Travel

Places worth the journey, written with the same care as everything else in this magazine. Not comprehensive. Not a directory. A considered edit of the places we have found genuinely worth your time.

An empress’s folly that became the most glamorous resort in France, and then reinvented itself as the birthplace of European surfing.

With the chocolate-and-cathedral city of Bayonne and the long surf beaches of Anglet on either side, this stretch of Atlantic coast is one of the most complete corners of France.

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Turin – The Quiet Capital

Baroque arcades, the world’s finest Egyptian collection outside Cairo, and a café culture that takes itself seriously.

San Sebastián: Biarritz’s Belle Époque Sister

The second most Michelin-starred city per capita on earth, and La Concha bay to eat it all beside.

Évian-les-Bains: The Spa Town That Bottled Its Own Legend

The town that gave the world its most famous mineral water, and kept the Belle Époque hotel to itself.