The Reality of Vilnius: The District That Turned a Joke Into a Constitution
Across the Vilnelė river, a stone's throw over the footbridges from the historic centre of Vilnius, sits a neighbourhood that resolved its…
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Cheap Flights to Vilnius: The Airport Train That Stops at Twenty Past Seven
Vilnius has one of the shortest airport rail links in Europe. Step out of the passenger terminal at Vilnius Airport (VNO), walk…
The Reality of Genoa: The City That Wrote Down Which Private Houses Had to Host the King
In 1576, the government of the Republic of Genoa established an administrative system that had no equivalent anywhere in early modern Europe.…
Cheap flights to Genoa: the airport built out into the sea, the coast it actually opens, and the two autumn deadlines nobody tells you about
Genoa's airport is shaped by geography. Pinned between the steep Ligurian Apennines and the sea, Genoa has almost no flat land along…
The Reality of Bilbao: The City That Bet Everything on One Building and Won
In October 1997, on a derelict riverfront bend previously occupied by rusting port warehouses, rail sidings, and decaying timber yards, the city…
Cheap flights to Bilbao: the airport with no train, the coach that goes to San Sebastián instead, and the four doors into the Basque Country
Most travelers flying into northern Spain for the first time arrive with assumptions shaped by Madrid and Barcelona. They expect Mediterranean warmth,…
The Reality of Turin: The City That Put a Test Track on the Roof of Its Car Factory
At the southern edge of Turin sits a building that explains the entire city in a single architectural gesture. The Lingotto factory,…
Cheap flights to Turin: the airport train, the ski shuttles, and the Milan habit that costs you an hour
Here is the arithmetic that decides a ski trip to the western Italian Alps, and almost nobody runs it. Fly into Milan…
The Reality of Valencia: The City That Took Its River Out of the Middle
Stand on one of the old bridges in the middle of Valencia and look over the parapet. There is a river under…
Cheap flights to Valencia: the metro inside the terminal, the supplement that runs both ways, and the Sunday morning with no bus
Valencia's airport does the thing almost no airport does. The train station is not a shuttle ride away, not at the far…
The Reality of Riga: The City One Boom Built
Stand at the top of Alberta iela at about nine in the morning, before the tour groups arrive, and look up rather…
Cheap flights to Riga: the airBaltic hub, the airport 15 minutes out, and one ticket to three capitals
For years my standing advice on late arrivals in Riga was three digits long: get the 322. It was the night bus,…