After decades of nomadic existence, the Polish capital’s art temple is open for permanent business in an inspirational, light-filled new buildingWhen Poland joined the European Union 20 years ago, our world changed. I was a student in Warsaw, and spent…
The picturesque Ile-de-Bréhat follows major cities such as Amsterdam and Venice with measures to reduce visitors A small, picturesque island off the north coast of Brittany has imposed a summer tourist quota in an effort to ensure visitors have a more …
The Danish capital hopes to lure climate-friendly and well-behaved travellers with perks such as free drinks and skiingIn Barcelona visitors have been sprayed with water pistols in an expression of local people’s anger about over-tourism. By contrast i…
Whether it’s swapping southern France or Mallorca for the UK or Scandinavia, rising temperatures are changing habitsLike many Parisians, Mathilde Martin used to escape to the south of France at the height of the summer. But three years ago, a blisterin…
Spanish city is one of Europe’s top destinations but its popularity has made housing increasingly unaffordable for residentsBarcelona, a top Spanish holiday destination, has announced it will bar apartment rentals to tourists by 2028, an unexpectedly d…
From Puerta del Sol plaza in Madrid to the Tuileries Garden in Paris, guides reshape stories continent tells about itselfDodging between throngs of tourists and workers on their lunch breaks in Madrid’s Puerta del Sol plaza, we stop in front of the nea…
From Seville to Venice to Amsterdam, Europe is learning to improve locals’ lives by curbing tourists’ enthusiasmOriginally built for the grand Ibero-American Exposition of 1929, Seville’s flamboyant neo-Moorish Plaza de España has for nearly a c…
Italians frustrated by the cost of holidays at home are opting for the cheaper shores across the AdriaticIt is all about Albania for many Italians this summer, including the prime minister, Giorgia Meloni.The PM left a farmhouse flanked by olive trees …
A new Which? survey reveals that visitors are starting to look beyond the old overcrowded favourites such as Barcelona and MálagaAsk for a lineup of the most popular European coastal destinations and you might expect the usual suspects: Venice, Lisbon …
