The Egyptian obelisk in Central Park is an ancient monument transported from Alexandria to New York in the nineteenth century and raised at its present site
Look for Bruges’ Italian connections in merchant lodges, a former banking house and a family chapel. Traders from Genoa and Florence were part of a city
The glowing fish at The Battery belong to SeaGlass Carousel, an attraction that turns a ride into an imagined underwater scene. Their presence has a local
Barcelona gives you plenty of reasons to look upwards: church spires, colourful roofs and celebrated towers. Some urban height has a less obvious explanation, however. Water
Give Teufelsberg four hours from Heerstraße station and back: an hour for a woodland approach with stops, ninety minutes for selected parts of the former station,
It is easy to make a list of beautiful churches in Verona and harder to decide which ones you actually want to visit. Filling a day
Bruges’ Beguinage and its almshouses can look like variations on the same idea: whitewashed houses, a garden, a gate and a quieter world behind a wall.
Many older New York skyscrapers rise in steps, as though their upper floors are gradually retreating from the street. The shape is more than a decorative
Coloured tiled domes, red brick, patterned ceramics and gardens between buildings: Sant Pau can look like a place designed from the beginning for leisurely visits and
For a half day by Grunewaldsee, choose a simple outline: approach Grunewald Hunting Lodge, look from an accessible permitted exterior space, rest, then follow a short
Verona's history continues well beyond its famous squares. On the western side of the centre, monumental gates recall a city that needed protection and
Bruges' medieval appearance does not mean every visible building survives entirely from the Middle Ages. Old structures, repeated restorations and later buildings in historical styles
