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City Guides

Editor-walked briefings on the cities we cover most — where to stay, where to eat, and what the guidebooks still get wrong.

A Long Weekend in Savannah City Guides

A Long Weekend in Savannah

Savannah's Historic District walked square by square — verified Southern rooms from The Grey to Mrs. Wilkes, where to sleep, and Forsyth Park at dawn.

Savannah
A Weekend in Porto City Guides

A Weekend in Porto

Porto over two days at street level — verified rooms across the price tiers, where to eat, the Gaia port lodges, and how to walk the granite city down to the

Porto
A Long Weekend in Krakow City Guides

A Long Weekend in Krakow

Krakow over a long weekend at street level — verified rooms across the tiers, the milk bars and modern Polish tables, Wawel, Kazimierz, and the Auschwitz

Krakow
Seoul for First-Timers City Guides

Seoul for First-Timers

Seoul for a first visit at street level — verified rooms across the tiers, where to eat, the palaces and hanok lanes, the neighborhoods that matter, and how

Seoul
Three Days in Kyoto City Guides

Three Days in Kyoto

Kyoto over three days at street level — verified rooms across the tiers, kaiseki and Nishiki Market, the great shrines and temples, Gion, and how to beat the

Kyoto
Buenos Aires for First-Timers City Guides

Buenos Aires for First-Timers

A first run at Buenos Aires — verified parrillas from Don Julio to El Preferido, where to sleep across price points, and how to ride the Subte and tip in

Buenos Aires
A Chicago Architecture Weekend City Guides

A Chicago Architecture Weekend

Two days built around the buildings — the river cruise, Studio Gang's Aqua, Frank Lloyd Wright in Oak Park, plus verified rooms and tables across price

Chicago
A Montreal Weekend City Guides

A Montreal Weekend

Two days walked across Mile End, the Plateau, and Old Montreal — verified delis and tasting rooms, where to sleep, and how to ride the Metro through a Quebec

Montreal
A Design Weekend in Copenhagen City Guides

A Design Weekend in Copenhagen

Copenhagen for the design-minded over two days — verified Scandi-cool rooms, the new-Nordic tables, the furniture pilgrimage, and how to do it all by bike.

Copenhagen
Three Days in Seville City Guides

Three Days in Seville

Seville over three days at street level — verified rooms across the tiers, the real tapas bars, the Alcazar and cathedral, Triana, and how to time the heat.

Seville
48 Hours in Mexico City City Guides

48 Hours in Mexico City

A walked weekend in CDMX — verified parrillas and tasting rooms, where to sleep across price points, and how to ride the Metro instead of burning Ubers.

Mexico City
A Weekend in Budapest City Guides

A Weekend in Budapest

Budapest over two days at street level — verified rooms across the tiers, the thermal baths, the ruin bars, Buda Castle, the market hall, and how to cross the

Budapest
A Long Weekend in Athens City Guides

A Long Weekend in Athens

Athens over a long weekend at street level — verified rooms across the tiers, the real tavernas, the Acropolis and its museum, Koukaki, and how to time the

Athens
Three Days in Istanbul City Guides

Three Days in Istanbul

Istanbul over three days at street level — verified rooms across the tiers, the meyhanes and meze, the great mosques and bazaars, and the ferry between

Istanbul