Checkpoint Charlie
10:47 30/12/2015
If there’s one point you need to check, it’s this. Checkpoint Charlie is the most famous of the former Cold War border crossings between capitalist West Berlin and communist East Berlin. In the...
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Alexanderplatz
10:44 30/12/2015
‘Alex’ is every Berliner’s best friend. Berlin Alexanderplatz – or ‘Alex’ for short – has a glitzy history. In the 1920s, Marlene Dietrich’s voice rasped from the bars and clubs of...
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Park Güell
10:39 30/12/2015
If you fancy a dance with the surreal, journey into Gaudi’s imagination at Park Güell. This sprawling 17-hectare garden showcases Catalan modernism at its finest. Fairytale cottages, mosaic...
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Barceloneta Beach
10:35 30/12/2015
While the rest of Europe is shivering, you’ll be sunbathing well into November. Laid back and friendly, spend a lazy day sipping cocktails at the beachfront bars, or slip on a sunhat and soak up...
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Sagrada Familia
10:29 30/12/2015
Don’t throw stones anywhere near the enormous stained glass windows of Sagrada Família. Gothic and Art-Nouveau influences collide in this spectacular monument to Christendom, where saints and...
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La Rambla
10:25 30/12/2015
The atmosphere around La Rambla (literally, ‘The Street’) is that of a never-ending carnival. Pick up some roasted sunflower seeds from a street vendor, shop around Plaça de Catalunya, or just...
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Panathenaic Stadium
10:18 30/12/2015
Rebuilt to house the 1896 Olympics, this stadium saw the dawn of modern-day athletics. The Panathenaic Games were held here from 566 BC onwards, with pentathlon, wrestling, and even chariot racing...
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Acropolis of Athens
10:13 30/12/2015
The cradle of western civilisation. Built on a rocky crag, this complex of ancient buildings is where great ideas about law, art, philosophy and literature were birthed. Today, it remains an icon...

Ancient Agora of Athens
10:09 30/12/2015
Where did Aristotle buy his olives? Our best guess is the Ancient Agora. This site was once the commercial and political heart of Athens. The reconstructed Stoa of Attalos houses the Ancient Agora...
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National Archaeological Museum of Athens
10:00 30/12/2015
Excavate your favourite piece of the past from multitudes of busts and relics. The L. Lange designed neo-classical building houses countless antiquities. Stare off with the ancients in the hall of...
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