Pierogi, goulash, schnitzel: 5 European trains serving tasty regional dishes in their dining cars

According to research by Oxford Economics, outbound travel from China is estimated to almost double this year, compared with 2023 and will only be 22% below its peak pre-pandemic numbers of 155 million tourists in 2019, who spent over $250 billion overseas.

Compton Verney, a stately home turned art museum in Warwickshire, is set in 120 acres of Grade II listed classical parkland, designed by Lancelot “Capability” Brown, the most eminent landscape architect of the eighteenth-century. The property also houses the only Capability Brown designed chapel. In 1993, Sir Peter Moores, through the Peter Moores Foundation (PMF) bought the site, including the near-derelict mansion, and gifted it to the specially-created charitable trust Compton Verney House Trust (CVHT). Since then, Compton Verney has been welcoming visitors to its wide range of exhibitions, events and grounds, and this year it celebrates the 20th anniversary with the launch of its first ever sculpture trail and a number of ambitious exhibitions across its six galleries.

The Scotland-based company Slow Adventure advocates a more mindful approach to activity holidays. Options include climbing and yoga in the Italian Alps, mountain biking in Sweden and horse riding and rambling in Iceland. On the Finnish Happiness trip, guests stay in log cabins by a lake in Lapland and activities include canoeing under the midnight sun, hiking, swimming, swamp foraging and daily saunas. On all trips, 5% of the fee goes to local conservation projects, which in Finland could mean helping protect the rare Saimaa ringed seal, preserving forests or supporting a children’s environmental charity.From £876 for five nights, slow-adventure.com

The launch of new luxury trains shows no sign of slowing down, thanks to an obsession with slow travel, an appetite for nostalgia, and a taste for lavish interiors that harken back to the golden days of rail travel. Nothing epitomizes that better than the unveiling of the Orient Express La Dolce Vita later this year, a new “vintage-style” train that will travel around Italy on one—and two-night journeys.

The USA is a nation of immigrants, and there are plenty of places across the country with a distinctly European vibe.

Independent visitors to Ireland have historically counted on renting a car to get around the country.

Apparently, I'm not the only cruiser who doesn't always have the stamina for the drawn-out ship dinners in main dining rooms.

In December and January, China brought in visa-free entry for citizens of seven European countries and Malaysia. 

Let's assume you're planning a trip to Europe and want to include a visit to the United Kingdom. Should you plan to visit London at the start, in the middle or at the end of your trip? Does it even matter?

The number of popular festivals and cultural events taking place in regions, cities and towns around Europe can run the gamut from funny, oddball and even bizarre, to culturally rich and centuries-old traditional, offering opportunities for an unexpectedly cool travel experience at a gorgeous destination.

Solo travel is becoming ever more popular in 2024 and the right destination can make a vacation alone become the experience of a lifetime. Europe is the ideal place to try out a journey on your own thanks to safe and reliable rail networks, walkable town centers and plenty of group accommodation where you can make friends.

Now we’re in March, it seems as if spring might be just around the corner. As the flowers bloom and baby animals appear, it’s a great time to plan a trip to some of Europe’s most beautiful destinations.