Beyond wine and architecture, Bordeaux is also a gateway to the spectacular Atlantic nature of vast dunes, pine forests, beaches and oysters, with refreshing getaways less than an hour from the city. Bordeaux, the city that looks towards the Atlantic When we think of Bordeaux, images of its pale stone façades, the Place de la […]
Santorini is more than just a postcard of blue domes and famous sunsets. It is also a volcanic, mineral and luminous island, best explored on foot: along the edge of the caldera, through white villages and past black beaches and lava cliffs, and into the more secluded areas where summer eases off a little. Santorini […]
Indie, pop, the sea and Cantabrian sunsets: Santander Music turns the Magdalena Peninsula into one of the most special summer venues in northern Spain Some festivals are experienced in front of a stage, while others begin long before the first chord ring out. Santander Music belongs to the latter category. Here, music is never experienced […]
In 2026, Gare Saint Sauveur becomes Gare Méditerranée. The collective exhibition Traversées sees lille3000 invite artists, residents and travellers alike to explore the identities, memories and cultures of the Mediterranean basin right in the heart of Lille. Lille loves to surprise. A city of art, heritage, design, gastronomy and conviviality, it combines major international exhibitions […]
Art is shaping Bilbao, turning the city into a major destination for those looking to enjoy culture. Bilbao is a city that can be explored through its cultural spaces. Beyond the internationally renowned Guggenheim Museum and the unmissable Museum of Fine Arts, there is one place that embodies the city’s urban, creative and social transformation […]
Ajaccio has a very Mediterranean way of whetting the appetite. It smells of salt, warm bread, ripe fruit, sheep’s cheese and thinly sliced charcuterie. The city invites you to sit down without ceremony: on a bench facing the sea, on a sun-warmed rock, in the shade of a palm tree or on an urban beach […]
Barcelona has its own special way of sounding. It does not always reveal itself at first sight, or on the most photographed terraces, or in bars that use “live music” as a lure for distracted tourists. The city’s real musical side appears when you drift slightly off course: in a record shop in El Raval […]
Zakynthos makes an immediate impression: coves of blue water, white cliffs and boats that seem to float above the sandy seabed. But in the south of the island there is a more delicate reason to travel slowly. Laganas Bay is one of the most important places in the Mediterranean for the loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta […]
Some cities are remembered through an image: a square, a cathedral, a sunlit façade. Seville, however, also stays in your memory through what you hear. Through the bells that mark the hour in the centre, the sound of a guitar drifting from an open window, the flamenco clapping, or palmas, starting up at a family […]
Less than twenty minutes from Olbia, there is a beach that sums up perfectly what many travellers look for in a seaside holiday in Sardinia: white sand, shallow water, transparent colours, views of Tavolara and a simple atmosphere that feels more local than worldly. Porto Istana does not need big introductions or organised excursions to […]