Itineraries
Chicago in Three Days: Downtown, Lincoln Park and Hyde Park
Three days in Chicago work well when each day has its own part of the city. Start with the central parks and river, move north for
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ItinerariesThree days in Geneva: highlights and a day for your interests
Three days in Geneva give you time for the familiar places and a whole day shaped by your own interests. Spend the first in the Old
ItinerariesChicago in Two Days: The Centre, One Museum and Lake Michigan
Two days in Chicago give you enough space to enjoy the centre and visit one major museum without making both days feel like a sequence of
ItinerariesTwo days in Geneva: the Old Town and international district
Two days in Geneva work well as two different stories. Spend the first in the Old Town and beside the lake, then give the second to
PerspectivesBeneath Dupont Circle: how a streetcar station became an arts space
At Dupont Circle, Washington looks firmly above ground: a circular public space, trees, streets and the ordinary life of a neighbourhood. It is more surprising to
PerspectivesWashington boundary stones: traces of the original district
Some Washington monuments barely appear in the capital's ceremonial image. Small stones behind iron enclosures look modest beside museum facades, yet explain how the
ItinerariesOne Day in Chicago: Parks, River and a First Skyline View
One day in Chicago can give you three distinct impressions: a park where the skyline becomes public art, a river framed by towers, and a view
ItinerariesOne day in Geneva: the Old Town and the lake
One day in Geneva can bring together the Old Town, a proper break in Parc des Bastions and a finish beside the lake with a view
RecommendationsWhat are sinopie, and why see them in Pisa?
On Cathedral Square, choosing by appearance is easy. The tower surprises with its lean, the cathedral with its facade and the baptistery with its rounded volume.
PerspectivesWhat links the Titanic to Washington? A waterfront memorial story
Washington was not the Titanic's departure port, and its waterfront is not the Atlantic coast. Yet a quiet monument in the city's
ItinerariesFirst time in Geneva: choose a walk around your interests
For a first visit to Geneva, choose the experience you want before choosing the number of sights. Old streets, open water, scientific collections and the international
RecommendationsHow to recognise Pisan Romanesque architecture on a walk
Pisa is usually recognised by the lean of its tower. But the city has another, more widespread signature: repeated arches, pale stone, dark bands and small