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Aerial view of Barcelona at sunset, the Sagrada Família at the centre, the Mediterranean and a blazing sky on the horizon.

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Barcelona on Mediterranean Time

Barcelona is not a place you visit watch in hand: it begins when the others stop. The golden hour on the Passeig de Gràcia, vermouth above the sea, a sobremesa that stretches on: our guide to a city that quickens for no one.

4 July 2026

Panorama of Zurich's old town and the Limmat, with the Grossmünster and Fraumünster, on a summer's day.

Destinations

Zurich for Two

Zurich does not show off; it lets you in. The quays at dusk, dinner beneath the Chagalls of the Kronenhalle, a grand hotel facing the Alps: our guide to a city best savoured for two.

7 July 2026

The Danube at dusk in Budapest, the Chain Bridge and Parliament lit up, linking Buda and Pest.

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Budapest, the Two Banks of the Danube

The Danube does not pass through Budapest so much as compose it: quiet Buda on her hill, lively Pest on her plain, married in 1873. Ottoman baths, stone lions, unhurried dinners: our guide to a weekend on the two banks.

11 July 2026