Piazza della Signoria
11:43 30/12/2015
Not in the mood to rub elbows with busloads of tourists? Opt to explore this Tuscan classic during siesta time. But by all means go. The square’s so pretty it can’t take a bad picture. The...

Ponte Vecchio
11:35 30/12/2015
Peruse the shops perched above the River Arno on this pedestrian bridge. Dating back to 972, its history is the stuff of storybooks. Ponte Vecchio’s seen it all from noble feuds to ruinous...
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Grand Theatre - Opera National de Bordeaux
11:07 30/12/2015
Bordelais call this the “Grand Théâtre”. The regal and refined have flooded here for operas, orchestras and divine comedies since the quirky ballet “La Fille Mal Gardée” premiered in...
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Holocaust Memorial
10:53 30/12/2015
Remembered and never to be forgotten, this four-acre field commemorates the millions of Jews who were killed in WWII. Thousands of concrete blocks of differing sizes are strewn together, giving the...
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The Brandenburg Gate
10:50 30/12/2015
‘Victory’ takes on new meaning on top of the Brandenburg Gate. The spectacular Quadriga Statue of Lady Victory was placed on the gate in 1791, then stolen and restored; she survived allied...
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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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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...

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...
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