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7 destinations
Rebuilt medieval old towns, sobering WWII history and excellent trains, at very reasonable prices.
Grand thermal baths and Danube views in Budapest, easily paired with Vienna and Bratislava.
Estonia, Latvia & Lithuania
Three compact, walkable medieval capitals connected by an easy bus corridor, still overlooked by most travellers.
Atlantic coastline, tiled cities and port wine, priced noticeably lower than Spain or Italy.
Fairy-tale Prague, excellent beer culture and some of the best train connections in Europe.
Everything from Gaudí's Barcelona to Andalusian palaces and Mediterranean beaches, in one large, varied country.
Rome, the Amalfi Coast, Tuscany and the Alps — extraordinary depth, extraordinary crowds and prices to match.
22 itineraries
Sofia's Roman ruins in the metro station, Plovdiv's ancient theatre, and Veliko Tarnovo's fortress built into a river canyon.
Prague's fairy-tale old town, the storybook riverside village of Český Krumlov, and student-city Brno to finish.
Three medieval old towns connected by an easy bus corridor — a low-crowd alternative to Western Europe.
The rebuilt capital, medieval Kraków and Auschwitz-Birkenau, gnome-covered Wrocław, and the Baltic port of Gdańsk.
Three capitals, three countries, entirely by train — no rental car needed at any point.
Three small, easy-to-love countries linked entirely by train — canals, medieval squares, and a compact capital.
Lisbon's hills and trams, the fairy-tale palaces of Sintra, port-wine Porto, and Algarve beaches to close.
Bratislava's compact old town, hiking beneath the jagged High Tatras peaks, and the colourful Baroque centre of Košice.
Amsterdam's canal ring, laid-back Utrecht, and Rotterdam's bold modern architecture with a Hague day trip.
Italy's classic first-timer route — ancient Rome, Renaissance Florence, a Bologna food stop and canal-side Venice, all by high-speed train.
Seoul's palaces and K-culture energy, Busan's beaches and fish markets, and volcanic Jeju Island to close.
Lakes, mountains and car-free Zermatt, connected entirely by Switzerland's scenic rail network.
London's icons bookended by a day trip to Roman Bath and a rail hop to medieval York.
Berlin's Cold War history through baroque Dresden and Bavarian Munich to romantic Heidelberg and the Cologne Cathedral.
Stockholm's island-spread old town, a day trip to Uppsala's university and cathedral, then west by train to Gothenburg's canals and archipelago.
Tokyo's density, Kyoto's temples, and Hiroshima's history, connected entirely by Shinkansen bullet train.
Madrid's museums into Andalusia's Moorish palaces, a Costa del Sol stop in Málaga, then Gaudí's Barcelona to finish.
Copenhagen's design and cycling culture, Aarhus's arts scene, and Hans Christian Andersen's hometown of Odense.
From Paris's grand boulevards through Lyon's food scene to the Mediterranean glamour of Nice and Marseille, all by TGV.
Vienna's imperial palaces, Salzburg's Mozart heritage, the postcard lake town of Hallstatt, and alpine Innsbruck to finish.
The Great Wall and Forbidden City in Beijing, the Terracotta Army in Xi'an, Guilin's karst rivers, and Shanghai's skyline to finish.
Oslo bookended by one of the world's most scenic train rides and a fjord cruise into Sognefjord, finishing in Bergen.