Europe

If you want to do a culinary exploration of Paris and avoid the cliché croissant-and-Eiffel-Tower routine, this list of the best secret food tours in Paris will give you the chance to take a deep dive into artisanal bakeries, family-run fromageries, and bustling marchés where locals actually shop. Each stop reveals a piece of Paris …

Let’s just get this out of the way. If your idea of a romantic Parisian proposal involves the Eiffel Tower, you’re the problem. You’re a tourist. You’re basic. You’ve bought into the postcard fiction that has been peddled to Midwestern couples since the dawn of the budget transatlantic flight. Paris, the real Paris, is a …

Villefranche-sur-Mer is one of the most beautiful coastal towns on the French Riviera that is still unspoiled by the claws of mass tourism. The terracotta roof tops, the steep cobbled streets, and the Villefranche-sur-Mer beaches that are said to be the deepest and the most beautiful in the Mediterranean all make the town instantly suck …

Tuscany is far more than Florence’s Renaissance splendor or the rolling vineyards of Chianti — it’s a mosaic of medieval hill towns, coastal escapes, and quiet hamlets where time seems to slow down. Each corner of this region tells a different story — of art, food, wine, and timeless beauty. Whether you’re chasing sunsets over …

There is hardly a part of the world that offers such a vibrant mix of natural beauty, ancient tradition, art and culture, culinary treasures, and wellness as Tuscany. Under its hilly folds, cypress-lined lanes, and medieval towns, lies a secret system of geothermal baths, some completely wild and free, others in part of refined spa-resorts, …

The Caribbean of Italy, Puglia, the land of the olives, is a place where time appears to slow down and beauty is laid in layers, starting with the glitter of the olive trees in the infinite blue skies, and passing on to the whitewashed villages on the hills, which border on the region’s two seas. …

Over the sun-scorched plains and rocky shores of Puglia, castles lord it over, silent yet expressive monuments to centuries of empires, crusades, and cultural interaction. The glittering shores of the Adriatic, the windswept hills of the Murge, there is no fortress that doesn’t have at least one interesting story. These are not merely defensive works, …

The Dolomites are a scenery of opposites, towers of jagged limestone soaring out of smooth alpine meadows, lakes of turquoise lurking in trees, and expansive plateaus where the silence is over miles. Hiking here does not just mean any trail it is also an adventure into Ladin culture and mountain folklore as well as one …

In addition to the jagged mountains and its beautiful dramatic cliffs, the Dolomites, which are a UNESCO World heritage site, are also known because of the clean alpine lakes. Located across the range’s valleys and plateaus, these lakes are mirrors of the mountains, beautiful and painted in turquoise, emerald, and deep blue. Most lakes are …

Florence Cathedral, or formally Cattedrale di Santa Maria del Fiore is among the most important creations of Renaissance architecture and one of the main symbols of Florence. It was started in the end of the 13 th century and its construction reflects the shifting tastes and ambitions as well as the technical innovations of the …