Which Vienna district to base yourself in, what a Pension actually is, why apartment listings have thinned out, and what the city tax now adds to the bill.
How to reach Vienna from the airport during the 2026–27 S-Bahn closure, and how the city's tickets work, including the stamping rule and the 2026 fare changes.
Granada, capital of the last Muslim-ruled state in Iberia, holds the Alhambra, the Royal Chapel where Isabella and Ferdinand are buried, and the Albaicin on the hill opposite.
Cordoba beyond the Mezquita: the Alcazar of the Christian Monarchs, the old Jewish quarter and its synagogue, the Roman bridge, and Medina Azahara outside the city.
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.
The basilica, under construction since 1882 and the tallest church in the world since late 2025. What is finished, what is not, and why entry needs booking.
Barcelona: the tourist tax and the 2028 end of tourist flats, the airport ticket trap, the low-emission zone, Catalan for visitors, and where the city's sights are.
The Nasrid palace complex above Granada and Spain's most visited monument. Tickets are nominative, timed and checked against a passport, and must be booked well in advance.
The Botanical Garden, Insectarium and Biodôme sit together in the east of the city as part of Espace pour la vie. Two of the three have been rebuilt since 2018, and the Insectarium was replaced outright.
Old Montreal holds the old streets and squares and the Old Port along the waterfront, with the Lachine Canal running off its western edge. Permanent settlement dates from 1642 rather than 1611.
Saint Joseph's Oratory is the largest church in Canada, built at the urging of the lay brother canonised in 2010 as Saint André Bessette. The cross on its dome is the highest point in Montreal.
The Lachine Canal was cut to bypass the Lachine Rapids, not to reach the Ottawa River. Obsolete from 1959 but open until 1970, its towpath is now the best urban cycle route in Montreal.