The grand tour

The insiders’ guide

Take the train for a laid-back tour of the Côte d’Azur’s glitzy cities and lesser-known towns, jumping off to buy a slice of pissaladière, visit a museum or dip your toes in the sea.

A cycling trip around Italy’s ‘heel’ sees our writer discover a corner of the country where it pays to take it slow and savour every bite of burrata

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A JOURNEY ACROSS SICILY REVEALS THE ESSENCE OF AN ISLAND SHAPED BY OUTSIDERS, WHERE SUCCESSIVE WAVES OF IMMIGRATION OVER THE CENTURIES HAVE CREATED A UNIQUE CULTURAL IDENTITY

Many of us like to think that we don’t do plans, and that our random travel in the adventure wagon makes us free spirits in an increasingly regulated world. But it’s not true, is it? Surely everyone d