Lonely Planet
Best Boutique Hotels in Europe: 15 Design-Forward Stays Worth the Trip
A villa in Italy, a mansion in Greece and a spa in Mallorca are among our picks of the best boutique hotels in Europe, with price guidance and booking tips.
Condé Nast Traveler
15 European Cities That Are at Their Most Magical in Winter
Trade your winter blues for mulled wine and snow-dusted canal houses.
Lonely Planet
The 13 Best Places to Visit in December
December is the ideal month to get away. Try these perfect winter escapes, taking in festive markets, action-packed adventures and the northern lights.
National Geographic
How Vienna's Ball Scene Has Evolved in the Digital Age
While always popular in the Austrian capital, these events have taken off in the digital age, with online platforms drawing a new generation to fairytale dance floors.
The Guardian
Healing waters: 10 of the best spa towns in Europe for a restorative autumn break
From Alpine valleys to belle époque towns, dip your toes in the therapeutic waters and steaming mineral pools at spa hotels offering centuries-old healing treatments In 2021, Unesco designated 11 historic spa towns across Europe as one transnational world heritage site , recognising their “exceptional testimony to the European spa phenomenon, which gained its highest expression from around 1700…
Condé Nast Traveler
10 Top Hotels in Central and Southern Europe 2026: Readers’ Choice Awards
Condé Nast Traveler readers rate their top hotels in Central and Southern Europe.
Condé Nast Traveler
Top 20 Destination Spa Resorts in the World 2026: Readers’ Choice Awards
Condé Nast Traveler readers rate their top destination spa resorts across the world—from Austria to India and beyond.
Condé Nast Traveler
The Best Spas in the US & Around the World: 2026 Readers’ Choice Awards
Your manual for planning that next adventure around a top-rated spa resort.
The Guardian
Three countries, one hike: an Alpine adventure in Austria, Slovenia and Italy
The Alpe Adria loop is an eight-day walking trail that crisscrosses borders, taking in dramatic peaks, glorious meadows and charming places to stay ‘Achtung! Staatsgrenze!” OK, the signpost marking the “state border” didn’t have exclamation marks but, with its no-nonsense Prussian font, it did feel quite shouty. The only thing was, no one on the Feistritzer Alm – a peaceful sweep of Alpine past…
The Guardian
‘Gateways to heaven’: readers’ favourite trips in Europe’s mountains
From the foothills of the Pyrenees to the peaks of the Dolomites, you share your top views, meals and adventures at altitude • Tell us about a trip to Germany – the best tip wins a £200 holiday voucher No doubt your first thought on hearing the words “double-decker” is of a bus. But in the Swiss village of Stans, an old wooden funicular carriage ascends to the station, where a double-decker cab…
National Geographic
5 of the Best Dark Sky Destinations in Europe for Stargazing
From the Canaries to the Scottish Borders, Europe is dotted with remote landscapes where exceptionally dark skies make stargazing an unforgettable part of the journey.
Condé Nast Traveler
Ready for a Euro Fall? Travel Experts Weigh In on the Best Destinations for 2026
Whether you prefer the city or the countryside, these are the European destinations making waves this fall.
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Afar
I Checked Into a 1908 Vienna Courthouse. It’s Now One of the City’s Most Stylish Hotels
Mandarin Oriental, Vienna draws on the Austrian capital’s secessionist heritage for a contemporary alternative to its Habsburg-era grandes dames.
Condé Nast Traveler
The World’s Most Beautiful Libraries Worth Traveling For
From converted monasteries to redwood forested reading rooms, the most beautiful libraries are for truly ones for the books.
Lonely Planet
15 Most Beautiful Places to Visit in Europe
Europe is as gorgeous as it is varied. Here are the most beautiful spots around Europe to add to your itinerary.
BBC Travel
The museum charting how humans understand the world
Beautiful, surreal and eerily empty, Vienna's Globe Museum the only public museum on Earth dedicated to globes, and it – quite literally – tells the story of our world.
National Geographic
Explore Austria’s Legendary Arlberg Ski Region
Home to the resorts Lech and St Anton, this renowned ski area combines a pioneering ski heritage with plenty of adventures on and off the pistes.
Lonely Planet
The Best Christmas Markets in Europe
Get planning your festive season with this guide to this year
Condé Nast Traveler
Dive Into These European Airbnbs With Pools, From Italy to Greece
Cool off with a dip in these picturesque waters.
Monocle
Great escapes: Four new hotels worth knowing in Chianti, Vienna, Fort Lauderdale and Rome
Check in to these hotels after a day of strolling through the sloping vineyards of Chianti, wandering the historic streets of Rome or kicking back in Florida’s Fort Lauderdale.
Condé Nast Traveler
Conan O'Brien on Taking His Travel Show to Mumbai, Manila, and Beyond
Conan O'Brien Must Go returns for its third season on August 21.
The Guardian
20 of the best cabins, campsites and hotels in Europe’s mountains, lakes and forests
From a 500-year-old inn in the Italian Dolomites to a log cabin in Finland’s lake district, these boltholes offer a tranquil and restorative getaway Continue reading...
The Guardian
‘It’s one huge adventure playground’: readers’ best summer trips in the lakes and mountains of Europe
From the Alpine meadows of Bavaria to a pristine lake in Italy and the pilgrim routes of the Pyrenees, here are some of your favourite discoveries. • Tell us about a lesser known European island – the best tip wins a £200 holiday voucher Haldensee is a clear, sparkling cold lake located at the bottom of the Tannheimer Tal valley in the Austrian Alps (about 90 miles south-west of Munich). We vis…
Lonely Planet
The best swimming spots and beaches around Salzburg
You may not expect to need a swimsuit to visit Salzburg, but swimming in clear mountain lakes and hiking to forest-backed beaches will soon prove you do.
Atlas Obscura
19 Creepy Catacombs Around the World You Can Visit
Catacombs—underground rooms and tunnels used as cemeteries—date back to first-century Rome, but the most famous (and infamous) were created across Europe in the 17th century. Overcrowding in Paris’s more traditional burial spaces, as well as sanitation issues, led authorities to turn the miles of tunnels connecting quarries under the city into crypts. It’s believed that more than six million pe…
National Geographic
These grand hotels have legendary cellars—and centuries of history
Underneath these world-class stays, the past lives on with rare spirits and vintages, hidden walls, and secret passages that survived wars and even volcanic eruptions.
Atlas Obscura
Schwarzer Turm in Mödling, Austria
This (more gray than) "black tower" is part of a whole series of picturesque viewpoints constructed in and around the small town Mödling commissioned by Johann I., Prince of Liechtenstein. It was built in 1809 and 1810 according to the plans of the architect Joseph Hardtmuth. It was most likely originally intended as an observation tower and was later also used as a forester’s residence. From h…
The Guardian
Tell us about a trip to the lakes and mountains of Europe
Share a tip on your favourite mountain or lakeside summer break in Europe – the best tip wins £200 towards a Coolstays break Europe’s lakes and mountains have seen a huge surge in summer tourism in recent years, as holidaymakers look for alternatives to the crowded coastal resorts of the Med. Whether it’s a walking holiday in the Tirol, a lakeside cabin stay in Scandinavia, or a spectacular tra…
Lonely Planet
The 9 best Formula 1 circuits in the world
Check out these stalwarts of the Formula 1 circuit for the best race experiences.
Atlas Obscura
Königshöhle (Kings Cave) in Baden bei Wien, Austria
Extensive archaeological excavations completed in this striking geologic formation outside Baden, Austria, helped bestow the term "Baden culture" upon a Copper Age civilization that once lived in the central Danube region. In the course of these 1920s excavations, early Neolithic ceramics, a clay spoon from the Lengyel culture, ceramic parts from the Bronze Stone Age, jewelry from the Copper Ag…
Atlas Obscura
Museumsfriedhof Kramsach in Kramsach, Austria
Nobody is buried in the museum cemetery. There is an extraordinary collection of authentic old grave monuments, which originally adorned graves, mainly in the German-speaking Alpine region. The incredibly irreverent sayings, mostly in rhyme, about life, death or long-kept family secrets of the deceased, are striking. Such grave inscriptions were not only used in Tyrol, but can be found in many…
Atlas Obscura
Klinger-Mausoleum in Kollmitzdörfl, Austria
During a hike in the forest near Kollmitzdörfl, you come across a gloomy building surrounded by a small wall. Since this building has a small bell tower, one first thinks of a chapel in the forest. In reality, however, it is a mausoleum. Baron Hugo Klinger had it built for his wife in 1926. The mausoleum is reminiscent of a drama that took place in this forest in 1926. In 1916 the very rich Bar…
Lonely Planet
"The Sound of Music" filming locations to visit in Salzburg
Cinematically beautiful Salzburg is even dreamier in person than onscreen, with settings that send your soul soaring.
Afar
This New 2,000 Mile Hiking Trail Crosses 6 Countries in Europe
It’s not every day that a thru-hiker gets to test a new trail, especially one that is 2,171 miles long and passes through six countries. But that’s exactly what Lauren Roerick, a Canadian ...
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The New York Times
5 European Hotels Where You Can Beat the Heat
Whether hidden in the mountains or nestled by the sea, these spots offer some respite from the continent’s high temperatures.
The New York Times
An Insider’s Guide to 6 of Vienna’s Splendid Public Pools
Whether you’re looking to do laps in the pool or lounge in the shade beneath towering lindens, these swimming spots are a perfect way to beat the summer heat.
The Guardian
Incredible panoramas, wildflower meadows and the odd wild horse: readers’ favourite walks in Europe
From cliffside views of Lake Garda to post-hike saunas in Sweden, you share your most memorable walking trips • Tell us about a cooler European coast – the best tip wins a £200 holiday voucher If you have a head for heights, then you can “walk with the gods” on the Sentiero degli Dei . It’s cut into the vertiginous hillside high above the Amalfi coast, offering heavenly views all the way to Cap…
Condé Nast Traveler
The Best Spas Around the World, According to Our Wellness Editors
The best wellness destinations in the world, according to spa experts—these are the winners of the 2026 Wellness & Spa Guide.
Condé Nast Traveler
The Most Romantic Hotels in the Entire World
Whether you're looking for adventure, white-sand beaches, or fine dining, here’s where to stay for the ultimate romantic getaway.
Condé Nast Traveler
The Most Romantic Couples Cruises to Book for 2026
Stroll cobblestoned streets in Europe or drink Champagne on pink-sand beaches on these romantic sailings.
The New York Times
7 Spots Shaking Up Vienna’s Cafe Scene
The city’s imperial cafes can feel tired. Newer bakeries and restaurants offer sleek design, inventive dishes by Noma alums, grandmas who will vet your Hinge dates — and strudel that’s worth the wait.