The Reality of Paris: The Fountains Still at Work
Paris has quietly made a Londoner's generosity part of its street furniture. Dark-green cast-iron fountains stand beside pavements, their robed figures supporting…
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The Reality of Barcelona: The Corners Given Back
At a junction in Barcelona’s Eixample, the street expands when it ought to narrow. The buildings step back on diagonal faces, leaving…
Cheap flights to Tirana: the bus decides what happens next
The bus at Rinas has a question the flight search never asked: where are you actually going? Albania's onward travel starts at…
The Reality of Copenhagen: The Harbour You Can Swim In
The ladder at Islands Brygge ends where a swimming pool ought to have tiles. Beneath it is harbour water, inside a capital…
Cheap flights to Kotor: choose the airport by the month
Move a Kotor trip from July to November and the airport map changes, even though the roads haven't moved. Flights that make…
The Reality of Nice: The Town Built for Winter
A winter coat belongs in the architectural history of Nice. Before the Riviera became shorthand for a summer holiday, families came south…
Cheap flights to Bordeaux: the last ticket matters more than the route
When I search for Bordeaux from the States, I inspect the last leg before I get attached to the flight. A connection…
Cheap flights to Catania: book around Etna, not against it
The itinerary looks tidy when Catania is the arrival airport and the rest of the trip fits neatly around it. Then I…
The Reality of Tenerife: The Town That Crossed the Atlantic
There is no gate waiting at the end of the straight street. In San Cristóbal de La Laguna, up on Tenerife’s northern…
Cheap flights to Budapest: your bank card is the airport ticket
Budapest doesn't give arriving passengers an airport train to hunt down. It gives them a bus that does the job, runs around…
The Reality of Brussels: Where Comics Climb the Walls
Turn into a side street in Brussels and a gable that should be blank has grown figures, outlines and a scene that…
Cheap flights to Málaga: let the train line choose the room
Before I book Málaga, I want the hotel pin on a map. The airport sits on a commuter railway that can carry…