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The Thames winding through trees and meadows below Richmond Hill, framed by leafy branches.

London, United Kingdom · 3-day itinerary

London, Room by Room

Three considered days through Bloomsbury, Kensington and Richmond: extraordinary interiors, a long lunch, independent books and a Thames walk with room to linger. A London Edition with a copyable itinerary, booking priorities, realistic walking allowances and alternatives for rain.

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The decorated maypole at Wiener Platz in Munich’s Haidhausen neighbourhood.

Munich, Germany · 2-day itinerary

Munich’s good ordinary days

Warm pastry near the market, the Isar between neighbourhoods, dumplings in the Au and an evening in Giesing. Two summer days in a Munich that reveals itself through small, repeatable pleasures—and gives you plenty of reasons to sit down.

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A narrowboat on Regent’s Canal near the western entrance to the Islington Tunnel in London.

London, United Kingdom · 3-day itinerary

London, one neighbourhood at a time

An East End breakfast, a bakery courtyard in Dalston, lunch beside the canal and a walk across Hampstead Heath. Three days in the London I enjoy coming back to, with the city’s distances taken seriously and very little urgency between stops.

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The iron-and-brick exterior of Mercat de Sant Antoni in Barcelona.

Barcelona, Spain · 2-day itinerary

Barcelona in January: the pleasure of staying at the table

Winter suits the Barcelona I keep returning to: food markets with shopping to do, a little vermouth, an afternoon with Miró and neighbourhood squares that ask for very little. Two days from Sant Antoni and Poble-sec to Barceloneta and Gràcia, with time to get warm in between.

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The tiled roofs and cathedral of the Saint-Jean quarter in Vieux Lyon.

Lyon, France · 2-day itinerary

Lyon: two days organised around lunch

April 2026 was my introduction to Lyon. For a first visit, I would build the city around two proper meals, the Saône’s morning market and walks that earn a little appetite: up to Saint-Just, down through Croix-Rousse, and across to the Brotteaux.

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Boats and waterfront buildings in the sheltered harbour of Cala Figuera, Mallorca.

Santanyí & Cala d’Or, Mallorca · 3-day itinerary

Mallorca, at the pace of a small harbour

Three unhurried days in Mallorca’s southeast: market mornings in Santanyí, the working waterfront of Cala Figuera, pine-backed swims at Mondragó, and a proper Mallorcan dinner in Cala d’Or. This is the corner of the island I like to return to with very little to prove.

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