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.

34 guides across 13 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.

Terracotta-roofed old town above the clear Adriatic, Dalmatian coast, Croatia
1 guide

Croatia

The Adriatic coastline built for a small ship — Split, Hvar, Korčula, Dubrovnik, and the walled towns worth your time on either end.

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.

Aerial view of a fortified hilltop village and its ramparts amid green French countryside
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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A hazy golden sunset over a forested valley with a hilltop castle in silhouette
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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The whitewashed cliffside village of Oia, Santorini, lit up at twilight above the caldera
Greece · Country Guide

Greece

Athens, then the islands.

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

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

Hungary

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

The medieval towers of San Gimignano rising over Tuscan vineyards and olive groves under a soft spring sky
Italy · Country Guide

Italy

Fewer cities. Longer stays.

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.

A yellow-and-green Wengernalpbahn train crossing an alpine meadow below the snow-streaked Wetterhorn above Grindelwald, Jungfrau Region
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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