Bologna. A voyage to Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy.Boasting one of the country’s great medieval cityscapes – an eye-catching ensemble of red-brick palazzi, Renaissance towers and 40km of arcaded porticoes – Bologna is a wonderful alternative to the north’s more famous cities. Italy’s culinary capital, it’s an attractive, animated place; a larg…
Nagoya ( 名古屋 ). A voyage to Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan, Asia.Japan’s fourth-largest city, Nagoya is an industrial powerhouse; it’s also the birthplace of pachinko (Japanese pinball). None of this marks Nagoya as a top-rank tourist destination, but it offers a worthy castle, museum and gardens, fine foods, and plenty of urban amusement, on a far more r…
Copenhagen ( København). A voyage to Copenhagen, Denmark (Danmark), Europe.The coolest, most cosmopolitan, most exciting and, yes, Danny Kaye was right, the most wonderful city in Scandinavia (don’t argue Stockholm): welcome to Copenhagen (København).These days the Danish capital is blossoming. There is a spring in its step borne from a mixture of some brave new archite…