A city on fourteen islands where the must-see is a 17th-century ship and the best view comes from a ferry deck. What to fit into a first visit.
A ready three-day plan: Sultanahmet, the bazaars with Galata and the Bosphorus. With 2026 admission prices, museum closing days and an honest answer on when the Museum Pass does not pay off.
Wawel above the Vistula, the Square with the Cloth Hall and hejnal, and old Kazimierz fill two days, while Wieliczka and Auschwitz ask for their own. Here is how to plan it.
Carved balconies, sulphur baths, a cable car to Narikala, Mother of Georgia and khinkali with wine: a concrete one-to-two-day Tbilisi route and how Ukrainians can get there.
The bluff above the Dnipro where Shevchenko's Testament came true: the grave, the museum, 392 steps and a panorama worth timing for a clear day.
Ukraine's second most important Orthodox shrine after the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra. The Dormition Cathedral, the footprint of the Mother of God in the rock, a cave church with the relics of St. Job and a panorama from a towering bell tower.
The Brandenburg Gate, the free Reichstag dome by booking, stretches of the Wall and Museum Island fill a busy three days. Here is how to plan the route.
Eight European castles worth seeing in person, from the Bavarian fairy tale of Neuschwanstein to island-bound Eilean Donan, each with an honest catch.
Big Ben, the Tower, the Changing of the Guard, the London Eye and world-class free museums: what to fit in, how to ride on Oyster, when to go and what to expect.
Octagonal Rynok Square, a Town Hall panorama, the pedestrian stometrivka and Potocki Palace: a concrete one-day route, and why Frankivsk is the main gateway to the Carpathians.
The three-tiered Palanok Castle on an extinct volcano, a town hall with a clock tower, a bronze chimney sweep on a cornice and thermal pools nearby. A ready one-day route with honest tips.
The floating Roshen fountain, European Square, the monastery Mury and the Pyrogov estate with an embalmed surgeon's body: a concrete route and the key warning about seasonality.
The Parliament, Fisherman's Bastion and the Chain Bridge fit into one day; the baths, Gellért Hill and the ruin bars fill a second. Here is how to plan it.
Lubart's Castle from the 200-hryvnia banknote, the underground old town, pedestrian Lesya Ukrainka Street and a strange fortress-synagogue: a concrete one-day route through Lutsk, plus how to get there.
Five cities that cover the whole country: medieval Kraków, rebuilt Warsaw, the dwarfs of Wrocław, the port of Gdańsk and mountain Zakopane.
The Colosseum, Forum and Pantheon fit into one full day, while the Vatican and Trastevere are worth saving for a second. Here is how to plan it without the queues.
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.
