Visit Reims

Half-timbered Alsace at its prettiest, the Isenheim Altarpiece and the Alsace wine route on the doorstep.

The capital of the Dukes of Burgundy: mustard, the Owl trail through the old town and the Cote d'Or vineyards south.

Explore Carcassonne, a fortified medieval city in southern France. Walk the double ring of ramparts of the Cité de Carcassonne (a UNESCO World Heritage site with 52 towers), admire the Basilica of Saints Nazarius and Celsus (known for its 12th-century stained glass and Gothic choir), and cross the Pont Vieux (a 14th-century stone bridge offering panoramic views of the city).

The Mercedes-Benz and Porsche museums in a valley of vineyards, with the Black Forest an hour away.

The Olympic Museum on a hillside above Lake Geneva, with the Lavaux vineyard terraces next door.

Madeira's capital: wicker toboggans down from Monte, the flower market and Madeira wine lodges.

A medieval Firewatch Tower over a Gothic and baroque centre on the Austrian border, next to Lake Neusiedl.

Plane trees, the Arslanagic bridge and Herzegovinian wine, half an hour from Dubrovnik.