Tourism

Cadiz is Atlantic, not Mediterranean: one of the oldest cities in western Europe, with Cape Trafalgar, the sherry towns and the Sierra de Grazalema in its province.

Venice's ban turns on four alternative triggers rather than a tonnage limit, Barcelona is closing terminals rather than capping calls, and Dubrovnik has no binding cap at all. At Nice a mayoral order limiting cruise calls was suspended by the administrative court four days after it was signed.

October is the single busiest month in Mediterranean cruise ports, so the case for the shoulder season rests on heat rather than on quiet. Alaska's driest month is April and its wettest October. The Antarctic landing season runs for 164 days. And no standard definition of cruise length exists anywhere.

Campers are always faced with a dilemma. Either you bring the entire house to your camping site or you invariably find that the one thing you need was left at home. There's no perfect way out of this, but a little thought will help improve your odds. Bring what you really need, without overflowing your vehicle or breaking your back.

The Leaning Tower is Pisa cathedral's bell tower, not a building beside it. Siena's cathedral is thirteenth-century marble, not nine-century brick. The frescoes at Monte Oliveto Maggiore are Signorelli's and Sodoma's. And Tuscany has eight World Heritage inscriptions.

Catalonia's national art museum on Montjuic, holding the largest collection of Romanesque mural painting anywhere. An expansion will close part of it from 2027.