
Berlin: A City Where the History Is the Sightseeing
Berlin's major sights are mostly free, mostly outdoors, and mostly about the twentieth century rather than the picturesque.

Berlin's major sights are mostly free, mostly outdoors, and mostly about the twentieth century rather than the picturesque.

Lisbon is built on seven hills paved with polished stone, and the neighbourhood you book determines how tiring the weekend is.

Amsterdam's two headline museums book out further ahead than almost anything in Europe, and there is no walk-up option.

Budapest's thermal baths are not a spa treat but the city's defining institution, and they change how a weekend is planned.

Prague's old town is small, beautiful and overwhelmed, and the whole trick is the hour you visit each part of it.

Barcelona's timed-entry sites shape a short trip, and the ones you cannot get into determine what the weekend becomes.

Rome needs exactly two advance bookings for a weekend, and everything else can be decided on the morning.

Paris in two days works if you pick one bank and stay on it, and fails if you chase the four famous sights.

Most city breaks lose their first evening to arrival logistics, and it is the easiest half-day in the trip to recover.