Lake Como at dusk, Italian Lakes
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Twelve countries — the ones I know firsthand, and the ones I have someone good on the ground for.

33 guides across 12 countries

A working list — places I know firsthand, or where I have someone good on the ground when a plan needs rescuing. Italy more than any other country, but the rest on their own terms.

Melk Abbey above the Danube River, Wachau Valley, Austria
2 guides

Austria

Vienna for the music and the manners; Melk for the Danube stop most travelers underestimate.

Prague Old Town and Charles Bridge at dusk, Czech Republic
1 guide

Czech Republic

Prague is the whole pitch — the most-walkable old city in Europe.

French landscape
France · Country Guide

France

Two cities, two vineyards.

Paris is the obvious one; Bordeaux is the one that earns its keep on every honeymoon and milestone trip. The vineyards do the load-bearing work.

2 guides
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German landscape
Germany · Country Guide

Germany

Where I grew up.

Where I grew up. Bad Kreuznach and Dexheim were home for grade-school years; the Middle Rhine valley is in the muscle memory. Berlin and Bavaria on the city side, the river-cruise spine on the other.

5 guides
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Santorini white cliffs and Aegean Sea at sunset, Cyclades, Greece
3 guides

Greece

Athens for the antiquity, the Cyclades for the air. Mykonos still does the heavy lifting on summer milestones.

Budapest Parliament along the Danube at golden hour, Hungary
1 guide

Hungary

Budapest, where the Danube does its best work between two cities.

Italian landscape
Italy · Country Guide

Italy

Nine guides. Nine reasons to slow down.

More guides than any other country. Tuscan countryside the way it should be planned, Rome unbothered by the obvious, Amalfi and Sicily on their own pace.

7 guides
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Amsterdam canal with historic buildings and bicycles, Netherlands
1 guide

Netherlands

Amsterdam in spring and on a river-cruise embark. Both worth the trip.

Krakow Market Square and Cloth Hall, Old Town, Poland
2 guides

Poland

Krakow for the weight of history; Warsaw for the reinvention. Both reward slow.

Barcelona rooftops with Sagrada Familia silhouette, Spain
2 guides

Spain

Barcelona for the architecture; Seville for the south. Andalusia in spring is where the trip stretches.

Swiss Alps landscape
Switzerland · Country Guide

Switzerland

Correctly priced for what it delivers.

Correctly priced for what it delivers. Lauterbrunnen is the pillar; Zermatt, Lucerne, and Bern fill in around it. The clearest cluster work in Europe.

4 guides
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