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Dramatic, elaborate, sensorial and everyone is an actor -Palacio Do Grilo in Lisbon’s eastern Beato neighbourhood is a theatrical foodie experience set to opulent surroundings.
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Bruton? It’s the Somerset village that swapped wool for world-class culture. Think Hauser & Wirth, Michelin stars, floral architecture and design studios shaping England’s most creative countryside escape.
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Since the 14th century, the village of Mund and the UNESCO mountain region has been the quiet spice producer since it was smuggled in via Italy and the Simplon Pass.
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One for you travelling oenophiles - Switzerland's beautiful Valais holds the highest vineyard in Europe, and wines that are regarded as "the pearl of the Alps".
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The winery of St Jodern Kellerei in Switzerland’s beautiful Visperterminen, in the canton of Valais, has long been recognised as having the highest vineyard in Europe.
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While endless innovative projects continue to pour out of Denmark and Sweden, oftentimes their smaller but no less creative Scandinavian sister, Norway, is overlooked. Introducing Artscape Nordland, a permanent exhibition of 33 spectacular sculptures adorning 32 Norwegian municipalities.
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Browse our unique Vienna Art Guide below for all there is to know about Austria’s art and culture capital. Once the epicentre of the longstanding Habsburg empire, Vienna is awash with galleries, artists, museums and odes to moments of age-defining culture, as well as a new generation of creatives call this city home, once again.
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Bavaria's culture hotspot, the International Mountain Film Festival, is set to open its doors October 14 - 18, 2026 by beautiful Lake Tegernsee.
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Pienza is a Renaissance experiment that never finished – and that’s what makes it perfect. Golden piazzas, sweeping Val d’Orcia views, and pecorino-fuelled indulgence – this is Tuscany’s dreamscape, frozen in time.
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Zaha Hadid's unstoppable design eye and influence is felt here at MAXXI, Rome's premier museum of contemporary art and architecture - worth a peek.
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Travel to Portugal's fairytale den of Sintra, just outside Lisbon, for a world full of rolling hills and castles, once referred to by Byron as "glorious Eden".
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Gorgeously flamboyant, Casa Vicens is a riot of colour and fantastical architectural detailing - bearing the hallmarks of Barcelona hero, Antoni Gaudi.
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