A thirteen-metre egg-shaped museum, the fullest collection of Hutsul art, an Austrian centre and the road into the mountains to Kryvorivnia and Yaremche: a concrete day route.
The Round Square and the rotunda over the Vorskla fill one morning, while the battlefield and Kotliarevsky's estate are best left for the afternoon. Here is how to build a route through Poltava.
Charles Bridge at dawn, the Castle above the city and Old Town Square with the Orloj fill one full day, while the rest is best walked slowly. Here is how to plan it.
What the symbols on a pysanka mean, what goes in the basket, where gaivky and Wet Monday come from, and where Ukrainian Easter traditions are still alive, from Hutsul villages to quiet Polissia.
A large lake right in the centre, a castle over the water, quiet Valova Street and a green park: a concrete one-day route, plus how to get there and what to fit in.
Schönbrunn, St. Stephen's Cathedral and Klimt's «The Kiss» fit into one full day, while the Belvedere, the Prater and a slow coffee are worth saving for a second. Here is how to plan it.
The Hutsul village where Parajanov filmed «Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors»: an 18th-century wooden church, a grazhda farmstead, the Franko museum. An honest word on the road and thin infrastructure, and how to fold it into a Carpathian trip.
Canals, the Rijksmuseum, Van Gogh and Anne Frank without the queues: what to book ahead, where to walk and when to go for the tulips.
A riverfront of over twenty kilometres, Monastyrsky Island and Yavornytsky Avenue form the core of the city. Here is how to build a single day out of it.
Gaudí, the Gothic Quarter, the sea and Montjuïc hill in three or four days. What to book ahead, where pickpockets lurk and when to dodge the crowds.
Lviv with its nativity plays and cribs, Carpathian caroling, Kyiv's scale and quiet Chernivtsi: where Christmas in Ukraine feels best now that the holiday falls on December 25.
Seven different Italies in one list, each with its own character, best season and honest downside, plus how to stitch a route together by train.
Ramen, udon, tempura, okonomiyaki and konbini food: a guide to Japanese cooking beyond sushi, with regional styles, ballpark prices and dining rules.
