All destinations.

99 places carrying our editorial line — every one of them genuinely undertouristed, every one of them with a named editor and a real local voice.

Germany

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A wooden barge moored on a reed-lined canal in the Spreewald

2.5 / 10

Brandenburg (Lower Lusatia) · Germany

Spreewald

A UNESCO water-forest an hour from Berlin, where Sorbian villages are reached by punt through a maze of 200 canals and a gherkin built the regional cuisine.

Border Country Slow Food Trails

Greece

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The Rio–Antirrio bridge across the strait seen from the beach near Patra

3.0 / 10

Achaia · Western Greece

Patra (Western Greece)

Greece's third city and its sea gateway to Italy, home to the largest carnival in the country.

Train-Only Europe The Forgotten Coasts

Italy

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The village of Aliano at sundown, perched above the clay gullies of Basilicata

2.0 / 10

Basilicata · Italy

Aliano

The village on the edge of the lunar calanchi where Carlo Levi served his exile, and where he chose to be buried.

Train-Only Europe Silence

The Canal Grande in Trieste leading to the church of Sant'Antonio Taumaturgo, boats moored along the quays.

4.5 / 10

Friuli-Venezia Giulia · Italy

Trieste, through its writers

The Habsburg-Adriatic city of Joyce, Svevo and Saba, best read in October and November, when the Bora blows and the cafés half-empty.

Border Country Lesser-Known Wine Regions

Lithuania

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Winter view from above of Trakiškiai village and the Ūla river, Dzūkija National Park

1.0 / 10

Dainava / Alytus County · Lithuania

Dzūkija (Marcinkonys & Zervynos)

Lithuania's great southern pine forest: ethnographic villages, a foraging culture built on mushrooms and honey, and a branch-line train to the Belarus border.