EUROPE
Europe
Between cobblestones and church bells, learn how Europeans greet, how they pace their meals and how they cherish their heritage.
City guides
Start with a city
Every city guide has a timeline, stories of local figures, must-see sights, festivals and local etiquette.
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Paris
Paris
4 places
From an island in the Seine to the 'City of Light': Notre-Dame, the Louvre and the Eiffel Tower
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Roma
Rome
4 places
The 'Eternal City': the Colosseum, the Pantheon and the Vatican, a state within a city
Barcelona
Barcelona
2 places
Gaudí's city: Roman walls, the Gothic Quarter and Catalan Modernisme
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London
London
4 places
A port city founded by the Romans: the Tower, Westminster and the Thames
Wien
Vienna
4 places
Imperial capital of the Habsburgs and city of music: palaces, a cathedral and old cafés
München
Munich
3 places
A royal capital grown from a 'place of monks': Marienplatz, Nymphenburg Palace and Oktoberfest
Venezia
Venice
3 places
A maritime republic built on a lagoon: St Mark's, the Doge's Palace and Carnival
Lisboa
Lisbon
3 places
Starting point of the Age of Discovery: Belém Tower, the Jerónimos Monastery and the Alfama
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Athens
2 places
Birthplace of democracy: the Acropolis, the Parthenon and the Acropolis Museum
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Amsterdam
Amsterdam
3 places
From a dam on the Amstel to a Golden Age city of canals
Tromsø
Tromsø
1 places
'Gateway to the Arctic': a city of explorers in the auroral zone
Eiffel Tower
The 'Iron Lady' on the Seine, Paris's irreplaceable city totem
Louvre
A medieval palace turned into the world's largest temple of art, where 'the Mona Lisa's smile' awaits you
Notre-Dame de Paris
The epitome of French Gothic: flying buttresses, rose windows and a nave reopened after the fire of 2019.