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.

Czechia

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The roofs and church tower of Třeboň's old town from above

2.5 / 10

South Bohemia · Czechia

Třeboň

A town at the centre of a 500-year man-made pond landscape, where the autumn carp harvest is a working livelihood and the spa runs on local peat.

Slow Food Trails Sacred Landscapes

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 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

Portugal

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1.5 / 10

Baixo Alentejo · Alentejo · Portugal

Mértola

A fortified spur where the Guadiana meets the Oeiras: Portugal's richest window onto Al-Andalus, with the country's only surviving medieval mosque.

Sacred Landscapes Post-Industrial Heritage

A whitewashed narrow street and church tower in São Brás de Alportel, Algarve

2.0 / 10

Algarve interior · Portugal

São Brás de Alportel

Ten kilometres above the Algarve's busiest beaches, a plain working town that once corked half the world's wine — and still smells faintly of boiled bark.

Craft Villages Post-Industrial Heritage