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The Village in Portugal With Six Secret Gardens, Two Hours From Porto - and No Tourist Buses

Santar doesn't sell itself loudly, which is why it has been preserved. Centuries-old terrace gardens, grand granite houses and a...

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The Coast Where the Sky Is So Blue It Invented Fauvism: The French Secret Between Cliffs and Vineyards

Thirty kilometres of cliffs, hidden coves and towns that enchanted Matisse. Some places aren't famous because they're perfect for a...

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Tribeca: New York's Most Coveted Neighbourhood - and a Warning of What Happens to Old Neighbourhoods Once They're "Discovered"

First come the artists and the cafés, then the investors, and in the end the neighbourhood is no longer for...

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The most beautiful railway station in the world: the Antwerp dome inspired by the Pantheon

Over twenty kinds of marble, eight towers and a dome 75 metres high. The locals don't call it a station,...

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Ceva and Millesimo: the Two Italian Towns Where the Grimaldis Have Roots Older Than Monaco

Since 1503 there has been a blood link to Monaco. Cheese praised back in Pliny's day, truffles at one of...

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Vila Nova de Gaia - The Town on the Opposite Bank From Porto Where Every Port Wine Has Been Stored Since 1692

Across the Dom Luis I bridge from Porto, with the cellars of Taylor's, Sandeman and Graham's. And lodging at prices...

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Trier - Germany's Oldest City with Nine UNESCO Monuments and the World's Second Largest Riesling Region

The Romans founded it 2,000 years ago, Karl Marx was born here, and today every town on the Moselle is...

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Gandia - the Valencian Town With the Borgia Palace, the Birthplace of a Saint, and Fideua From 1920

80 kilometres from Valencia, without the Benidorm-style tourist chaos. 80,000 residents in winter, 180,000 in summer - and everyone knows...

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Vila do Conde - the Portuguese Town With an Underground Michelin and a Convent Turned Hotel, 40 Minutes From Porto

A coastal town with a medieval character, an aqueduct running along the streets and Europe's only tea plantation. All 40...

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Provins - the Medieval Town 90 Minutes From Paris That Missed Both the Industrial Revolution and the Tour Buses

The Caesar Tower is unique in France, octagonal donjon, tunnels carved into limestone that Umberto Eco wrote about in Foucault's...

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Canterbury - the medieval English town where Thomas Becket was killed in the cathedral in 1170, and where today you punt down the river

80 minutes by train from London, UNESCO World Heritage, an active 11th-century cathedral, punts on the Stour since the 19th....

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Salobreña - the Town Between the Sea and the Sierra Nevada Where Sultans Played Chess to Save Their Lives, and a Nasrid Mansion With Roman Heating Is Now Emerging From the Ground

A white town in Granada province, a fortress 73 metres above the sea, and a story from the 10th century...

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