The Sydney Morning Herald logo

Europe

Advertisement
French countryside, Italian style: why fly from Paris to the Mediterranean coast when you can catch a fast train?

You can take Italy’s ‘red arrow’ fast train even if you’re not in Italy

A business class trip passes in a blur of bucolic French countryside and Italian food and wine.

  • Chrissie McClatchie

Latest

Gibraltar and the Rock.

Port guide: Gibraltar

This tiny town wedged into the coast of Spain is a weird, anachronistic territory with a fabulous history, terrific views and one big rock.

  • Brian Johnston
Comacchio has the canals of Venice, without the crowds.

Italy’s ‘Little Venice’ is so overlooked even many Italians don’t know it

This small lagoon town, close to the Adriatic coast, is another of those tiny jewels in Italy’s vast treasure chest of cultural riches.

  • Justine Costigan
Evening light at Alhambra.

World’s first influencer: How an American writer put Spanish castle on the map

I’m standing in the hallway of one of Spain’s most visited attractions, curious as to why there’s a plaque dedicated to an American.

  • Shaney Hudson
The rooms may be on the small side but they evoke a cosy charm.

One block from the Seine, this family-owned hotel oozes period charm

Intimate, chic, colourful – this is a genial and delightfully placed Parisian address.

  • Steve McKenna
The new Lake Como Edition.

Como FOMO intensifies with new hotel opening

This famed area of Italy, much loved by the Byron, Napoleon and, of course, George Clooney, has turned a new page with the arrival of the Lake Como Edition.

  • Julietta Jameson
Advertisement
The old city of Dubrovnik, Croatia

Beyond cliches: The 25 new highlights of Europe

This small continent crams in so much that you can visit again and again and never grow tired.

  • Brian Johnston
Amsterdam Centraal station’s ornate facade.

A train station that makes flying seem far less convenient

Planes have revolutionised modern travel, but this experience is so efficient and stress-free that it almost makes flying seem archaic.

  • Jenny Hewett
“The town is beautiful, so life is beautiful too”: Citta della Pieve lies near the border between Umbria and Tuscany.

Forget pizza and pasta: Italy’s best food is a sandwich in this hilltop town

The true foodie must look beyond Rome or Naples. Round the back of a church, to be precise, in a small, hole-in-the-wall sandwich shop.

  • Russell Higham
Le Bristol’s Lumiere suite, €15,000 a night plus tax.

My hotel charged $100 for a baguette. I’ll just eat a bag of chips, thanks

My hotel suite was so nice I didn’t want to leave the room, but paying exorbitant prices for room service wasn’t in the budget.

  • Lee Tulloch