Europe

THE BEST WAY TO TOUR LONDON BY DOUBLE DECKER BUSES THE BEST WAY TO TOUR LONDON BY DOUBLE DECKER BUSES When people first come to London, they all make the same error. The metropolis is so vast and its people move through it so quickly that visitors are drawn to …

BEST WEEK TO LIVE LIKE A ROMAN BEST WEEK TO LIVE LIKE A ROMAN In Rome, it’s Friday morning. I wake up in the middle of the city, at my apartment at Hotel Rinascimento. I head to a bar down the street instead of eating at the continental breakfast buffet. …

THE CRAFT TRADITION OF THE CITY IS BEINGMAINTAINED BY THESE SKILLED LONDON ARTISTS THE CRAFT TRADITION OF THE CITY IS BEINGMAINTAINED BY THESE SKILLED LONDON ARTISTS I’m not welcome to see Barn the Spoon. At the urban farm where I’ve located him, a mountain of a man dressed in flannel …

BEST WAYS TO EXPLORE VENICE BEST WAYS TO EXPLORE VENICE Many Venetians advise “be a traveler, not a tourist.” Visitors that stay awhile and support local businesses, crafts, and neighborhoods are the kind that Venetians love—and need. This is our guide to help you visit Venice sensibly and intelligently.BEST WAYS …

REASONS TO VISIT PARIS IN SUMMER REASONS TO VISIT PARIS IN SUMMER Of course, you may always go to Paris’s palaces and museums. You can take a stroll down the Champs-Elysées and spend some time on the Eiffel Tower viewing platform. You may also enjoy summertime in Paris, with music …

WHY YOU MAY NOT REALIZE HOW SIMILAR BROOKLYN AND ROME ARE WHY YOU MAY NOT REALIZE HOW SIMILAR BROOKLYN AND ROME ARE An ethnically mixed area that was once impoverished has turned into a haven for singers, writers, and artists. a neighborhood that had its own distinct culture, located across …

THE SEXIEST PURSE IN PARIS HAS A BACKSTORY THE SEXIEST PURSE IN PARIS HAS A BACKSTORY When I first saw it, I had wandered down an ivy-covered passageway and come upon a throng of women spilling out of a small shop. The store was completely unmarked, lacking even a business …

ISTANBUL’S WATERFRONT, THE MEETING POINT OF TWO CONTINENTS ISTANBUL’S WATERFRONT, THE MEETING POINT OF TWO CONTINENTS Our boat speeds north, up the Bosphorus, the 20-mile strait that divides this city, where two continents converge, with one shore in Europe and the other in Asia. We wind past Karaköy, the European …

BEST PLACES TO VISIT IN DIJON BEST PLACES TO VISIT IN DIJON Similar to the undulating agave hills of Tequila, Mexico, the olive groves of Kalamata, Greece, and the pastoral dairy farms of Parma, Italy, Dijon, France, is one of a select few international locations with an eponymous culinary export …

6 BEST ACTIVITIES IN PARIS’S HAUT MARAIS 6 BEST ACTIVITIES IN PARIS’S HAUT MARAIS The Marais has always been popular with, well, everyone. It stretches from the very edge of the hipster-chic 11th arrondissement down to the Seine. Though the once-slumbering northern point is now the center of activity, the …