Ronda's houses stand over a gorge around 100 metres deep. The drop that looks so alarming is the reason the town is here at all. Ronda's houses run …
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This Is Europe’s Most Beautiful Beach. It Isn’t for Everyone
Two stone towers, a crescent of sand and a steep path down — a wild cove on Portugal's Sintra coast. The first look comes from above. A dirt track …
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Modern Architecture in Germany: 15 Buildings That Tell the Whole Century
Our century of German modernism — from a 1911 shoe-last factory to a chapel two farmers built themselves. German architecture, in the popular …
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Fjaðrárgljúfur: The Iceland Canyon Justin Bieber Made Famous
He filmed here in 2015. The rangers blamed the mud — and that is what tells you when to go. Nothing on the drive prepares you. You turn off Iceland's …
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Aquaduct Veluwemeer: The Dutch Water Bridge Where Boats Sail Over the Road
You can sail over it, cycle under it, or drive through it in ten seconds without noticing a thing. North of Harderwijk, the N302 does something no road …
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Bruges or Ghent? How to Spend a First Weekend in Flanders
From a canal bend that clears the moment the day-trippers leave to a graffiti alley that looks different every week — picking one Flemish city for two …
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Burano, Italy: The Rainbow Island Where You Can’t Pick Your Own House Color
One of the most photographed islands in the Venetian lagoon is a working village down to its last lacemakers — and it empties out by dinnertime. Try to …
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The Alps’ Most Beautiful Lakes — and the Exact Hour to Beat the Crowds
From Como's quieter shore to a French reservoir with a drowned village at the bottom. Everyone pins the same three. Como for the villas, Bled for the …
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Can a Hotel Really Be an Art Gallery You Sleep In? Oslo’s Thief Makes the Case
Built on the islet where Christiania hanged its thieves, now hung with Blake, Hirst and a Richard Prince called The Horse Thief. On a raw January …
Bruges Is Just the Start: The Most Beautiful Towns in Belgium
One brews its beer through a pipeline under the cobbles; one bills itself the smallest city on earth. Belgium gets treated as a corridor. People change …
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