Itineraries
Holborn in Half a Day: Soane, Mechanical Humour and a Quiet Square
A half-day in Holborn can move from an architect’s extraordinary house to mechanical humour, then end in a small garden square. Start at Sir
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PerspectivesCa’ Granda in Milan: How a Great Hospital Became a University
Ca’ Granda began in 1456 as Milan’s great hospital, commissioned by Francesco Sforza and Bianca Maria Visconti and designed by Antonio Averlino, known as Filarete.
ItinerariesOlympic Montjuïc: a three-hour walk through Barcelona 1992
Give Olympic Montjuïc a focused three-hour outing: begin at the Olympic and Sports Museum, continue to the Lluís Companys Olympic Stadium, then look around the
ItinerariesOne week in Venice: alternate museums, neighbourhoods and islands
A week in Venice works well as a changing rhythm: museum, neighbourhood, island, then another museum. The experiences vary without each day becoming another instalment of
PerspectivesWhy Milan’s Mermaid Bridge Stands in a Park: A Canal Story
The little Mermaid Bridge in Parco Sempione was not built for the park. Inaugurated in 1842 as a pedestrian crossing over the Naviglio di San Damiano,
ItinerariesAbbey Road and St John’s Wood: After the Famous Crossing
After seeing the Abbey Road crossing, give St John’s Wood a little more time. A two-and-a-half-hour loop can combine the crossing
ItinerariesDiagonal Mar and the Fòrum: a walk through contemporary Barcelona
For a walk through Barcelona’s contemporary side, combine Parc de Diagonal Mar, the Natural Sciences Museum and the open spaces of the Fòrum. Allow approximately
ItinerariesVenice between trains: a four- or six-hour Santa Lucia stopover
With four hours between trains in Venice, a sensible starting point is roughly two hours of sightseeing near the station. With six hours, allow around four
RecommendationsMilan Duomo: Cathedral, Terraces or Museum When Time Is Short?
Choose the cathedral interior for a sense of the Duomo’s scale, light and continuing religious life; choose the terraces for close views of its outdoor
ItinerariesWhitechapel to Cable Street: An East End History Walk
For a three-hour walk through the East End’s cultural history, begin with a selected free display at Whitechapel Gallery, look at Wilton’s Music
PerspectivesVenice legends: Ca’ Dario, Attila’s Throne and two walks
Venice has stories that stay with you before the dates do: a supposedly cursed palace, a stone chair bearing Attila’s name. Both make intriguing starting
ItinerariesSant Andreu in half a day: a park, a factory and Casa Bloc
Spend a morning in Sant Andreu following three connected ideas: a truck factory turned into a park, a textile complex now telling the history of work,