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A trip to Portugal, Britain’s oldest ally, was a painful reminder of the benefits of EU membership

Our rail travel expert picks the best routes for exploring mainland Europe by train and ferry

Tourist numbers in Europe this summer have returned to almost pre-Covid levels, with especially high demand from North American travellers. But the summer season has been far from smooth, with holidaymakers encountering heatwaves, wildfires and the return of overcrowding at some of Europe’s most popular sights. Some of the troubles…

So this was how people travelled before the internet: they just wandered around aimlessly, looking at things

Relatively few Brits visit this tiny Pyrenean principality outside of the winter sports season. But Julia Hammond travels there by the scenic route to find that there’s plenty more to recommend it than ski slopes

New long-distance train connections are providing an alternative to air travel between European countries, and demand for this environmentally friendly mode of transport is soaring. But there is still plenty of room for improvement on the tracks.

Waiting times could even triple with the UK’s ‘third-country nationals’ no longer in the EU

Pizzica has transcended its Dionysian roots to find its place in the centre of the biggest festival in Italy, and is now performed worldwide – but as with all ancient arts, adapting to modernity hasn’t been easy

‘The last time I got very upset and told them that if it was a matter of money, I was willing to play their game,’ says local resident

From London to Altotting, via Augsnurg — Melanie McDonagh finds German trains are no better than our own

Venice, the “floating city” in northeast Italy, has an intangible magic. The canals coursing between the 118 islands on which it is built, and under the almost 400 bridges connecting them, are alive with boats and gondolas, which remain the lifeblood of Veneto’s regional capital. Its architecture defies gravity, and…