Parma's Romanesque cathedral, its brick bell tower, and the pink marble octagonal baptistery partly under scaffolding on a wide cobbled square under grey clouds

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Modena and Parma in One Day, With or Without the Ferrari Museum

Parma's art needs a morning and Modena's square suits the evening. How to do both in a day, what the ham costs, and when Maranello is worth it.

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Pastel houses of Manarola stacked on a dark rock headland above a blue cove with small boats and terraced hills behind

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Cinque Terre in Summer: Do One Village Well, Then Leave for the Gulf

Five villages in one July day is mostly train platforms. Give Manarola the morning, then swim at San Terenzo on the Gulf of La Spezia.

October 11, 2026

View from the summit of Krn over grey limestone ridges to Triglav on the skyline, with dark Krn Lake in a forested bowl far below

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Krn from Planina Kuhinja: The Short Way Up Is Still 1,250 Metres

Krn from Planina Kuhinja is the shortest way to the summit and still a long, sunny climb. Route, timing, the hut, WWI trenches, and the view to Triglav.

September 29, 2026

The river front of the Houses of Parliament at dusk, lit gold along the Thames, with the Victoria Tower flying a Union flag at the far end and Big Ben's lit clock face on the right

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London on Foot: Tower Bridge to Big Ben, and What's Worth a Ticket

Two days walking the Thames past London's big sights: which tickets earn the money, what's free, and why Westminster is best after 9 p.m.

September 23, 2026

The Noon Gate of Hue's Imperial City, a stone base with five doorways under a two-storey wooden pavilion with orange and green tiled roofs, reached by a stone bridge

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Hue: The Citadel, Khai Dinh's Tomb, and Why a Day Trip Is Too Short

Hue's Imperial City has been half lawn since 1968, and its best sights were built by its least-liked emperor. What to see, what it costs, how long to stay.

September 21, 2026