident's guide to Cannes: the ten quarters from La Bocca to La Californie and the Lérins islands, the town's 13 public beaches, cinemas…
Cannes in 2027 – the festival and trade-fair calendar, month by month
The Cannes calendar for 2027, month by month: Canneseries, the games festival, MIPIM, the 80th Festival de Cannes, Cannes Lions, the summer…
La Malmaison – a Belle Époque villa for art on the Croisette
La Malmaison on the Croisette: built in 1863 as the Grand Hôtel's annex, a grand duke's golfers' club, now Cannes's art centre, reopened in 2025 with…
Pointe Croisette – Palm Beach, Port Canto and the end of the bay
The Pointe Croisette at the eastern end of the Croisette: the Palm Beach casino of 1929 and its rebirth, Port Pierre-Canto, Europe's first private…
Cannes Yachting Festival 2027 – 700 yachts in two harbours
The Cannes Yachting Festival 2027 runs from 7 to 12 September in the Vieux Port and Port Canto: around 700 boats from 5 to 55 metres, opening hours…
The English quarter of Cannes – Lord Brougham and the Villa Rothschild
How Lord Brougham made Cannes a resort in 1834, the British villas of La Croix-des-Gardes, the first Riviera tennis court and the Villa Rothschild of…
La Californie – Cannes' hill of Russian domes and royal villas
The hill of La Californie above Cannes: the villas of the Russian and British winter colonies, the Orthodox church of Saint-Michel-Archange, St…
Hôtel Barrière Le Majestic – the art deco palace facing the steps
Le Majestic on the Croisette, opposite the Palais des Festivals: the art deco hotel of 1926, its 349 rooms and suites, Beefbar Cannes, the Ciro's…
The Cannes Film Festival explained – how the 80th edition works
The 80th Festival de Cannes runs from 11 to 22 May 2027. How the festival works – history, the Palais and its steps, the sections and the Palme d'Or…
Musée des Arts Asiatiques – Kenzo Tange's white pavilion in Nice
Nice's Museum of Asian Arts by Kenzo Tange: a marble and glass pavilion on a lake by the Promenade des Anglais, with India, China, Japan, South-East…
The baroque churches of Vieux Nice – gilt, stucco and painted domes
A morning among the baroque churches of Nice's old town: the cathedral of Sainte-Réparate, the Jesuit Gesù on rue Droite and Vittone's Miséricorde on…
Opéra de Nice – the 1885 theatre by the sea and its 2026–27 season
The Opéra de Nice, opened in 1885 with Aida: the house, its premieres and the 2026–2027 season with Bertrand Bonello's Tristan und Isolde, Unsuk…
Promenade du Paillon – Nice's green river, now 20 hectares
Nice's Promenade du Paillon: the 2013 park with its water mirror, the 8-hectare urban forest by Alexandre Chemetoff opened in October 2025, the art…
Mont Boron – Nice's forest hill, a Savoy fort and an English folly
Mont Boron above Nice: a free 57-hectare forest park with 11 km of trails, the 16th-century Fort du Mont Alban, the neo-Mughal Château de l'Anglais…
Palais Lascaris – a baroque palace of music in Vieux Nice
The Palais Lascaris in Vieux Nice: a 17th-century Genoese baroque palace with frescoed ceilings and about 500 historic instruments, from a 1581…
Musée Jules Chéret – four centuries of art in a princess's villa
Nice's fine art museum in the Villa Thomson on Les Baumettes: Bronzino, the Van Loos, Monet, Bonnard, Dufy and Jules Chéret. History, highlights, the…
Carnival of Nice 2027 – Vive l'Amour, flower battles and the King
Carnaval de Nice 2027, Vive l'Amour, 9–28 February: the corsos on Place Masséna, the flower battles on the Promenade des Anglais, history since 1294…
Saint-Nicolas in Nice – the tsars' cathedral and its five green domes
Nice's Russian Orthodox cathedral, inaugurated in 1912: the tsarevich's chapel, five green domes, a Moscow-style façade on a concrete frame, and how…
Villa Masséna – a Belle Époque palace on the Promenade des Anglais
The Villa Masséna beside the Negresco: a prince's Belle Époque villa of 1898, now Nice's museum of art and history, with a public garden. History…
L'Oursin in Le Lavandou – a new star above the Aiguebelle rocks
L'Oursin at Hôtel Les Roches in Le Lavandou: a first MICHELIN star in 2026, Antoine Gras and Benoît Gornard's Face au Levant menu at €180, season and…
La Palmeraie in La Croix-Valmer – a star among century-old palms
La Palmeraie at the Château de Valmer in La Croix-Valmer: one MICHELIN star, Thomas Pezeril's six-course Terroir and Végétal menus at €190 and €140…
Louis Vuitton in Saint-Tropez – Donckele and Frédéric's summer star
Louis Vuitton's seasonal restaurant at the White 1921 hotel in Saint-Tropez: one MICHELIN star, Arnaud Donckele and Maxime Frédéric, a €200 menu…
La Terrasse at Cheval Blanc St-Tropez – Donckele's starred lunch
La Terrasse at Cheval Blanc St-Tropez: one MICHELIN star, Arnaud Donckele's Provençal lunch menu Sous les Pins at €190, Wednesday Soirées Riviera…
Colette in Saint-Tropez – a star beside the writer's summer house
Colette at the Hôtel Sezz Saint-Tropez: one MICHELIN star since 2021, Philippe Colinet's plant-led menus at €165 and €205, the May–October season and…
Grasse – a day in the perfume capital above Cannes
Grasse, the perfume capital above Cannes: its UNESCO-listed know-how, the Musée International de la Parfumerie, Fragonard's factory, the cathedral…
Nice to Menton by train – the Riviera, one stop at a time
Take the TER from Nice to Menton: Villefranche, Èze and the Nietzsche path, Cap-d'Ail, Monaco's underground station, Cap Martin and E-1027, stop by…
La Voile in Ramatuelle – two stars and a garden menu above the sea
La Voile at La Réserve Ramatuelle: two MICHELIN stars, Eric Canino's light Mediterranean cooking, menus from €195 to €350, the April–October season…
La Table de Pierre in Saint-Paul-de-Vence – a first star in the garden
La Table de Pierre at the Domaine du Mas de Pierre: a first MICHELIN star in 2026, garden-led Provençal menus from €99 to €175, the conservatory…
L'Or Bleu in Théoule-sur-Mer – Alain Montigny above the red rocks
L'Or Bleu at the Tiara Miramar Beach Resort: one MICHELIN star, Alain Montigny's surprise menus at €165 and €195, a terrace over the Estérel, season…
Mareluna in Théoule-sur-Mer – an Italian chef in a 1630 soap factory
Mareluna at the Château de Théoule: one MICHELIN star, Francesco Fezza's Mediterranean tasting menus from €145 to €210, a sea-view terrace, hours and…
Bessem in Mandelieu-la-Napoule – surprise menus under the plane trees
Bessem in Mandelieu-la-Napoule: one MICHELIN star, Bessem Ben Abdallah's Mediterranean surprise menus at €125 and €175, a garden terrace, hours and…
Alain Llorca in La Colle-sur-Loup – facing Saint-Paul-de-Vence
Alain Llorca in La Colle-sur-Loup: one MICHELIN star, a terrace facing Saint-Paul-de-Vence, lunch menu €75 and La Collection menus €150–240. Hours…
L'Auberge de la Roche in Valdeblore – natural wine and a first star
L'Auberge de la Roche in Valdeblore: Louis-Philippe Riel's one-star carte blanche menu at €95, natural wines, rooms with outdoor baths, opening days…
Auberge Quintessence in Roubion – a starred refuge at 1,700 metres
Auberge Quintessence at the Col de la Couillole: Christophe and Pauline Billau's one-star mountain menu, seven rooms, opening days and how to book…
Épicentre in Nice – Sélim M'Nasri's first star, built on spices
Épicentre near the port of Nice: Sélim M'Nasri's spice-led cooking, a first MICHELIN star in 2026, Seven and Nine Spices menus from €99, opening days…
JAN in Nice – a South African chef's table near the old port
JAN near the port of Nice: Jan Hendrik van der Westhuizen's one-star South African-inspired cooking, menus from €165, the MARIA cheese room, dress…
Les Agitateurs in Nice – Samuel Victori's playful star by the port
Les Agitateurs near the port of Nice: Samuel Victori's creative one-MICHELIN-star cooking, dinner menus from €135, weekend lunch from €95, opening…
L'Aromate in Nice – Mickaël Gracieux's star by Place Masséna
L'Aromate near Place Masséna in Nice: Mickaël Gracieux's one-MICHELIN-star cooking, the Persil and Basilic menus from €130, opening days and how to…
ONICE in Nice – an Italo-Argentine couple in the antiques quarter
ONICE in Nice's antiques quarter: Florencia Montes and Lorenzo Ragni's one-star tasting menus, prices from €125, opening days, how to book and what…
Le Chantecler in Nice – Virginie Basselot's star at the Negresco
Le Chantecler at Le Negresco: Virginie Basselot's one-star cooking in an 18th-century dining room on the Promenade des Anglais, menus from €210…
Racines in Nice – Bruno Cirino's vegetable table, closed for 2026
Racines in Nice: Bruno Cirino's one-star vegetable restaurant near the Libération market. Closed for the 2026 season. The story, the cooking, the…
Le Cap in Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat – Provence under the Aleppo pines
Le Cap at Grand-Hôtel du Cap-Ferrat: Yoric Tièche's one-star Provençal cooking under the Aleppo pines, tasting menus from €185, La Table Krug and the…
Le Restaurant des Rois in Beaulieu – La Réserve's table since 1880
Le Restaurant des Rois at La Réserve de Beaulieu: Julien Roucheteau's one-star cooking on the sea, the hotel's story since 1880, menus from €195 and…
La Table du Cap Estel in Èze – a new star on a private headland
La Table du Cap Estel at Èze-Bord-de-Mer: Kévin Garcia's first MICHELIN star, menus of seafood and garden herbs from €215, the private headland's…
Château Eza in Èze – a Swedish prince's eyrie with a MICHELIN star
La Table Gastronomique at Château Eza: a Swedish prince's former winter home above the sea, Justin Schmitt's one-star cooking, tasting menu €200…
Les Terraillers in Biot – Michaël Fulci in a 16th-century pottery
Les Terraillers in Biot: one MICHELIN star, Michaël Fulci's cooking in a 16th-century pottery, menus from €69 at lunch to €175, opening hours and…
Les Pêcheurs on Cap d'Antibes – Nicolas Rondelli's sea menu
Les Pêcheurs at the Cap d'Antibes Beach Hotel: one MICHELIN star, Nicolas Rondelli's sea menus at €145–210, opening days, season and booking.
Hyères and the Villa Noailles – modernism among the palms
The Riviera's oldest climatic resort hides one of the first modern houses in France on its castle hill. Below it lie a medieval old town, a Greek…
La Turbie – the Roman trophy that keeps watch over Monaco
High above the Principality on the ridge, Augustus raised a monument to the conquest of the Alps. Two thousand years, one gunpowder charge and an…
Roquebrune – the perched village with France's oldest keep
Between Monaco and Menton, a tangle of vaulted lanes climbs to a castle founded in the tenth century. Below it grows an olive tree older than the…
Porquerolles – pine beaches, island forts and an art villa underground
The largest of the Hyères islands has belonged to the French state since 1971 and lies within a national park. Come for the white beaches; stay for…
La Passagère in Juan-les-Pins – fish and Art Deco at Belles Rives
La Passagère at Hôtel Belles Rives in Juan-les-Pins: Aurélien Véquaud's one-star MICHELIN cooking, menus from €175, opening days, season and booking.
Biot – bubble glass, Templar stones and Fernand Léger's museum
Inland from Antibes, a perched village once made the Mediterranean's oil jars. Today its furnaces blow glass full of tiny bubbles, and at its foot…
Vallauris – where Picasso fell for clay
For seven years after the war, the most famous artist alive lived in a potters' town above Golfe-Juan. He left it a bronze shepherd, a vaulted chapel…
Port-Cros – the island one woman saved for the nation
The steepest and greenest of the Hyères islands has one small harbour, a handful of houses and waters full of groupers. It owes its wildness to the…
Sainte-Agnès and Gorbio – two eyries above Menton
A winding drive up from the lemon groves, two villages perch in the mountains behind Menton. One calls itself the highest coastal village in Europe…
Gourdon and the Gorges du Loup – an eagle's nest above the gorge
Perched on a sheer pinnacle 760 metres up, Gourdon looks down on a river that has cut a canyon through the hills behind Grasse. Come for the view…
Peillon – the medieval village that never changed
In the hills behind Nice, a village of stone stairways and vaulted passages sits on a spur above a ravine, much as it has for centuries. In a small…
The Esterel and the Corniche d'Or – where the Riviera turns red
Between Saint-Raphaël and Mandelieu, the remains of volcanoes active 250 million years ago drop into a blue sea. The road along their edge, opened in…
Théoule-sur-Mer – red coves, a soap château and Cardin's bubbles
Nine kilometres from the Croisette, the Esterel begins and Cannes falls silent. Théoule's coast is all red porphyry and hidden coves, guarded by a…
Beausoleil – the French balcony above Monte-Carlo
Cross a street in upper Monte-Carlo and you are in France. Beausoleil was meant to be called Monte-Carlo Supérieur; Monaco objected, and a Belle…
La Palme d'Or in Cannes – Jean Imbert's film set on the Croisette
La Palme d'Or at the Hôtel Martinez in Cannes: Jean Imbert's one-star MICHELIN restaurant, menus at €160 and €240, opening days, season, dress code…
Tourrettes-sur-Loup – the cliff village that lives on violets
Its outer houses form a wall above the ravines, and since 1880 its terraces have been planted with violets. Five kilometres from Vence…
Bormes-les-Mimosas – the village that renamed itself after a flower
In 1968, Bormes added "mimosa" to its name, and every February the village proves why. Above the Var coast, its rose-tiled lanes look out to the…
Juan-les-Pins and Jazz à Juan – sixty summers of jazz under the pines
Ray Charles, Miles Davis and Ella Fitzgerald all played beneath the same stone pines by the sea. Since 1960 Jazz à Juan has turned a seaside resort…
Cap-d'Ail – Monaco's French neighbour and its secret shore path
Step west out of Fontvieille and the towers give way to Belle Époque villas and a path cut along the rocks. Cap-d'Ail, where the Lumière brothers and…
Grimaud – the hilltop village above the Gulf of Saint-Tropez
Everyone knows the lagoon town of Port Grimaud. Fewer climb to the village that gave it its name: a ruined castle, a windmill and medieval lanes…
Vence – Matisse's chapel and a cathedral city in the hills
A bishopric until the Revolution, Vence kept its walls, its fountains and an ash tree said to be a gift from François I. Then, in his late seventies…
Fréjus – Julius Caesar's port on the Riviera
Before Nice or Cannes mattered, there was Forum Julii, home port of Rome's fleet in Gaul. Fréjus still holds the richest Roman remains in France…
Castle Hill and Port Lympia – Nice from above and from the water
There is no castle on Nice's Castle Hill: Louis XIV had it blown up in 1706. What remains is a park with a waterfall, panoramas from sunrise over the…
Le Mas Candille in Mougins – a Provençal farmhouse in Hugo Toro's rendition
Le Mas Candille above Cannes: an 18th-century farmhouse reopened in 2024 with Hugo Toro's interiors, the Clarins spa The Glow House and 47 rooms and…
The three Corniche roads – the drive from Nice to Menton
The Basse, Moyenne and Grande Corniche from Nice to Menton: which road goes where, Èze and La Turbie, Roquebrune where they meet, and E-1027 on Cap…
Royal-Riviera in Cap-Ferrat – a Belle Époque hotel from 1904
The Royal-Riviera on Cap-Ferrat: a 1904 Belle Époque hotel with 94 rooms, a private sandy beach, Villa l'Orangerie and La Table du Royal.
The Riviera's small hotels – seven hideaways with history
Seven small Riviera hotels with a story: La Colombe d'Or, Hôtel Welcome, Château Eza, La Chèvre d'Or, La Ponche, La Réserve Ramatuelle and Belles…
Hôtel Byblos in Saint-Tropez – a village of pastel houses since 1967
Hôtel Byblos in Saint-Tropez, opened in 1967 with Brigitte Bardot as godmother: Les Caves du Roy, the Floirat family, Laura Gonzalez's new rooms and…
Hôtel Martinez – art deco on the Croisette and Cannes' first Palace
Hôtel Martinez on La Croisette: opened in 1929 by Emmanuel Martinez, renovated for €150 million and in June 2026 the first hotel in Cannes with…
Îles de Lérins – the monks' island and the Man in the Iron Mask's prison near Cannes
A day on the Lérins Islands off Cannes: Fort Royal and the Man in the Iron Mask's cell on Sainte-Marguerite, and the monks' wine on Saint-Honorat…
Château Saint-Martin in Vence – the Knights Templar's hill became a palace
Château Saint-Martin & Spa above Vence: a Templar hill, a hotel since 1954 and today an Oetker Collection Palace with a La Prairie spa and sea views.
Socca, pissaladière and Bellet – how to eat like a nissart
Nice's cuisine, French intangible heritage since 2019: socca, pissaladière, pan bagnat and daube, the Cuisine Nissarde label, the addresses and…
La Colombe d'Or – the inn where artists paid with paintings
La Colombe d'Or in Saint-Paul-de-Vence, opened in 1920 by Paul Roux, where Léger, Braque, Matisse, Chagall and Picasso paid with art that still hangs…
A morning at Cours Saleya – flowers and baroque in old Nice
A morning on Cours Saleya in old Nice: the flower market since 1861, Monday's antiques market, the Chapelle de la Miséricorde and the view from…
Villa Kérylos in Beaulieu-sur-Mer – a Greek house by the sea
Théodore Reinach's Villa Kérylos in Beaulieu-sur-Mer, built 1902–1908 as a house from ancient Delos: peristyle, library, mosaics and how to visit.
Gassin – the watchtower over the Bay of Saint-Tropez
Gassin, 200 m above the Bay of Saint-Tropez: ring-wall views to the islands, the 29 cm Androuno alley, a chapel from 1090 and dinner on Place deï…
The Riviera's star restaurants 2026 – from Le Louis XV to La Vague d'Or
Guide Michelin 2026 on the Riviera: three stars for Le Louis XV, Mirazur, La Vague d'Or and La Table du Castellet, plus every new star from Monaco to…
Ramatuelle and Pampelonne – the hilltop village and the beach below
Ramatuelle and Pampelonne: the hill village that fought with beehives, the 4.5 km beach that is not in Saint-Tropez, Club 55, Cap Camarat and the…
Jean Cocteau's Menton – the wedding hall, the Bastion and a disputed collection
Jean Cocteau in Menton: the frescoed wedding hall in the town hall, the Bastion museum by the harbour, the Wunderman collection and how to visit…
Saint-Tropez out of season – the town when the yachts have gone
Saint-Tropez in November: the market on Place des Lices, the Musée de l'Annonciade and Signac's painters, La Ponche, the citadel and the town's real…
Musée Chagall in Nice – twelve biblical paintings in a house of light
The Musée national Marc Chagall in Nice: Chagall's gift to France, the twelve Message biblique paintings, the concert hall windows, the garden, hours…
Valbonne and Place des Arcades – a square to slow down at
Valbonne above Antibes: the grid village founded by the Lérins monks in 1519, the arcaded Place des Arcades, the Saint-Blaise church and the local…
Promenade des Anglais in Nice – the Englishmen's walkway along the Bay of Angels
A walk along the Promenade des Anglais in Nice: the 1820 charity project, the Art Deco Palais de la Méditerranée, the Negresco and the Quai des…
Musée Matisse in Nice – the red villa among the olive trees in Cimiez
The Musée Matisse in Nice: almost 600 works in a 17th-century Genoese villa in Cimiez, from the 1890s to the late cut-outs, plus hours, prices and…
La Croisette in Cannes – two kilometres from the Palais des Festivals to the Martinez
A walk along La Croisette in Cannes: Lord Brougham's fishing village, the Palais des Festivals from 1982, the Belle Époque Carlton and the Art Deco…
Le Suquet in Cannes – the old town on the hill, from Forville to the castle tower
A walk through Le Suquet, the old town of Cannes: Marché Forville, Rue Saint-Antoine, Notre-Dame-de-l'Espérance and the museum in the monks' castle.
Musée Picasso in Antibes – two autumn months in 1946 that became a museum
The Musée Picasso in Antibes: how two months in 1946 at the Château Grimaldi became the first Picasso museum, plus de Staël, the sea terrace and…
Mougins – the village where Picasso stayed and the chefs followed
A guide to Mougins above Cannes: the spiral old village, Picasso's final years at Notre-Dame-de-Vie, the FAMM museum of women artists and the…
Domaine du Rayol – around the world in a garden by the sea
A garden of the world's Mediterranean climates on the Var coast: Gilles Clément's Domaine du Rayol, its history since 1908 and its snorkelling trail.
48 hours in Saint-Paul-de-Vence – Maeght, Chagall and La Colombe d'Or
Two days in Saint-Paul-de-Vence: the 16th-century ramparts, Chagall's grave, dinner at La Colombe d'Or, the Fondation Maeght and Matisse's chapel in…
Château de la Napoule – the fairytale castle two Americans built by the sea
Château de la Napoule in Mandelieu: a medieval castle by the sea, rebuilt as a fairytale by Henry and Marie Clews, with a Jardin remarquable garden.
Haut-de-Cagnes and Les Collettes – Renoir's last garden
Haut-de-Cagnes above Cagnes-sur-Mer: the Grimaldi castle museum, the medieval lanes and Les Collettes, where Renoir painted his last eleven years.
The Coastal Path at Cap d'Antibes – everything you need to know about Tire-Poil
Walking the Sentier de Tire-Poil on Cap d'Antibes: where it starts, how long it takes, what you see along the way and when the coastal path is closed.
Val Rahmeh in Menton – the general's garden that became a botanical treasure
Val Rahmeh in Menton: from a lemon grove to General Radcliffe's villa and, since 1967, a botanical garden with lotus, daturas and the rare toromiro…
Old Antibes – from the Greek Antipolis to Picasso's castle
A historical walk through Vieil Antibes: Greek Antipolis, the Grimaldi castle where Picasso worked in 1946, the cathedral, Port Vauban and Fort Carré.
Serre de la Madone – the garden Hidcote's creator hid away in Menton
Serre de la Madone in Menton: the terraced garden Hidcote's Lawrence Johnston made from 1924, its decline, its rescue and the restoration under way…
Menton in winter light – lemons, gardens and Belle Époque
Menton in winter light: the old town and Saint-Michel basilica, Cocteau's museum and Bastion, the February lemon festival and the gardens of Garavan.
Villa Ephrussi de Rothschild – nine gardens on the headland at Cap Ferrat
Visit Villa Ephrussi de Rothschild in Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat: Béatrice de Rothschild's pink villa, its Sèvres porcelain and nine themed gardens.
From the sea to the summit at Èze – the Nietzsche Path, the garden and the village
Climb from the sea to Èze-Village on the Nietzsche Path: the exotic garden in the castle ruins, the medieval lanes, Château Eza and La Chèvre d'Or.
Carlton Cannes – the domes on La Croisette and the hotel after 2023
Carlton Cannes on La Croisette: Grace Kelly, Hitchcock and Elton John, the domes of La Belle Otero and a €300 million renovation that reopened it in…
La Villa Archange in Le Cannet – Bruno Oger's bastide above Cannes
La Villa Archange in Le Cannet: Bruno Oger's two-star restaurant in an 18th-century bastide above Cannes, with a garden, a bistro and Breton touches.
Villefranche-sur-Mer – a walk through the old town and the harbour
Walk Villefranche-sur-Mer from Quai Courbet: Cocteau's painted chapel, the Rue Obscure from 1260, Saint-Michel, the citadel and Plage des Marinières.
Grand-Hôtel du Cap-Ferrat – the palace at the very tip of the headland
Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat's palace hotel since 1908: Eiffel's rotunda, the 1939 saltwater pool, Club Dauphin, Le Cap's Michelin star and three Michelin…
Belles Rives in Juan-les-Pins – Fitzgerald's summer by the sea
Hôtel Belles Rives in Juan-les-Pins: the villa where Fitzgerald began Tender is the Night, a 1930 Art Deco hotel with 43 rooms, a private beach and a…
The Negresco in Nice – the pink dome on the Promenade des Anglais
Le Negresco in Nice since 1913: Niermans' palace, the Baccarat chandelier made for the Tsar, Jeanne Augier's art and Le Chantecler's Michelin star.
La Chèvre d'Or in Èze – two stars in an eagle's nest above the sea
Château de la Chèvre d'Or sits at the top of Èze above the sea: a restaurant since 1953, two Michelin stars since 2000 and chef Tom Meyer since 2024.
Le Cap Estel in Èze – a private headland between Nice and Monaco
Le Cap Estel in Èze-bord-de-mer: a 19th-century manor on a private two-hectare headland, 20 rooms, its own beach and a Michelin-starred restaurant.
Flaveur in Nice – the Tourteaux brothers, the spices and two stars
Flaveur in Nice: Gaël and Mickaël Tourteaux blend vadouvan and garam masala with Mediterranean fish – two Michelin stars, the only pair in Nice.
Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat in a day – villas, coastal paths and Paloma
A day on Cap-Ferrat: Villa Ephrussi de Rothschild's nine gardens, lunch at the harbour, the coastal path to the lighthouse and a swim at Paloma beach.
La Réserve de Beaulieu – from fish pond to Belle Époque palace
La Réserve de Beaulieu began as a fish restaurant in 1880 and won three Michelin stars in 1933. The story of the pink palace and its 2026 reopening.
Louroc at Hôtel du Cap-Eden-Roc – dinner in the room of the waves
Louroc at Hôtel du Cap-Eden-Roc on Cap d'Antibes: a Michelin star, Patricia Anastassiadis's wave-panelled room and Sébastien Broda's Provençal…
La Vague d'Or in Saint-Tropez – Arnaud Donckele's kitchen by the beach
La Vague d'Or at Cheval Blanc St-Tropez has held three Michelin stars since 2013. Arnaud Donckele's Provençal cuisine on La Bouillabaisse beach.
Mirazur in Menton – where the moon decides what ends up on the plate
Mauro Colagreco's Mirazur in Menton cooks by the lunar calendar – roots, leaves, flowers or fruit. Three Michelin stars; world's best restaurant 2019.
Hôtel du Cap-Eden-Roc – the hotel that invented the Riviera summer
From a writers' villa in 1870 to the Riviera's most famous palace: Hôtel du Cap-Eden-Roc on Cap d'Antibes, its 1914 rock pool and the Fitzgeralds.
Paris40 · France & Monaco
Le Pavillon de la Reine – a hidden courtyard on place des Vosges
Le Pavillon de la Reine on place des Vosges in the Marais: 56 rooms by Didier Benderli around a shaded garden, the Spa de la Reine by Codage and…
Hôtel de la Marine: inside the royal palace on Place de la Concorde
A guide to the Hôtel de la Marine on Place de la Concorde: the restored 18th-century apartments, the gilded salons, the loggia view and the Al Thani…
The Peninsula Paris – the Majestic, restored to its original purpose
The Peninsula Paris: the 1908 Hôtel Majestic on avenue Kléber, restored over four years, with 200 rooms and the two-Michelin-starred L'Oiseau Blanc…
Grand Palais and Petit Palais: the 1900 palaces of Paris, restored
How to visit the Grand Palais and Petit Palais in Paris: the restored glass nave, art fairs and exhibitions, the free Petit Palais collection and its…
Les Invalides, Paris: Napoleon's tomb beneath the golden dome
A guide to Les Invalides in Paris: the golden Dôme and Napoleon's tomb, the Musée de l'Armée, the soldiers' church and how to plan your visit.
L'Hôtel, Paris – twenty rooms and Oscar Wilde's last address
L'Hôtel on rue des Beaux-Arts in Saint-Germain-des-Prés: the former Hôtel d'Alsace where Oscar Wilde died, now twenty rooms by Jacques Garcia and a…
Prince de Galles, Paris – an Art Deco courtyard on avenue George-V
Prince de Galles, Paris: André Arfvidson's 1928 hotel on avenue George-V, restored by Pierre-Yves Rochon, with its mosaic patio, 159 rooms and Akira…
Musée d'Orsay, Paris: how to see the Impressionists well
How to visit the Musée d'Orsay in Paris: the station building, the fifth-floor Impressionists, Van Gogh, Manet and the best times to go without the…
Jardin du Luxembourg: the Paris garden that Parisians keep for themselves
A guide to the Jardin du Luxembourg in Paris: the Medici Fountain, the Grand Bassin and its toy boats, the orchard, the queens' terrace and where to…
Saint James Paris – a château in the city, once a balloon field
Saint James Paris: the 1892 Thiers Foundation mansion in the 16th, now 48 rooms, a library bar, a Guerlain spa and Bellefeuille, with a Michelin star…
The covered passages of Paris: a walk through the glass-roofed arcades
A walking route through the covered passages of Paris: Galerie Vivienne, Galerie Colbert, Passage des Panoramas, Jouffroy and Verdeau, with where to…
The grands magasins of Paris: a guide to the great department stores
A guide to the great department stores of Paris: Galeries Lafayette's dome, Printemps, Le Bon Marché and its food hall, and the restored Samaritaine.
A day at Versailles from Paris: the palace, the gardens and the Trianons
How to spend a day at Versailles from Paris: the Hall of Mirrors at opening, Le Nôtre's gardens, the Grand and Petit Trianon and the Queen's Hamlet…
Musée Marmottan Monet: the Paris museum where Impressionism got its name
A guide to the Musée Marmottan Monet in Paris: Impression, Sunrise, Monet's late water lilies, Berthe Morisot, the 1985 theft and how to plan a calm…
The best pâtisseries in Paris: from Stohrer's rum baba to Ladurée and Pierre Hermé
Where to eat pastry in Paris: Stohrer, the city's oldest pâtisserie, Ladurée's tea rooms and macarons, Pierre Hermé on rue Bonaparte and Angelina's…
Le Royal Monceau – Raffles Paris: the art hotel on avenue Hoche
Le Royal Monceau – Raffles Paris: a 1928 hotel redesigned by Philippe Starck, with 300 artworks, a gallery, a 99-seat cinema, Il Carpaccio and…
Saint-Germain-des-Prés – the literary heart of the Left Bank
Saint-Germain-des-Prés in Paris: the church from 558, the existentialist cafés, Musée Delacroix on rue de Furstemberg, the galleries and Le Bon…
Montmartre at dawn – a morning walk before the city wakes
A dawn walk through Montmartre in ten stops: Abbesses, the Bateau-Lavoir, Moulin de la Galette, the vineyard, Place du Tertre and Sacré-Cœur in…
Jardin du Palais-Royal – Richelieu's garden and Buren's columns
The Jardin du Palais-Royal in Paris: Cardinal Richelieu's garden, the 1780s arcades, Le Grand Véfour, the noon cannon, Colette's benches and Buren's…
Musée de l'Orangerie – Monet's water lilies in the two oval rooms
The Musée de l'Orangerie in Paris: how Monet designed the two oval rooms for his eight Water Lilies, the Walter-Guillaume collection and how best to…
L'Ambroisie at Place des Vosges – a classic in a new chapter
L'Ambroisie in the Marais: Bernard Pacaud's temple of French classicism, three Michelin stars from 1988, now two under new chef Shintaro Awa. What to…
Le Cinq at George V – Christian Le Squer and Brittany in a gilded frame
Le Cinq at the Four Seasons George V: Christian Le Squer's three-star, Breton-rooted cooking in a gilded Louis XVI dining room off the Champs-Élysées.
Hôtel de Crillon – the royal palace at Place de la Concorde
Hôtel de Crillon in Paris: Gabriel's 1758 palace where France recognised the USA, a hotel since 1909, restored with Lagerfeld suites and reopened in…
Le Marais – the nobility's old quarter and Paris's oldest square
A guide to Le Marais in Paris: Place des Vosges, Hôtel de Sully, Musée Carnavalet, the Picasso Museum and rue des Rosiers, open even on Sundays.
Jacquemart-André and Nissim de Camondo – Paris's private palace museums
Two collectors' mansions near Parc Monceau: Jacquemart-André's Italian art on boulevard Haussmann and the Camondo house, closed for works until 2030.
Île Saint-Louis and Île de la Cité – a walk across Paris's islands
A three-kilometre walk across Paris's two islands: townhouses on Île Saint-Louis, Berthillon ice cream, Notre-Dame, Sainte-Chapelle and Pont Neuf.
Bourse de Commerce – Pinault Collection in the old wheat hall in Paris
The 1767 wheat hall in Les Halles is now the Pinault Collection, with Tadao Ando's concrete cylinder beneath the dome. Its history and how to visit.
48 Hours in Paris – a classic itinerary, stop by stop
Two days in Paris: Palais-Royal, Monet's Water Lilies, Place Vendôme and the Palais Garnier, then Île Saint-Louis, Notre-Dame, Saint-Germain and…
Septime in Paris – the restaurant Bertrand Grébaut leaves behind
Septime on rue de Charonne proved a Michelin star could come with bare wood tables. Founder Bertrand Grébaut died in July 2026; the star remains.
Kei in Paris – Kei Kobayashi, Nagano and French cuisine in three stars
In 2020 Kei Kobayashi became the first Japanese chef with three Michelin stars in France. Inside Kei on rue du Coq-Héron, by the Louvre and Les…
Musée Rodin in Paris – The Thinker, The Kiss and the garden
Musée Rodin in Hôtel Biron on rue de Varenne: The Kiss, Camille Claudel's room, Rodin's Van Goghs and a three-hectare garden with The Thinker.
Arpège in Paris – Alain Passard and the gardens behind three stars
Alain Passard swapped meat for vegetables from his own gardens and kept three Michelin stars. The story of Arpège on rue de Varenne, three stars…
Paris restaurants with three stars in the Guide Michelin 2026
All nine Paris restaurants with three Michelin stars in 2026, from Arpège and Kei to Le Cinq, Épicure and Le Pré Catelan – and why L'Ambroisie fell.
Paris's great cafés and brasseries – eight addresses with history
Eight classic Paris cafés and brasseries: Café de Flore, Les Deux Magots, Le Procope, Lipp, Café de la Paix, Angelina, Chartier and Le Train Bleu.
Plénitude in Paris – Arnaud Donckele's sauces by the Seine
Plénitude at Cheval Blanc Paris won three Michelin stars in its first year. Arnaud Donckele's sauce-led menu, 26 seats and a view of the Seine.
Place Vendôme – the jewellers' square in Paris
How Place Vendôme became the world's jewellery address: Boucheron's sunny corner in 1893, Chaumet since 1907, Van Cleef & Arpels, the Ritz and the…
Le Bristol Paris – a hundred years on Faubourg Saint-Honoré
Le Bristol Paris turned 100 in 2025: the largest garden of any palace hotel, a rooftop pool facing Sacré-Cœur, three-star Épicure and its own flour…
Avenue Montaigne and Faubourg Saint-Honoré – shopping in Paris
Paris's two luxury shopping streets: avenue Montaigne in the Golden Triangle with Dior and Chanel, and Faubourg Saint-Honoré with Hermès since 1880.
Ritz Paris – the story of the hotel on Place Vendôme
The Ritz Paris opened in 1898 behind a Louis XIV façade on Place Vendôme: César Ritz, Escoffier, Chanel's thirty years, Hemingway's bar, the 2016…
The Palace Hotels of Paris – the history behind the city's grand establishments
The stories behind the Paris palace hotels: the Ritz, Crillon, Le Bristol, Plaza Athénée, Le Meurice, George V, Shangri-La, Cheval Blanc and Lutetia.
Provence30 · France & Monaco
Bonnieux, Lacoste and Ménerbes – three hill villages, a Roman bridge and the Marquis de Sade
Bonnieux, Lacoste and Ménerbes in the Luberon: the Marquis de Sade's castle, the Roman Pont Julien, Napoleon III's cedar forest and a 45-minute path.
The Pont du Gard – the Roman aqueduct that dropped 2.5 centimetres in 456 metres
The Pont du Gard: a Roman aqueduct bridge of three tiers, 48.8 m high, that carried water 50 km from Uzès to Nîmes. Its history, engineering and…
The Côte Bleue – Marseille's other calanques, by train and on foot
The Côte Bleue west of Marseille: Niolon, Méjean and La Redonne, the 1915 coastal railway with its viaducts, the Sentier des Douaniers and…
Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer – the Camargue's fortress church, its pilgrims and Van Gogh's boats
Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer, the Camargue's capital: its fortified church, the May pilgrimage to Saint Sara, Van Gogh's 1888 visit and gardian…
The flamingos of the Camargue – when and where to see them
Where to see flamingos in the Camargue: the Pont de Gau bird park, the Étang de Vaccères, courtship season from December and the delta's white horses.
En-Vau and the Calanques National Park – how to reach the cove between Marseille and Cassis
The Calanques National Park between Marseille and Cassis: how to reach En-Vau on foot or by sea, summer fire rules, Sugiton quotas and Cassis wine.
From the Vieux-Port to Notre-Dame de la Garde – a walk through 2,600 years of Marseille
Marseille from the Vieux-Port to Notre-Dame de la Garde: the Phocaean harbour, Norman Foster's Ombrière, and the basilica's 11.2-metre gilded Virgin.
The Mucem, Marseille – a museum of concrete lace at the mouth of the Old Port
The Mucem in Marseille: Rudy Ricciotti's concrete-lace museum of 2013, the 130 m footbridge to Fort Saint-Jean, the migration garden and the rooftop.
Roussillon and the ochres of the Luberon – a village built on colour
Roussillon in the Luberon: the Sentier des Ocres through old ochre quarries, the Okhra ochre factory, Rustrel's Colorado provençal and Samuel Beckett.
Mont Ventoux – three roads up the Giant of Provence
Mont Ventoux, the Giant of Provence: three roads to 1,910 m from Bédoin, Malaucène and Sault, the Tom Simpson memorial, the mistral and Petrarch's…
Fontaine-de-Vaucluse – the deep spring of the Sorgue and Petrarch's valley
Fontaine-de-Vaucluse: the source of the Sorgue, France's biggest spring, explored to 315 m, and the riverside house where Petrarch spent his best…
Sénanque Abbey – Cistercian silence and lavender in a valley near Gordes
Sénanque Abbey near Gordes: founded in 1148, a Cistercian church whose apse faces north, a Romanesque cloister, and the lavender the monks still grow.
Martigues – the Venice of Provence, where the Étang de Berre meets the sea
Martigues, the Venice of Provence: the island quarter on the Caronte canal, the Baroque Madeleine church, Notre-Dame-des-Marins and the beaches of…
Vaison-la-Romaine – a Roman town, a 2,000-year-old bridge and the Dentelles de Montmirail
Vaison-la-Romaine in the Vaucluse: Puymin and La Villasse, the Roman bridge that survived the 1992 flood, the medieval Haute-Ville and the Dentelles.
Aigues-Mortes – Saint Louis's walled port in the salt marshes of the Petite Camargue
A king who wanted his own Mediterranean port built a town in a swamp. Louis IX sailed from Aigues-Mortes on two crusades; his walls still enclose the…
A week in Provence – from Avignon to Aix day by day
A seven-day Provence itinerary: Avignon, L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue's Sunday market, Gordes and the Luberon, Saint-Rémy and Les Baux, Arles and Aix – timed…
Gorges du Verdon and Moustiers – Provence's great canyon
The Gorges du Verdon, 25 km long and up to 700 m deep: the roads along the rim, Lac de Sainte-Croix, and Moustiers-Sainte-Marie with its star and…
The truffle winter in Provence – the markets in Richerenches and Carpentras
From November to March, black truffles are sold at markets in Vaucluse: Richerenches and its truffle mass, Carpentras on Fridays, Apt and…
The markets of Provence – the week day by day
Provence's markets day by day: Saint-Rémy on Wednesday, Lourmarin on Friday, Apt on Saturday, L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue on Sunday and the winter truffle…
Country hotels in Provence – eight houses beyond the coast
Eight hotels in inland Provence, from the palaces Airelles Gordes and Villa La Coste to Baumanière, La Mirande, Crillon le Brave and the Couvent des…
Provence wines – from Châteauneuf-du-Pape to Bandol
A guide to the wines of Provence and the southern Rhône: Châteauneuf-du-Pape, Bandol's mourvèdre, Côtes de Provence rosé, Les Baux and Château La…
Château La Coste – the vineyard where the architects were given free rein
Château La Coste north of Aix-en-Provence: a vineyard with buildings by Tadao Ando, Jean Nouvel, Frank Gehry and Renzo Piano, an art walk and Villa…
Lavender season in Provence – when and where it blooms
When the lavender blooms in Provence, week by week: Valensole, Sénanque and the Luberon, Sault and the Albion plateau – plus lavender versus lavandin.
L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue – the town of antique dealers by the river
L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue, Provence's antiques capital: over 300 dealers, the Sunday market along the canals, the Easter and August fairs and the water…
Les Baux-de-Provence – the clifftop village that gave bauxite its name
Les Baux-de-Provence in the Alpilles: the castle ruins, the village that named bauxite, the Carrières des Lumières and three-star L'Oustau de…
Avignon – when the popes lived by the Rhône
Avignon in brief: the popes' Gothic palace of 15,000 m², the half bridge of Pont Saint-Bénézet, the Festival d'Avignon since 1947 and the Collection…
Arles – the Romans, Van Gogh and Gehry's silver tower
Arles in brief: the Roman arena from AD 90, World Heritage since 1981, Van Gogh in 1888–1889, the Rencontres d'Arles and Frank Gehry's LUMA Tower.
48 hours in Aix-en-Provence – the fountains, Cézanne and Sainte-Victoire
Two days in Aix-en-Provence: Cours Mirabeau, the old town and market, the Quartier Mazarin, Cézanne's studio, Sainte-Victoire and Château La Coste.
Gordes and the villages of the Luberon – a day from the rock to the ochre
A day in the Luberon: Gordes on its rock, the abbey of Sénanque, Roussillon's ochre trail, lunch in Ménerbes and Lourmarin's château, with VERA PI's…
Saint-Rémy-de-Provence – Van Gogh's year in the Alpilles
Saint-Rémy-de-Provence: Van Gogh's year at Saint-Paul-de-Mausole, Roman Glanum, the Wednesday market, the Alpilles and VERA PI's property figures.
The Alps30 · The Alps
The Cresta Run in St. Moritz – head first down the Engadin's famous ice
The Cresta Run in St. Moritz: its 1885 origins, the Shuttlecock bend, the Kulm connection and how a first-timer can book five rides for CHF 700 in…
Lech beyond the pistes – James Turrell's Skyspace, the White Ring and a Gothic church
Lech am Arlberg beyond skiing: James Turrell's Skyspace above Oberlech, the 22 km White Ring circuit and the Gothic church of St Nicholas, built c.…
The Streif in Kitzbühel – a section-by-section guide to the Hahnenkamm downhill
The Streif in Kitzbühel: 3.3 km and 860 m of drop from the Mausefalle to the Zielschuss, the Hahnenkamm Races since 1931, and the medieval town below.
St. Anton am Arlberg – the village where Hannes Schneider taught the world to ski
St. Anton am Arlberg: Hannes Schneider and the Arlberg technique, the Ski Club Arlberg of 1901, the Galzig cable car of 1937 and the Valluga at 2,811…
Gstaad in summer – the Menuhin Festival, Glacier 3000 and a car-free promenade
Gstaad in summer: the Menuhin Festival founded in 1957, the Peak Walk on Glacier 3000, Saanen's frescoed church and the car-free promenade. A short…
The Gornergrat Railway – Zermatt's rack train to 3,089 metres
Ride the Gornergrat Railway from Zermatt: opened in 1898, 9.3 km and 1,469 m of climb to a ridge facing the Matterhorn and 29 peaks above 4,000…
The Verbier Festival – 17 days of music on a sunny terrace in the Valais
The Verbier Festival: founded by Martin Engstroem in 1994, 17 days of concerts each July, an academy and three orchestras, plus free Fest'Off events.
Sils Maria – Nietzsche's summer village between two Engadin lakes
Sils Maria in the Upper Engadine: the Nietzsche-Haus, the 1908 Waldhaus, the car-free Val Fex by horse omnibus and the Chastè peninsula on Lake Sils.
Andermatt reborn – how a Gotthard garrison town became a five-star resort
Andermatt reborn: from Gotthard garrison town to The Chedi Andermatt, a concert hall and a ski area linked to Sedrun and Disentis. Our guide.
The Jungfraujoch – through the Eiger to Europe's highest railway station
The Jungfraujoch: how the Jungfrau Railway tunnels through the Eiger to Europe's highest station, plus the Sphinx Observatory and the 1930s Ice…
Évian-les-Bains – the spa town on Lake Geneva where world politics meet
Évian-les-Bains on Lake Geneva: the mineral water, the Hôtel Royal from 1909, the Évian Accords and two summits, and a summer day by the lake.
Glacier Express from Zermatt to St Moritz – the journey stretch by stretch
The Glacier Express from Zermatt to St Moritz: 291 km, 91 tunnels, the Oberalp Pass, the Rhine Gorge and the Landwasser Viaduct, leg by leg, with…
Property prices in the French Alps – VERA PI's figures area by area
Property prices in the French Alps, resort by resort: Val d'Isère, Courchevel, Méribel, Megève, Chamonix and more, from every DVF sale since 2021 by…
Ski season in the Alps month by month – when to go
The Alpine ski season month by month: when the resorts open, the French school holidays, Hahnenkamm and White Turf, quiet January, sunny March and…
The Alps in summer – the lakes and trails worth the trip
The Alps in summer: Lac d'Annecy, Lac du Bourget, Lake Geneva at Évian, Oeschinensee and Zermatt's lakes, plus the Tour du Mont Blanc through three…
A perfect summer day in Annecy – canals, lake and starred restaurants
A summer day in Annecy: the Palais de l'Île and old town canals, the castle, a bike ride or boat to Talloires and dinner at a starred table by the…
Michelin-starred restaurants in the French Alps 2026 – stars in the mountains
The Guide Michelin 2026 in the French Alps: three stars in Courchevel, Megève, Annecy and Jongieux, plus every two- and one-star table in the ski…
The great hotels of the Alps – nine palaces from Courchevel to St Moritz
From Badrutt's Palace and the Kulm in St Moritz to Gstaad Palace and Courchevel's Cheval Blanc and Les Airelles: nine grand hotels that defined the…
Kitzbühel – the medieval town beneath the Streif and Hahnenkamm
Kitzbühel in Tyrol: a town since 1271, the Streif downhill with its 85 per cent Mausefalle, the Hahnenkamm races each January and 168 km of pistes.
Lech am Arlberg – a day on Der Weisse Ring
Ski Der Weisse Ring around Lech and Zürs: 22 km and 5,500 vertical metres via Madloch, Zug and car-free Oberlech, with James Turrell's Skyspace en…
Verbier – off-piste, Mont Fort and a Swedish music festival
Verbier in Valais: off-piste from the lifts, Mont Fort at 3,329 metres, the Xtreme Verbier on Bec des Rosses and the Verbier Festival founded by a…
Val Thorens and Saint-Martin – two extremes in the same valley
The Belleville valley in Les 3 Vallées: Val Thorens, built to be Europe's highest resort, and Saint-Martin, the old village with La Bouitte's two…
48 Hours in Zermatt – Two Days Beneath the Matterhorn
Two days in car-free Zermatt: Gornergrat by cog railway, Hinterdorf and the Matterhorn Museum, Glacier Paradise at 3,883 metres and the five-lakes…
St Moritz and the wager that created winter tourism
How a St Moritz hotelier's bet with four British guests in 1864 invented the Alpine winter season: Kulm, Badrutt's Palace, the Cresta Run and two…
Chamonix – the valley where alpinism was born
Chamonix's story: two Englishmen in 1741, the first Mont Blanc ascent in 1786, the first Winter Olympics in 1924, the Aiguille du Midi and VERA PI…
Méribel – the chalet village in the heart of Les 3 Vallées
Méribel's wood, stone and slate rules date from 1936. The Roc de Fer Olympic piste, chalet life, Michelin tables and Les Allues prices from VERA PI.
Val d'Isère – the high-mountain village for those who take their skiing seriously
Val d'Isère at the end of the Tarentaise: the Olympic Face de Bellevarde, 300 km of pistes with Tignes, Michelin tables and flat prices from VERA PI.
48 Hours in Megève – The Rothschilds' Ski Resort in the Shadow of Mont Blanc
Two days in Megève: skiing on Mont d'Arbois, the car-free square, three-star Flocons de Sel, the Four Seasons palace and property prices from VERA PI.
Courchevel 1850 – guide to the Alps' most exclusive ski resort
Courchevel 1850 in facts: Les 3 Vallées' 600 km of pistes, the altiport, five palace hotels, three-star Le 1947 and property prices from VERA PI.
Gstaad – the luxury village in the Bernese Oberland that doesn't want to be seen
Gstaad at 1,050 metres: the car-free Promenade, Gstaad Palace since 1913, the Menuhin Festival, polo, and Glacier 3000's peak-to-peak suspension…
Milan20 · Italy
48 hours in Milan – a classic itinerary from the Duomo to the Navigli
Two days in Milan: the Duomo rooftops, the Galleria, Brera and La Scala on day one; The Last Supper, Sant'Ambrogio, the Castello, Fondazione Prada…
Bergamo's Città Alta – a day trip from Milan to the city on the hill
A day trip from Milan to Bergamo: the funicular to the Città Alta, Piazza Vecchia, the Cappella Colleoni, the UNESCO Venetian walls, the Accademia…
San Siro – Milan's 'Scala of football' and its last chapter
The Stadio Giuseppe Meazza at San Siro: opened in 1926, home of Inter and AC Milan, host of the 2026 Olympic opening ceremony, sold to the clubs in…
Sant'Ambrogio – Milan's Romanesque basilica and its golden altar
The Basilica of Sant'Ambrogio in Milan: founded by Saint Ambrose in 379–386, rebuilt in Romanesque style, with Volvinius's golden altar, the Ciel…
Milan Design Week 2027 – the Salone del Mobile and the Fuorisalone
Milan Design Week 2027: the 65th Salone del Mobile.Milano at Fiera Milano Rho from 13 to 18 April, Euroluce, SaloneSatellite, the Fuorisalone…
Pinacoteca Ambrosiana – Leonardo, Caravaggio and a cardinal's library
The Biblioteca and Pinacoteca Ambrosiana in Milan: Cardinal Borromeo's library of 1609, Leonardo's Codex Atlanticus and Musician, Caravaggio's Basket…
Cimitero Monumentale – Milan's city of marble, bronze and memory
Milan's Cimitero Monumentale: Maciachini's Famedio with Manzoni's tomb, sculpture by Wildt, Martini, Fontana and Manzù, the first crematorium in the…
Panettone and Milan's historic pasticcerie – from Cova to Marchesi
Milan's historic pastry houses and the story of panettone: Cova (1817), Marchesi 1824, Sant Ambroeus (1936), Taveggia and Cucchi – addresses, history…
Porta Nuova – the Bosco Verticale, Gae Aulenti and Milan's new skyline
A walk through Porta Nuova in Milan: Piazza Gae Aulenti, the UniCredit Tower, Boeri's Bosco Verticale with 800 trees, the Biblioteca degli Alberi…
Fondazione Prada – Koolhaas's gold-leaf distillery and the Torre
Fondazione Prada in Milan: OMA's 2015 conversion of a 1910s distillery, the gold-leaf Haunted House, the 60-metre Torre with its restaurant and…
Aperitivo in Milan – from Camparino and Bar Basso to Moebius
Where to drink an aperitivo in Milan: Camparino in Galleria (1915), Bar Basso and the Negroni Sbagliato, Moebius – No. 2 in the World's 50 Best Bars…
Milan's MICHELIN restaurants 2026 – three stars at Mudec and 17 more
All 18 MICHELIN-starred restaurants in Milan in the 2026 guide: Enrico Bartolini al Mudec, Seta, Andrea Aprea, Verso Capitaneo and the new stars…
Milan's grand hotels – six addresses and the stories behind them
Six of Milan's great hotels compared: Grand Hotel et de Milan, Excelsior Gallia, Four Seasons, Bulgari, Palazzo Parigi and Mandarin Oriental …
Navigli – Milan's canals, from the Duomo's marble barges to aperitivo
Milan's Navigli: the Naviglio Grande and Pavese, the Darsena of 1603, the Duomo's marble barges, the Vicolo dei Lavandai and the antiques market…
Castello Sforzesco – Michelangelo's last Pietà and the Sforza fortress
Milan's Castello Sforzesco: Visconti and Sforza history, Beltrami's restoration, Michelangelo's Rondanini Pietà, the museums, secret routes, Parco…
Teatro alla Scala – Piermarini's opera house and the 2026–27 season
Teatro alla Scala since 1778: Piermarini's theatre, Verdi and Toscanini, the loggione, Otello opening 7 December 2026 under Myung-Whun Chung, tickets…
Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II – Milan's drawing room under glass
Milan's Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II: Mengoni's 1865–1877 arcade, the 37.5-metre glass dome, the bull mosaic, the 1943 bombing and the historic…
Brera – the Pinacoteca, the botanical garden and the artists' quarter
A guide to Brera in Milan: the Pinacoteca's Mantegna, Raphael, Caravaggio and Hayez, Palazzo Citterio, the 1774 botanical garden, the observatory and…
The Last Supper – 15 minutes with Leonardo in Santa Maria delle Grazie
How to book Leonardo's Last Supper at Santa Maria delle Grazie: quarterly ticket sales, 15-minute visits, prices, the 1978–1999 restoration and…
Duomo di Milano – the rooftops, the Madonnina and 600 years of marble
Milan Cathedral from 1386 to 1965: the Candoglia marble, the façade Napoleon finished, St Bartholomew, the meridian line, the rooftop terraces and…
Lakes, coasts & cities20 · Italy
Varenna – the eastern shore of Lake Como from Fiumelatte to Vezio
Varenna, where the train meets the boats on Lake Como: Italy's shortest river, Villa Monastero's gardens and physicists, the lovers' walk and…
The Borromean Islands – a day on Lake Maggiore from Stresa
A day on Lake Maggiore from Stresa: Isola Bella's baroque palace and terraces, the fishermen's island, Isola Madre's English garden and Villa Taranto.
Hotel Cipriani on Giudecca – Venice's garden hotel since 1958
Belmond Hotel Cipriani on Giudecca: Giuseppe Cipriani's hotel from 1958, the Guinness sisters, the only pool in central Venice and Palazzo Vendramin.
Belmond Hotel Caruso – the palace in Ravello that became a guesthouse in 1893
Belmond Hotel Caruso in Ravello: the 11th-century Palazzo d'Afflitto, Pensione Belvedere from 1893 and the 18th-century frescoes found under the…
Villa d'Este in Cernobbio – the cardinal's villa that became a hotel in 1873
Villa d'Este in Cernobbio: built 1565–1570 for Cardinal Gallio, named by Caroline of Brunswick, a hotel since 1873 and home of the Concorso…
Costa Smeralda – Aga Khan's coast on northern Sardinia
How the Aga Khan's consortium built the Costa Smeralda from 1962: the architects, Porto Cervo and its marina, the classic hotels and the Maddalena…
Tuscany's great estates – from Brolio in Chianti to Bolgheri by the sea
Five Tuscan addresses: Castello di Brolio in Chianti, Pius II's Pienza, Brunello country in Montalcino and Sassicaia and Ornellaia at Bolgheri.
Florence on the Medici path – from the Uffizi across the river to the Oltrarno
A day in Florence along the Medici route: the Duomo, the Uffizi, the reopened Vasari Corridor, Ponte Vecchio, Palazzo Pitti, Boboli and San Miniato…
Milan's Quadrilatero della moda – a walk through the fashion districts
A walk through Milan's Quadrilatero della moda: Via Montenapoleone, Via della Spiga, Caffè Cova, the Poldi Pezzoli and Bagatti Valsecchi museums…
Rome's grand hotels – six addresses and their history
Rome's grand hotels, from the Hassler at the Spanish Steps and Hotel Eden to Hotel de Russie, St. Regis, the Excelsior on Via Veneto and Bulgari…
The Venetian Lagoon – Murano, Burano and Torcello in a day
A day by water bus in the Venetian Lagoon: the glassworks of Murano, the coloured houses and lace of Burano and Torcello's cathedral and its mosaics…
48 hours in Venice – from Tintoretto to Harry's Bar
Venice in two days: St Mark's, the Doge's Palace, Florian, the Grand Canal and Rialto, Tintoretto at San Rocco, the Accademia, Guggenheim and Harry's…
Ravello – Wagner's Garden and the Terrace of Infinity
Ravello above the Amalfi Coast: Wagner's garden at Villa Rufolo, the Terrace of Infinity at Villa Cimbrone, the cathedral and the summer music…
A perfect day in Positano – the town of stairs on the Amalfi Coast
A perfect day in Positano: Santa Maria Assunta and the Roman villa, the beaches and towers, a boat to Li Galli and the Path of the Gods down to…
Capri on two levels – Piazzetta, Anacapri and Munthe's San Michele
Capri on two levels: the Piazzetta and Augustus Gardens, Anacapri and Axel Munthe's Villa San Michele, the Blue Grotto and Tiberius's Villa Jovis.
Portofino, Santa Margherita and Camogli – three harbours on the same headland
Three harbours on one Italian Riviera headland: postcard Portofino, elegant Santa Margherita Ligure, fishing-town Camogli and the San Fruttuoso abbey.
Lake Garda all the way round – from Sirmione in the south to Riva in the north
A journey around Lake Garda: Roman ruins in Sirmione, D'Annunzio's Vittoriale, Limone's lemon terraces, Riva's winds and Monte Baldo above Malcesine.
Villa Carlotta and Balbianello – Lake Como's two great gardens
Two of Lake Como's great villa gardens in Tremezzina: Villa Carlotta's azaleas and Canova sculptures, and Balbianello's terraced headland at Lenno.
48 hours in Bellagio – the point in the middle of Lake Como
Two days in Bellagio on Lake Como: the Borgo's stepped lanes, Villa Serbelloni's park, Villa Melzi's garden, Punta Spartivento and ferries across the…
A perfect day in Sanremo – the city of flowers on the Italian Riviera
A day in Sanremo near the French border: the medieval Pigna, Via Matteotti and Teatro Ariston, the 1905 casino, the Russian church and Villa Nobel.
London42 · United Kingdom & Ireland
Fortnum & Mason and Hatchards – Piccadilly's royal grocer and bookseller
Fortnum & Mason on Piccadilly, London: the grocer founded in 1707, its clock and hampers, and Hatchards next door, the bookshop that has traded there…
Royal Ascot – the Royal Procession, the dress code and five days in June
Royal Ascot in June: Queen Anne's racecourse from 1711, the daily Royal Procession at 2pm, the Gold Cup, the enclosures and the dress code explained.
Hampton Court Palace – Henry VIII's Thames palace and Wren's Baroque wing
Hampton Court Palace near London: Wolsey's Tudor palace, Henry VIII's Great Hall and kitchens, Wren's Baroque wing, the astronomical clock, maze and…
Royal Opera House and Covent Garden – opera, ballet and Inigo Jones's piazza
The Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, London: the 1732 theatre, E. M. Barry's 1858 building, the Paul Hamlyn Hall and Inigo Jones's 1630 piazza…
Brown's Hotel, Mayfair – where Kipling spent his wedding night
Brown's Hotel on Albemarle Street, Mayfair: founded in the 1830s, Kipling's wedding-night hotel, with Charlie's, the Donovan Bar and afternoon tea in…
The Stafford, St James's – the hotel above London's old wine cellars
The Stafford on St James's Place: three 17th-century houses made a hotel in 1912, with wartime cellars holding 8,000 bottles, the American Bar and…
DUKES London – the martini, the courtyard and Ian Fleming
DUKES London on St James's Place: a hotel of 90 rooms since 1908, with the bar where Ian Fleming chose Bond's martini, a drawing room and the…
Rosewood London – an insurance palace of 1914 on High Holborn
Rosewood London on High Holborn: the 1914 Pearl Assurance headquarters, restored for £85 million, with Scarfes Bar, Holborn Dining Room and a suite…
Harrods and Knightsbridge – London's grandest department store
Harrods on Brompton Road in Knightsbridge, London: from a one-room grocer in 1849 to Europe's largest department store, plus the dress code and food…
Holland Park, London – Holland House, the Kyoto Garden and Kensington's villas
Holland Park in Kensington, London: the Jacobean Holland House and its Blitz ruins, the Kyoto Garden, peacocks, Opera Holland Park and the Victorian…
Liberty London – the Tudor store that gave Art Nouveau its Italian name
Liberty London on Great Marlborough Street: Arthur Liberty's 1875 shop, the 1924 Tudor building made from two warships, its prints and Stile Liberty.
Greenwich, London – a guide to Maritime Greenwich and the Prime Meridian
Greenwich in London: a guide to the Royal Observatory and Prime Meridian, the Cutty Sark, Wren's Old Royal Naval College and Inigo Jones's Queen's…
Pall Mall and St James's – a walk through London's clubland
Pall Mall and St James's in London: the 17th-century ball game behind the name, the gentlemen's clubs from White's to the Reform, and a walk through…
Regent's Park and Primrose Hill – John Nash's terraces and London's best view
Regent's Park and Primrose Hill in London: John Nash's stucco terraces, Queen Mary's Gardens and the Open Air Theatre, London Zoo and the view from…
Borough Market, London – the food market by London Bridge since the 13th century
Borough Market in Southwark, London: the food market first recorded by London Bridge in 1276, its 1851 halls and Covent Garden portico, opening days…
Spitalfields, London – Huguenot silk weavers' houses and Hawksmoor's Christ Church
Spitalfields in east London: the Huguenot silk weavers' houses of Fournier Street, Hawksmoor's Christ Church, Dennis Severs' House on Folgate Street…
Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens – a guide to London's great royal park
Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens in London: Henry VIII's hunting park, the Serpentine, Rotten Row, Speakers' Corner, the Albert Memorial and Peter…
Burlington Arcade and Piccadilly Arcade – London's Regency shopping arcades
Burlington Arcade and Piccadilly Arcade in London: the history of the 1819 arcade, its beadles and whistling ban, and how to explore both off…
South Kensington museums – Albertopolis from the V&A to the Royal Albert Hall
South Kensington's museums in London: how the 1851 Great Exhibition created Albertopolis, with the V&A, Natural History Museum and Royal Albert Hall.
Restaurant Gordon Ramsay – Chelsea's three-starred address since 2001
Restaurant Gordon Ramsay at 68 Royal Hospital Road: three Michelin stars since 2001, the lobster ravioli, the chefs from Clare Smyth to Matt Abé, and…
Core by Clare Smyth – the potato that became three stars in Notting Hill
Core by Clare Smyth in Notting Hill: the Charlotte potato, the British larder treated like caviar, and how Smyth went from a Northern Irish farm to…
Mount Street – Mayfair's terracotta street from the 1880s
Mount Street in Mayfair was rebuilt in red brick and terracotta from 1880 to 1900. Scott's at number 20, Purdey's Audley House and Mount Street…
The Lanesborough – from hospital to Regency palace at Hyde Park Corner
The Lanesborough at Hyde Park Corner was St George's Hospital for 250 years. The duke who bought it back for £6,000, Pinto's Regency rooms and the…
Jermyn Street – the shirtmakers' street in St James's
A guide to Jermyn Street in St James's: shirtmakers, John Lobb and Edward Green shoes, Paxton & Whitfield cheese since 1797 and Floris perfumes.
The Connaught – the hotel on Carlos Place that changed its name in 1917
The Connaught on Carlos Place opened in 1815 as the Prince of Saxe-Coburg Hotel. Today: Hélène Darroze's three stars and twice the world's best bar.
The Savoy – the hotel that Gilbert and Sullivan built by the Thames
The Savoy on the Strand opened in 1889 on operetta profits: Ritz and Escoffier's kitchen, Monet at the window, Kaspar the cat and the American Bar.
The Goring – the family hotel behind Buckingham Palace since 1910
The Goring on Beeston Place opened in 1910 and is still run by the Goring family: a Royal Warrant, a Michelin-starred dining room and a private…
Claridge's – Mayfair's art deco hotel with roots dating back to 1812
The story of Claridge's on Brook Street: Mivart's in 1812, the 1898 building, the art deco wing, an exiled king in suite 212 and a basement dug by…
Bond Street and Savile Row – Mayfair's two sides of luxury
A guide to Mayfair's luxury streets: Bond Street's jewellers and auction houses, Burlington Arcade's beadles and Savile Row's bespoke tailors since…
Afternoon tea in London – the grand hotels' salons
The history of afternoon tea and five London hotels that serve it best: the Ritz's Palm Court, the Savoy, Claridge's, The Goring and The Lanesborough.
Three private museums in London – the Wallace, the Soane and Leighton House
Three London homes left almost untouched: the Wallace Collection's French art, Sir John Soane's architectural cabinet and Leighton House's Arab Hall.
London's MICHELIN restaurants 2026 – six with three stars
The full Michelin Guide 2026 list for London: six restaurants with three stars, fifteen with two, the newcomers Row on 5 and Bonheur, and where they…
Chelsea Flower Show – May in London when the gardening world comes together
The RHS Chelsea Flower Show fills the Royal Hospital grounds for five days each May. Its history since 1913, how the week works and how to get…
The Ritz London – César Ritz's palace on Piccadilly since 1906
The Ritz London opened on Piccadilly in 1906: tea in the apricot Palm Court, the Rivoli Bar, guests from Churchill to Coward and a two-star…
48 hours in London – two days in Mayfair, Chelsea and Belgravia
A two-day London plan: the Wallace Collection, Mount Street, tea at the Ritz and dinner at The Connaught, then Chelsea, Belgravia's mews and the…
Hampstead and the Heath – London's village on the hill
A guide to Hampstead in north London: the 320-hectare Heath, the protected view from Parliament Hill, the bathing ponds, Kenwood House and old pubs.
Kew and Chelsea Physic Garden – London's two botanical treasures
London's two great botanical gardens: World Heritage Kew with the Palm House, closing in 2027, and the walled Chelsea Physic Garden from 1673.
King's Road – from Charles II's private road to Chelsea's main thoroughfare
A walk down King's Road from Sloane Square: Peter Jones, the Royal Court, Saatchi Gallery and the shops where Mary Quant and Vivienne Westwood worked.
The Ledbury in London – Brett Graham's road back to three stars
The Ledbury in Notting Hill lost both Michelin stars in the pandemic. Brett Graham rebuilt it, reopened in 2022 and won a third star in the 2024…
Belgravia's mews – the stable streets behind London's whitest façades
Behind Belgravia's white stucco lie cobbled mews where coachmen once lived. Thomas Cubitt's history, a mews walk and VERA PI's prices street by…
Notting Hill – hidden gardens, mews and Portobello Road
A guide to Notting Hill: the Ladbroke Estate's secret communal gardens, crescents on an old racecourse, the mews and the Saturday Portobello Road…
Marylebone High Street – the village in the heart of London's West End
A walk down Marylebone High Street in London, from the parish church to the Wallace Collection, via Daunt Books, Chiltern Street and quiet mews.
The Cotswolds2 · United Kingdom & Ireland
Blenheim Palace – the Churchill birthplace and Capability Brown's park near Oxford
Blenheim Palace in Woodstock: Vanbrugh's Baroque palace for the Duke of Marlborough, Capability Brown's park, Churchill's birth room and the Column…
The Cotswolds – honey-coloured villages, wool churches and the Cotswold Way
The Cotswolds in England: honey-coloured Cotswold stone, medieval wool churches, Chipping Campden, Broadway, Burford and Stow-on-the-Wold, and the…
Bath1 · United Kingdom & Ireland
Edinburgh2 · United Kingdom & Ireland
Edinburgh New Town – James Craig's Georgian grid and Charlotte Square
Edinburgh's New Town: James Craig's 1766 plan, Princes Street, George Street, Robert Adam's Charlotte Square and Dundas House, and a walk through the…
Edinburgh's Royal Mile – from Edinburgh Castle to Holyrood through the Old Town
The Royal Mile runs almost exactly a mile down the spine of Edinburgh's Old Town, from the castle on its volcanic rock to the Palace of…
Stockholm51 · The Nordics
Prins Eugens Waldemarsudde – the painter prince's home on Djurgården
Prins Eugens Waldemarsudde on Djurgården in Stockholm: Prince Eugen's palace by Ferdinand Boberg, his art collection, the gallery and the waterside…
Skeppsholmen, Stockholm – the navy's island turned museum island
Skeppsholmen in central Stockholm: the island that served the Swedish navy for 300 years, its Tessin and Hårleman buildings, old ships and…
Hallwyl Museum, Stockholm – a countess's palace left untouched
The Hallwyl Museum on Hamngatan in Stockholm: Isak Gustaf Clason's palace of 1898, the countess's 50,000-object collection and a home preserved…
Riddarholmen Church, Stockholm – where Sweden buries its kings
Riddarholmen Church in Stockholm: the medieval friary church that became Sweden's royal burial church, its chapels, cast-iron spire and how to visit.
Thiel Gallery, Stockholm – a banker's Munch collection on Djurgården
The Thiel Gallery on Blockhusudden in Stockholm: Ernest Thiel's villa by Ferdinand Boberg and his collection of Munch, Liljefors, Zorn and Carl…
Storkyrkan, Stockholm – the cathedral of coronations in Gamla stan
Storkyrkan, Stockholm Cathedral in Gamla stan: coronations, royal weddings, Bernt Notke's St George and the Dragon and the Vädersolstavlan painting.
Operakällaren, Stockholm – the last season before the great renovation
Operakällaren in Stockholm's Royal Opera House: a restaurant since 1787, Tore Wretman's legacy, the gilded dining room and its final season before…
Östermalms Saluhall, Stockholm – the brick food cathedral of 1888
Östermalms Saluhall on Östermalmstorg in Stockholm: the 1888 food hall by Clason and Salin, Lisa Elmqvist's fish counter, restaurants and opening…
Ulriksdal Palace, Stockholm – a royal retreat on Edsviken
Ulriksdal Palace near Stockholm: the royal palace on Edsviken, Confidencen theatre of 1753, the Orangery sculpture museum and Ulriksdals Wärdshus.
Gamla stan's lanes, Stockholm – a slow walk through the old town
A walking guide to Gamla stan in Stockholm: Mårten Trotzigs gränd, Prästgatan's rune stone, Österlånggatan, the German Church and Den Gyldene Freden.
Haga Park, Stockholm – Gustav III's English landscape on Brunnsviken
Haga Park on Brunnsviken near Stockholm: Gustav III's English landscape park, his pavilion by Masreliez, the Copper Tents, Haga Palace and walks.
Rosendal, Stockholm – Empire palace and garden café on Djurgården
Rosendal on Djurgården, Stockholm: Charles XIV John's Empire palace by Fredrik Blom, the great granite vase and the biodynamic garden café.
Katarina Church, Stockholm – the twice-risen dome over Södermalm
Katarina Church on Södermalm, Stockholm: Sweden's first centrally planned church, the fires of 1723 and 1990, its restoration and the lanes around it.
Berns, Stockholm – a hotel inside the city's house of entertainment
Berns on Berzelii Park in Stockholm: the boutique hotel in the 1863 salons, the Clock Suite, Berns Asiatiska, Strindberg's Red Room and the stage.
Kungsträdgården, Stockholm – from royal kitchen garden to city stage
Kungsträdgården in central Stockholm: the royal garden turned public park, statues of Charles XII and XIII, Molin's fountain and the cherry blossom.
Skansen, Stockholm – Hazelius's open-air museum on Djurgården
Skansen on Djurgården in Stockholm: Artur Hazelius's open-air museum of 1891, its farmsteads and town quarter, Nordic animals and Christmas market.
The German Church, Stockholm – Gamla stan's tallest spire
The German Church in Gamla stan, Stockholm: St Gertrude's Hanseatic guild house, Kristler's hall church, Tessin's royal gallery and the copper spire.
Humlegården and the Royal Library, Stockholm – Östermalm's green heart
Humlegården on Östermalm, Stockholm: Gustav II Adolf's royal hop garden of 1619, its statues and the Royal Library of 1878 with its cast-iron reading…
Liljevalchs, Stockholm – Djurgården's gallery of contemporary art
Liljevalchs on Djurgården in Stockholm: Carl Bergsten's art hall of 1916, Milles's Archer, the Spring Salon since 1921 and Wingårdh's Liljevalchs+ of…
Sturebadet in Stockholm – the bathing palace at Stureplan since 1885
Sturebadet at Stureplan, Stockholm's oldest preserved bathhouse from 1885: the Venetian façade, the Moorish swimming hall from 1902 and the 1985 fire.
The Royal Palace in Stockholm – Tessin's palace and the Royal Guard
Stockholm's Royal Palace in Gamla Stan: Tessin's baroque palace after the Tre Kronor fire, 1,430 rooms, the halls and museums, and the Changing of…
Mariaberget and Monteliusvägen – Stockholm's most beautiful view
A walk on Mariaberget, Södermalm: the 416-metre Monteliusvägen above Riddarfjärden, the tower houses, Bastugatan's artists and the 18th-century…
Diplomat Town – Stockholm's twelve patrician villas by the water
A walk through Diplomatstaden in Östermalm: twelve brick villas from the 1910s and 1920s by Östberg and Tengbom around the English Church, now mostly…
The Vasa warship – the ship that sank and became Stockholm's pride
Vasa sank on her maiden voyage in 1628 and was raised in 1961. The warship's story, its painted sculptures and how to visit the Vasa Museum on…
Drottningholm Palace – a day at Stockholm's World Heritage Site on Lake Mälaren
A day at Drottningholm Palace on Lake Mälaren: the baroque palace and garden, the Chinese Pavilion, the 1766 Palace Theatre and how to get there by…
Gunnar Asplund's Stockholm – the Public Library and the Woodland Cemetery
Gunnar Asplund's two Stockholm masterpieces: the cylindrical Public Library from 1928 and the Woodland Cemetery, a World Heritage Site, from…
Luxury weekend in Stockholm – three Michelin stars, Josef Frank and a boat trip
Our luxury weekend in Stockholm: dinner at three-star Frantzén, Nationalmuseum and Svenskt Tenn, Östermalm, a boat to Fjäderholmarna and Centralbadet.
Winter light in Stockholm – the ice, the sauna and the low light after Christmas
Stockholm after Christmas: the returning light, Lucia at Skansen, long-distance skating on Lake Mälaren and the Art Nouveau Centralbadet baths from…
Stockholm City Hall – Östberg's brick palace and the halls of the Nobel Banquet
Stockholm City Hall: Ragnar Östberg's brick palace from 1923, the Blue Hall that isn't blue, the Golden Hall's mosaic, the tower and the Nobel…
Midsummer in Stockholm – the city's brightest weekend of the year
Midsummer in Stockholm: the history behind the maypole, herring and strawberries, when Midsummer's Eve falls, and how to celebrate at Skansen or in…
Nordic design in Stockholm – Svenskt Tenn, NK and Nordiska Galleriet
Where to shop for Swedish design in Stockholm: Estrid Ericson and Josef Frank's Svenskt Tenn, the NK department store and Nordiska Galleriet, with…
Stockholm's museums – Nationalmuseum, Moderna Museet and Fotografiska
Stockholm's three great art museums by the water: Nationalmuseum on Blasieholmen, Moderna Museet on Skeppsholmen and Fotografiska in a 1906 customs…
Aira on Djurgården – a shipyard building by the water with two stars
Aira on Djurgården in Stockholm: Jonas Bohlin's shipyard-like house, Tommy Myllymäki and Pi Lé's seasonal tasting menu and two Michelin stars since…
Östermalm's stone city – the architecture behind 1880s Stockholm
A walk through Östermalm's stone city in Stockholm: Strandvägen, the Bünsow House, Narvavägen, the Hallwyl Museum and the Engelbrekt Church, with the…
Stockholm's classic patisseries – from Vete-Katten to Tössebageriet
Stockholm's classic patisseries and fika: Vete-Katten since 1928, Tössebageriet since 1920, Svenskt Tenn's café on Strandvägen and Rosendal Garden.
Frantzén in Stockholm – three floors, 23 seats and three stars
Frantzén on Klara Norra Kyrkogata: Sweden's first three-star restaurant, Björn Frantzén's story, the 23 seats, the Nordic menu and how to get a table.
Hotel Reisen, Stockholm – the maritime hotel on Skeppsbron since 1819
Hotel Reisen on Skeppsbron in Gamla stan: a sea captains' coffee house in the 1750s, a hotel since 1819, 1690s vaults below and harbour views from…
Bank Hotel, Stockholm – sleeping in a bank palace from 1910
Bank Hotel on Arsenalsgatan in Stockholm: a 1910 Art Nouveau bank palace with Bonnie's under the glass ceiling, Papillon, Le Hibou and rooms in the…
Hotel At Six, Stockholm – the art hotel in the 1970s bank
Hotel At Six on Brunkebergstorg in Stockholm: a brutalist 1970s bank turned art hotel, with Plensa, Eliasson and LeWitt, a brasserie and a rooftop…
Nobis Hotel, Stockholm – the Gold Bar and the bank palace on Norrmalmstorg
Nobis Hotel on Norrmalmstorg in Stockholm: 201 rooms by Claesson Koivisto Rune in the 1886 bank palace, with NOI, Bino and the gold-mirrored…
Hotel Skeppsholmen – Tessin's wings on Stockholm's green island
Hotel Skeppsholmen in Stockholm: 78 rooms in two 1699 wings by Nicodemus Tessin the Younger, with Långa Raden restaurant, a kitchen garden and sea…
Djurgården – from royal hunting ground to Stockholm's green island
Djurgården in Stockholm: Johan III's deer park, northern Europe's largest stand of ancient oaks, Rosendal, Djurgårdsstaden and the exhibitions.
The archipelago by boat – from Fjäderholmarna to Sandhamn
Two classic Stockholm archipelago boat trips: 20 minutes to Fjäderholmarna, or out to Sandhamn with its 1752 customs house, sailing club and…
Stockholm's MICHELIN restaurants – from Frantzén and beyond
Stockholm's Michelin stars in 2026: three-star Frantzén, two-star Aira on Djurgården, opening of the year ADAM ALBIN and every one-star table in the…
Lydmar Hotel, Stockholm – photography, jazz and a view of the palace
Lydmar Hotel on Blasieholmen: Stockholm's first design hotel, now in an 1880s house by Nationalmuseum, with jazz brunch and photography in the lobby.
Hotel Diplomat, Stockholm – inside the Art Nouveau palace on Strandvägen
Hotel Diplomat at Strandvägen 7C: the 1911 Art Nouveau palace that housed embassies, run by the same family since 1966, with views over Nybroviken.
Villa Dagmar, Stockholm – the city villa by Östermalms saluhall
Villa Dagmar on Nybrogatan: Hotel Diplomat's sister hotel by Östermalms saluhall, with 70 rooms, a glass-roofed garden bar, a spa and Restaurang…
Gripsholm and Mariefred – The Vasa Castle on Lake Mälaren near Stockholm
A day trip from Stockholm by 1903 steamboat to Mariefred: Gustav Vasa's Gripsholm Castle, Gustav III's theatre, the portrait collection and the old…
Hotel Sven Vintappare – seven rooms in a house from 1607 in Gamla stan
Hotel Sven Vintappare in Stockholm's Gamla stan: seven rooms in a narrow house from 1607, a spiral staircase, a ground-floor café and a quiet square.
Grand Hôtel Stockholm – staying opposite the palace today
Grand Hôtel on Blasieholmen since 1874: suites facing the Royal Palace, the Veranda smörgåsbord, Cadierbaren, Mathias Dahlgren's kitchens and Nobel…
Ett Hem, Stockholm – the villa in Lärkstaden where guests stay at home
Ett Hem in Stockholm's Lärkstaden: a 1910 brick villa by Ilse Crawford with 22 rooms across two houses, a kitchen open to all, a library and a garden.
Skåne1 · The Nordics
Copenhagen5 · The Nordics
Hotel d'Angleterre, Copenhagen – on Kongens Nytorv since 1755
Hotel d'Angleterre in Copenhagen: founded in 1755, rebuilt after the fire of 1795 and reborn in 2013, with 92 rooms and suites, Marchal and an indoor…
Tivoli Gardens, Copenhagen – the pleasure garden open since 1843
Tivoli Gardens in Copenhagen: Georg Carstensen's pleasure garden from 1843, the 1914 Rutschebanen roller coaster, the Pantomime Theatre and the…
Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek – Copenhagen's museum of Gauguin, Rodin and antiquity
The Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek in Copenhagen: Carl Jacobsen's museum from 1897, its winter garden, antiquities, Danish Golden Age art, Gauguin, Degas and…
Amalienborg and Frederiksstaden – Copenhagen's royal quarter
Four identical Rococo palaces face one another across an octagonal square in Copenhagen, built for noble families in the 1750s and home to the Danish…
The New Nordic cuisine – how Copenhagen became one of the world's great food cities
Copenhagen and the New Nordic cuisine: the 2004 manifesto, Noma, Geranium with the Nordic region's first three stars, Alchemist and Kong Hans Kælder.
Oslo2 · The Nordics
Hotel Continental, Oslo – four generations opposite the National Theatre
Hotel Continental in Oslo: opened in 1900 opposite the National Theatre, run by one family since 1909, with Theatercaféen, Munch prints and a…
Oslo's waterfront – from the Opera House and MUNCH to Tjuvholmen
Oslo by the fjord: Snøhetta's Opera House, MUNCH in Bjørvika, the National Museum, Aker Brygge and Astrup Fearnley on Tjuvholmen. A walk along…
Norway1 · The Nordics
Helsinki1 · The Nordics
Lapland1 · The Nordics
Lofoten1 · The Nordics
Lisbon3 · Spain & Portugal
Belém, Lisbon: the riverside quarter of the Age of Discoveries
A guide to Belém in Lisbon: the Jerónimos Monastery, the Belém Tower, the Monument to the Discoveries, MAAT and the original pastel de nata, with a…
Baixa and Chiado: Lisbon's grand squares, old cafés and bookshops
A guide to Lisbon's Baixa and Chiado: Praça do Comércio and the Rua Augusta Arch, the Pombaline grid, Bertrand bookshop, A Brasileira and the Carmo…
Alfama and São Jorge Castle: a walk through Lisbon's oldest quarter
A walking guide to Lisbon's Alfama: the cathedral, the Santa Luzia and Portas do Sol viewpoints, São Jorge Castle, São Vicente de Fora and where to…
Porto2 · Spain & Portugal
Porto's Ribeira and old town: a walk from the river to Livraria Lello
A walking guide to Porto's UNESCO-listed old town: the Ribeira quays, the Dom Luís I Bridge, São Bento's tiles, the Clérigos tower and the Livraria…
The port lodges of Vila Nova de Gaia: a guide to tasting port where it ages
A guide to the port wine lodges of Vila Nova de Gaia, opposite Porto: ruby, tawny and vintage explained, the historic houses to visit and the best…
The Douro2 · Spain & Portugal
Pinhão and the Douro railway: a journey into the heart of port country
A stop-by-stop guide to the Douro railway from Porto São Bento to Pinhão and Pocinho, with two days in Pinhão: the tiled station, quintas, viewpoints…
The Douro Valley: a guide to Portugal's terraced wine country
A guide to Portugal's Douro Valley: the world's first demarcated wine region, its three subregions, the quintas to visit, when to go and how to get…
Comporta1 · Spain & Portugal
Madrid2 · Spain & Portugal
Madrid's Golden Triangle of Art: the Prado, Reina Sofía and Thyssen in two days
How to see Madrid's Golden Triangle of Art: the Prado's Velázquez and Goya, Guernica at the Reina Sofía and the Thyssen collection, with a two-day…
Salamanca and the Retiro: elegant Madrid, from Calle de Serrano to the Crystal Palace
A guide to Madrid's Salamanca district and Retiro park: Calle de Serrano's flagships, the Museo Arqueológico, the Palacio de Cristal and the boating…
Barcelona2 · Spain & Portugal
Barcelona's Gothic Quarter and El Born: a walk through the medieval city
A walking guide to Barcelona's Gothic Quarter and El Born: the cathedral and its geese, Plaça del Rei, the Roman temple, Santa Maria del Mar and the…
Gaudí's Barcelona in a day: Sagrada Família, Passeig de Gràcia and Park Güell
A one-day Gaudí itinerary in Barcelona: the Sagrada Família and its new central tower, Casa Batlló and Casa Milà on Passeig de Gràcia, and Park Güell.
San Sebastián2 · Spain & Portugal
San Sebastián pintxos and fine dining: how to eat in Europe's great food city
How to eat in San Sebastián: pintxo etiquette in the Parte Vieja, the Gilda and txakoli, cider houses, and the Basque fine-dining houses Arzak and…
San Sebastián: La Concha, the old town and the Belle Époque city by the bay
A city guide to San Sebastián: La Concha promenade, Monte Igueldo and Monte Urgull, Chillida's Comb of the Wind, the Parte Vieja and the Belle Époque…
Marbella2 · Spain & Portugal
Marbella old town: orange trees, whitewashed lanes and the quieter Costa del Sol
A guide to Marbella old town on the Costa del Sol: Plaza de los Naranjos, the Moorish walls, the Encarnación church, the Dalí sculptures and the best…
Marbella's Golden Mile: Puerto Banús, the Marbella Club and the making of a legend
A guide to Marbella's Golden Mile: the history of the Marbella Club and Puerto Banús, the landmark hotels, and how to enjoy the Costa del Sol's…
Mallorca2 · Spain & Portugal
Deià and the Serra de Tramuntana: a day along Mallorca's mountain coast
A day along Mallorca's Serra de Tramuntana: Valldemossa's charterhouse, Deià and Robert Graves's house, Son Marroig, and Sóller's old railway and…
Palma de Mallorca: a city guide to the cathedral, the old town and the sea
A city guide to Palma de Mallorca: La Seu cathedral with Gaudí and Barceló, the Almudaina, the Arab Baths, Bellver Castle and where to walk by the…
Ibiza1 · Spain & Portugal
Formentera1 · Spain & Portugal
Vienna4 · Central Europe
Vienna's Ringstrasse – the imperial boulevard of opera, parliament and palaces
The Ringstrasse in Vienna: Franz Joseph's 1857 decree, the State Opera, Parliament, City Hall, the museums, Palais Ephrussi and how to see the Ring…
Vienna State Opera – standing room, the Opera Ball and the house on the Ring
The Vienna State Opera opened on 25 May 1869 with Mozart's Don Giovanni, was gutted by bombing in 1945 and reopened in 1955 with Beethoven's Fidelio.…
Schönbrunn Palace – the Habsburg summer palace, the Gloriette and the world's oldest zoo
Schönbrunn Palace has 1,441 rooms, a park that climbs to the Gloriette and a zoo that claims to be the oldest in the world. Maria Theresa shaped it…
Viennese coffee houses – a guide to Café Central, Sperl, Landtmann and Hawelka
Marble tables, Thonet chairs, newspapers on wooden holders and a glass of water that keeps being refilled: since 2011 Viennese coffee house culture…
Amsterdam3 · Central Europe
Rijksmuseum and Museumplein – Rembrandt, Vermeer and Amsterdam's museum quarter
The Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam: Pierre Cuypers' 1885 building, the 2013 reopening, Rembrandt's Night Watch, Vermeer and Frans Hals, and its Museumplein…
The Royal Palace of Amsterdam – the town hall on 13,659 piles at Dam Square
The Royal Palace of Amsterdam on Dam Square: Jacob van Campen's Golden Age town hall on 13,659 piles, Louis Bonaparte's palace and the state rooms…
Amsterdam's canal ring – the Herengracht, the Golden Bend and the Grachtengordel
In 1613 Amsterdam began digging a ring of new canals around its medieval centre, and Golden Age merchants lined them with tall brick houses. Four…
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New York9 · The Northeast
Madison Avenue – the avenue of advertising became New York's street of luxury
Madison Avenue on the Upper East Side: Ralph Lauren in the Rhinelander Mansion, Bemelmans Bar at The Carlyle and Sotheby's new home in the Breuer…
Fifth Avenue's grand hotels – from The Plaza to The Pierre
Fifth Avenue's grand hotels in New York: the history of The St. Regis, The Peninsula, The Plaza and The Pierre, and the bar where the Bloody Mary…
Museum Mile in New York – seven museums along Fifth Avenue, from the Frick to El Museo
Walk New York's Museum Mile from the Frick to El Museo del Barrio: the Met, Neue Galerie's Klimt, the Guggenheim, Cooper Hewitt and the Jewish Museum.
The Breakers, The Plaza and The Carlyle – three American grand hotels
The histories of three American grand hotels: Flagler's Breakers in Palm Beach, The Plaza on Central Park and The Carlyle with its Bemelmans Bar…
Hamptons after the season – from Southampton to Montauk in a day
The Hamptons after the summer: Southampton from 1640, the Parrish Art Museum, East Hampton's windmills, Sag Harbor's whaling port and Montauk Point…
High Line and Hudson Yards – the architecture walk along Manhattan's west side
Walk New York's High Line from the Whitney to Hudson Yards: Little Island, Chelsea Market, The Shed and Vessel – 2.3 km of 21st-century architecture.
A perfect day on the Upper West Side – from Central Park West to Lincoln Center
A day on New York's Upper West Side: The Dakota and the San Remo, the Natural History Museum, the Ansonia on Broadway, Riverside Park and Lincoln…
Tribeca in New York – from wholesale market to Manhattan's quietest luxury
Tribeca's warehouses once held Manhattan's vegetables and dry goods. Now: four protected districts, Duane Park, the Tribeca Festival and 56 Leonard.
West Village in New York – the townhouses, the alleys and the history behind the façades
A walk through New York's West Village, where the grid never arrived: the narrowest house, Cherry Lane Theatre, St. Luke's and Jefferson Market.
Boston1 · The Northeast
Nantucket1 · The Northeast
Miami4 · Florida & the South
Miami Beach's beach hotels – from Delano to The Surf Club
Four Miami Beach hotels on Collins Avenue and their history: the Delano from 1948, Faena in the old Saxony, Lapidus's Fontainebleau and the Surf Club…
Bal Harbour and the Design District – Miami's two luxury shopping addresses
Miami's two luxury shopping addresses: Bal Harbour Shops, the Whitman family's open-air mall from 1965, and the Design District with its art and free…
The Art Deco District of Miami Beach – 960 buildings saved in the nick of time
Miami Beach's Art Deco District: how Barbara Capitman saved 960 buildings, Henry Hohauser's hotels on Ocean Drive and how to walk the district at its…
Coral Gables and Coconut Grove – Miami's green, old side
Coral Gables and Coconut Grove in Miami: Merrick's 1920s Mediterranean city, the Venetian Pool, Miracle Mile, The Barnacle from 1891 and Vizcaya.
Florida3 · Florida & the South
48 Hours in Key West – Hemingway, Truman and the Sunset at Mallory Square
Two days in Key West: Duval Street and Old Town, Hemingway's house and its cats, the lighthouse, Truman's Little White House and sunset at Mallory…
Naples in Florida – Old Naples from Fifth Avenue South to the pier
A walk through Old Naples on Florida's Gulf Coast: the 1926 depot, Fifth Avenue South, historic Third Street South, Palm Cottage and the 1888 pier.
Worth Avenue in Palm Beach – the street Addison Mizner built
Florida's most exclusive shopping street since the 1920s: Worth Avenue's four blocks, Mizner's Mediterranean vias, the Everglades Club and 250 shops.
Charleston1 · Florida & the South
Savannah1 · Florida & the South
Chicago1 · The Midwest
Aspen1 · The Mountain West
Jackson Hole1 · The Mountain West
Los Angeles1 · California & the West
Santa Barbara1 · California & the West
Big Sur1 · California & the West
Napa Valley1 · California & the West
The World 40
The Caribbean6 · The Caribbean & Mexico
Soufrière and the Pitons – St Lucia's volcanic heart, from Gros Piton to the sulphur springs
Soufrière on St Lucia: climbing Gros Piton, the drive-through volcano at Sulphur Springs, Diamond Falls, Fond Doux's cacao and the old French capital.
Antigua's English Harbour – Nelson's Dockyard, Shirley Heights and a sailing week
Antigua's English Harbour: Nelson's Dockyard, the only working Georgian dockyard, Shirley Heights above it, Falmouth Harbour and Antigua Sailing Week.
Barbados' west coast – Holetown, Speightstown and the shore where English Barbados began
Barbados' sheltered west coast: Holetown where the English landed in 1625, St James Parish Church, Speightstown or Little Bristol, and its sunsets.
Anguilla – the eel-shaped island of reefs and beaches that once rebelled to stay British
Anguilla, the flat coral island in the British Caribbean: its reefs and beaches, the 1967 revolution, Big Spring petroglyphs, boat racing and…
Providenciales – Grace Bay, Chalk Sound and an island that had no cars in 1964
Providenciales in the Turks and Caicos: Grace Bay, the turquoise lagoon of Chalk Sound, Long Bay's kitesurfers, Cheshire Hall and boat trips to the…
St Barths – the Caribbean island that was Swedish, from Gustavia's forts to Shell Beach
St Barths, the French Caribbean island that was Swedish for nearly a century: Gustavia's harbour and forts, Shell Beach, Saint-Jean and when to go.
Mexico4 · The Caribbean & Mexico
Los Cabos – two towns at Land's End, from El Arco to the old mission of San José
Los Cabos at the tip of Baja California: El Arco at Land's End, the historic centre of San José del Cabo, the winter whales and the marlin of October.
San Miguel de Allende – a bricklayer's Gothic dream, two thousand courtyards and Mexico's Sistine Chapel
San Miguel de Allende, Mexico: the neo-Gothic Parroquia, the Jardín, the artists' town of Siqueiros and Atotonilco, the Sistine Chapel of Mexico.
Oaxaca for food lovers – seven moles, a market of smoke and the home of mezcal
Oaxaca, Mexico's great food city: its seven moles, tlayudas and chapulines, hot chocolate at the 20 de Noviembre market, mezcal and nearby Monte…
Tulum – the Maya city above the Caribbean, the cenotes and the gate of heaven
Tulum on Mexico's Caribbean coast: the walled Maya port above the sea, El Castillo, the region's cenotes and the Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve nearby.
Dubai1 · The Middle East
Abu Dhabi1 · The Middle East
Doha1 · The Middle East
Tokyo1 · Asia & the Indian Ocean
Kyoto1 · Asia & the Indian Ocean
Hong Kong1 · Asia & the Indian Ocean
Singapore1 · Asia & the Indian Ocean
Bali1 · Asia & the Indian Ocean
Laos1 · Asia & the Indian Ocean
The Maldives1 · Asia & the Indian Ocean
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The Riviera season calendar – the events that shape the year from Menton to Saint-Tropez
The French Riviera's year month by month: Menton's lemon festival, Cannes, the Monaco Grand Prix, Jazz à Juan, the Monaco Yacht Show and Saint-Tropez.
How a Riviera yacht charter works – contracts, APA, crew and timing explained
How a crewed yacht charter on the French Riviera works: the MYBA contract, payment schedule, the APA, VAT, gratuities, the captain's role and when to…
Europe's great spa hotels – six houses built on thermal water and sea air
From Baden-Baden to Bath, from a Swiss gorge to a Tuscan spring, Europe's finest spa hotels grew up around water that was healing people long before…
Europe's most beautiful hotel gardens – from Cliveden's parterre to the monks' forest at Buçaco
Some hotels have gardens; a few are gardens with rooms attached. From an Italianate estate above the Thames to a Carmelite forest in central…
The art-fair calendar – Maastricht, Basel, London, Paris and Venice through the year
Old Masters in Maastricht in March, the market's summit in Basel in June, London and Paris back to back in October, and the Venice Biennale for the…
Europe's most private-feeling museums – collectors' houses in London, Paris, Milan, Rome and Cap Ferrat
Some of Europe's finest art hangs not in grand national galleries but in the homes of the people who collected it. These house museums keep the scale…
Europe's great train journeys – from the Venice Simplon-Orient-Express to the Glacier Express
Restored 1920s sleeping cars from London to Venice, the slowest express in the world across the Swiss Alps, and a new generation of luxury trains in…
The best time to visit the French Riviera – month by month, from winter sun to the September sea
The Côte d'Azur is one of the warmest corners of the Mediterranean for its latitude, and every month offers something different. Here is what to…
Europe's great F1 weekends in 2027 – Monaco, Silverstone, Spa and Monza compared
Four circuits have been part of Formula 1 since its first season, and each offers a completely different weekend: harbour glamour, a British summer…
Christmas markets of the Alps 2026 – Salzburg, Innsbruck, Bolzano, Merano and Montreux
Mountains, snow and wooden stalls: the Alpine Christmas markets have a setting no city square can match. Five of the finest, from Salzburg's…
What to pack for the French Riviera – dress codes, swimwear rules and a wardrobe for every season
The Côte d'Azur is relaxed until it isn't. Several towns ban swimwear away from the beach, the Casino de Monte-Carlo has rules at the door and the…
Private beaches explained – how beach clubs work in France and Italy, and what stays public
The rows of sunbeds and parasols on the Riviera look private. Legally, in France, they are not: the beach belongs to everyone, and the clubs only…
The Belle Époque grand hotels – a history of the palaces that invented modern luxury travel
Between the Franco-Prussian War and 1914, Europe built hotels as if they were palaces, with electric light, private bathrooms and kitchens run by the…
Riviera villas in literature and film – from Fitzgerald's Cap d'Antibes to Exile on Main St.
The French Riviera has been written about, filmed and recorded more than almost any coast on earth, and its villas are often the leading characters.…
New Year's Eve in Monaco and Paris – fireworks, galas and how to plan the night
Midnight fireworks over Port Hercule or a light show on the Arc de Triomphe: two very different ways to see in the new year. What happens where, how…
Europe's leading wellness retreats – Lanserhof, Buchinger Wilhelmi, Chenot and SHA explained
Where a spa hotel offers rest, a medical wellness retreat offers a programme: diagnostics, a prescribed diet and a doctor who sees you every day.…
Europe's best art hotels – where to sleep with Picasso, Calder and a sculpture park
A Léger on the terrace, a Calder by the pool, a painted ceiling in the Highlands, a sculpture park in the vineyards of Provence. Four European hotels…
Europe's best hotel bars – the Savoy, the Connaught, Dukes, the Ritz and Monte-Carlo
The grand hotel bar is where the cocktail came to Europe, where Bond's martini was decided and where the world's best bar has twice been crowned in…
The MICHELIN Guide explained – stars, Bib Gourmands, Green Stars, Keys and the new Grapes
The red guide has been rating restaurants since 1926. Today it also awards Keys to hotels and Grapes to wine estates, and it is retiring the Green…
Palace hotel etiquette – how to stay at France's grandest hotels, from the concierge to the tip
France awards its highest hotel distinction, Palace, to just 33 houses in 2026. They are built on discretion and service, and they run on unwritten…