Just can’t get enough: The bar playing one band’s music for 25 years

It’s a British band with a French name, but the location of a bar dedicated purely to Depeche Mode’s music isn’t where you might expect.

• by Julia D'Orazio

Forget the Med: Europe’s new, surprising, summer holiday hotspot

It’s easy to forget there are beaches in Europe beyond those fringing the Mediterranean Sea. But a change in weather patterns is driving a shift in attitudes.

• by Sarah Marshall

Late winter escapes: The world’s best places for an August holiday

Keen to escape Australia in August? Here are the countries and cities to visit for their summer, winter or welcoming dry season.

• by Brian Johnston

The new bucket list: The places to add (and the ones to remove)

Barcelona is out, Valencia is in. Overtourism, climate change and even war are forcing a rewriting of travel wishlists.

• by Chris Leadbeater

Tallinn, Estonia: How to escape its tourist-choked heart

"For us, there has not been much liberation," says our guide, with characteristic Baltic understatement.

• by Rob McFarland

The Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania: Just like Western Europe, 40 years ago

Lovely old Europe, once vibrant, feels dog-tired, swamped by tourists and in need of a good lie down. But not the Baltic States.

• by Alison Stewart

Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia: Countries that are easy to cycle in Europe

Flat terrain, ancient castles and picturesque lakes and forests: Few cycling routes offer as much as the Baltics.

• by Andrew Bain

Guide to Eurovision: Julia Zemiro's 10 favourite destinations

Julia Zemiro, queen of the world’s quirkiest song fest, counts down her hit parade of Europe’s best places.

• by Andrea Black

Things to do in Tallinn, Estonia: One day three ways

The Estonian capital is much better value for money than the more familiar historic centres of Western Europe.

• by Stephen Phelan

New beat in the Baltic

With a song in his heart, Adrian Bridge revisits Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia 20 years after independence.