Boboli is most rewarding when you treat it as a designed landscape rather than a list of fountains to collect. Behind Palazzo Pitti, paths, slopes, planted
Tsuen Wan offers a different way into Hong Kong after the harbour views and famous shopping streets. In one manageable outing, you can compare a Hakka
Pok Fu Lam makes a rewarding change of pace after Hong Kong's busy waterfronts and shopping streets. Begin with the pale historic architecture of
Florence’s southern hill offers a different kind of walk from the level streets around the cathedral. The Rose Garden, Piazzale Michelangelo and San Miniato al
A walk from the University of Hong Kong towards Sai Ying Pun connects three ways of retaining urban architecture: a working academic building, a former library
Florence’s bridges offer more than convenient places to photograph Ponte Vecchio. A walk on both banks lets you compare a bridge carrying shops, the low
A Florence walk does not need to revolve around the cathedral or end with another major museum. In the western centre, Piazza Ognissanti gives a smaller
Tai Hang and neighbouring Causeway Bay fit comfortably into a two-to-three-hour walk combining Lin Fa Temple, the local fire dragon tradition and Victoria
East of Florence’s busiest cathedral streets, a short walk can connect a monumental church square, a relocated trading loggia and a neighbourhood food market. Start
Eastern Hong Kong Island offers a different way to understand the harbour: through work, art and the preservation of urban memory. Start at Oi! on Oil
Piazza Santissima Annunziata rewards a small Florence visit built around one public space. You can approach from the cathedral area, see how arcades shape the square
Kowloon City makes a rewarding historical half-day because its past appears in several forms: a working temple, a surviving garrison building, archaeological remains and objects
