A singing Christmas tree and a Baroque abbey
Advent markets with a coffee house between each
Illuminations, then the first shrine visit of the year
Midnight mass, a hundred cribs, empty ruins
Blossom, long evenings, no summer queues
The market that every other Christkindlmarkt copies
Tree, windows, rinks, and the Met's crèche
Blossom, parks and the Chelsea Flower Show
Nativity cribs shaped like the city's own towers
The month the population doubles
Christmas market, torchlight procession, street party
Tivoli under half a million lights
Advent market by day, outdoor hot pool by night
Rebuilt old town, Chopin and Uprising history
Hillside quarters, funiculars and street art
Gothic old town, modernista markets, city beaches
Baroque capital of porticoes, cafes and chocolate
Walled medieval capital on the Baltic
Roman ruins, gilded domes and a mountain above
Restaurants, museums and late nights in São Paulo
First European city in the Americas
Walled colonial capital, criollo food and bars
Baroque, Candomblé and drums above the bay
Hermitage, palaces and Neva embankments
Old town, Art Nouveau streets and market hangars
Colonial capital at 2,850 metres
Kremlin, metro palaces and riverside parks
Ciudad Vieja, the rambla and Estadio Centenario
Design, art and Gothic Milan in one city
Botero squares, cable cars and Poblado nights
Moorish fortress, Picasso museums, city beaches
Lord's, Wembley, Twickenham and the league grounds
Neoclassical center, Finnish design, island fortress
Colonial old town, the Malecón and live music
Walled colonial city, forts and Caribbean beaches
Belle Époque boulevards, communist colossus, old-town bars
Colonial quarter, gold museum and Monserrate ridge
Old town, lake swims and design shopping
Cafes, cobblestones and Zagreb's off-beat museums
Medieval walls, a Gothic minster, Viking history
Byzantine churches, buzzing markets and waterfront tavernas.
Half-timbered canals, a Gothic cathedral, Alsatian cuisine
Moorish palaces and flamenco in Andalusia's capital.
Mozart's city below an Alpine fortress
Cube houses, market halls and daring modern skyline
Tiled streets, port wine cellars, and a legendary bookshop
Riviera glamour meets old-town market life
Pizza, catacombs and Vesuvius views
Royal squares, beer gardens and Alpine day trips
Bouchons, Roman ruins and Renaissance traboules
Dragon bridges and riverside cafes in Slovenia's green capital
Royal castle, grand square and Kazimierz
Victorian architecture, Mackintosh design and live music
Amber-lined lanes, Gothic spires and a storied Baltic port
Renaissance art and Tuscan flavors in one walkable city
Georgian squares, trad pubs and literary history
Baroque Dresden reborn on the Elbe
Grand-Place gilding, art nouveau and chocolate
Fairy-tale canals and medieval architecture
Porticoes, towers and Italy's best food
Guggenheim, pintxos and Basque design
Art, diamonds, and daring fashion in one Flemish city
Canals, art and beer, city to city by rail
Canals, Golden Age art and cycling streets
A walled capital of knights, harbours and Baroque gold.
Lighthouses, lake beaches, and rust-belt revivals around three Great Lakes
Qvevri wine, sulphur baths, techno until Sunday
Palaces, street food and 24-hour neighbourhoods
Colonial core and vineyards beneath the Andes
Ancient ruins, baroque squares, long lunches
Beaches, granite peaks, and samba between them
Street food, castles and neon nights
Colonial facades, Art Deco seafronts and legendary street food
Cobblestones, smoked meat and bistro culture in French Canada
Mezcal, mariachi and al pastor at 3am
Milan style, then Lake Como villas and ferries
Four Gulf capitals: souqs, pearls and modern museums
Atlantic capital of music, markets and history
Cold War history meets underground club culture
Four Baltic old towns, one route
Grand mosque, island museums and desert dunes
Vermút at eight, churros at six
Street drinking, then silence for the fado
Bunker clubs, live rooms, fish market at dawn
Techno, beer gardens and trains that run all night
Splavovi in summer, courtyards in winter
Vermouth from the barrel, warehouses until dawn
Palaces, coffee houses and a concert every night
Colonial port, capital grills, and coastal wine
Neon streets, shrine calm, unbeatable food
Night markets, temples and hot springs
Hills, fog and neighbourhoods with their own personality.
Laneway coffee, street art and food
World-class ceviche meets colonial Lima on Pacific clifftops
Twin towers, hawker feasts and three faiths
Castle rock, cobbled closes and whisky bars
Souq nights and museum days on the Gulf
Skyscrapers, blues clubs and a walkable lakefront
Tasting Burgundy's grand crus, hillside by hillside
Thermal baths and Danube-view grandeur in one weekend.
Temples, street food and Chao Phraya river life
Caspian modernism, ancient rock art and silk-road caravanserais
Ancient ruins by day, rooftop bars by night.
Harbour icons and coastal walks
Hawker food and garden domes in one stopover
Castles, cobblestones and cheap beer
Iconic landmarks, world-class art and café culture
Skyline, museums and pastrami on rye
Royal landmarks, world museums and buzzing markets
Cantonese food, colonial history and delta ferries
Skyscrapers, souks and desert dunes in one stopover
Design capitals by train across two countries
Table Mountain, wine country and two oceans
Waterfalls, Parliament Hill and two historic old towns
Steak, tango and Parisian grandeur on the Río de la Plata
