In Meribel, there's no shoe like a snowshoe, writes Peter Thompson.

Graham Reid explores the cliff-top home of Sweden's greatest sculptor.

The town of Pripyat is a model of technology gone catastrophically wrong.

Rachel Lees checks into a suite at an historic hotel in the centre of London.

Heletranz owner and expat Swede Sofia Ambler gives the lowdown on her hometown.

Catch proud locals honouring their patrons in revelry or sombre processions.

Sarah Wiedersehn discovers delightful, high-quality local produce in the Emerald Isle.

Touring by bicycle offers a way to see the continent at a much more personal level, writes Lauren Jones.

Split from the madding crowds and head for a quieter part of Croatia, suggests Hannah Stephenson.

Ancient wonders and a go-ahead northern capital sit easily across Ireland.

Kate Whiting introduces her son to the tastes and smells of the Franche-Comte.

This country is so beautiful that stunned foreigners often cause accidents.

Leighton Luke beds down adjacent to a beautiful Croatian bay.

Beneath its austere exterior, Alexia Santamaria finds the beating heart of Zurich.

This beautiful Italian city has plenty to entice tourists, writes Donna McIntyre.

Only in Europe is the saying 'to travel to hell and back' literally possible.

Visit these hotspots before they transform from 'gritty cool' to 'smart gentrification'.

Doctored images of the colourful cliffside towns are sucking tourists in, argues Kirrily Schwarz.

Brighton's 162m British Airways i360 is the tallest moving observation tower in the world.

A search for intelligence on Uncle George takes Phil Vine deep inside the headquarters of East Germany's tyrannical Stasi.

It's got hints of Hobbiton, but this whimsical hotel's a long way from Matamata.

This sinister botanical wonderland is home to 100 of the world's most lethal plants...

On a fine Croatian island, Winston Aldworth learns of local claims to a great traveller.

James Edgar accomplishes his mission of skiing in the tracks of 007 in Soelden.

A 17th-century homestead is a sumptuous base for an exploration of the area's villages.

Austria's magical capital can best be viewed from a bicycle seat, writes Paul Rush.

Two entrepreneurial Austrian friends have started up a walking tour with a twist.

Visitors to Italy will find its famed foods come in many gluten-free forms they'll love.

A rare woman rider tells Susan Buckland about the famed Lipizzaners.

Anna-Louise Taylor finds 'something very Wellington' in Britain's south-west.