• River cruises

Strasbourg, France: Architecture, culture and great gingerbread

It turned French in 1681, German in 1871, French again in 1918, German in 1940 and French again in 1944. Welcome to Strasbourg.

• Keith Austin

• River cruises

Strasbourg cruise: Stunning city's beguiling blend of old and new

While Paris gets most of the love, Strasbourg deserves to be showered with affection.

• Steve McKenna

• Culture holidays

Mulhouse museum, France: Motoring magic

Lee Atkinson takes a walk through the world's biggest underground garage in Alsace.

• Food and wine

Sweetest dreams are made of this

Shaney Hudson meets a famous French chocolatier and takes home bitter-sweet souvenirs.

• Vienna

Dreamy white Christmas

If you think the festive season is missing its magic, a wander through some of Europe's best Christmas markets will do wonders for your yuletide spirit, says Brian Johnston.

• Inspiration

Alsatian to the core

Shaney Hudson cycles and walks the 'fairytale' forests and villages of the small, but highly contested, region of Alsace.

• Ocean cruises

Jung and the restless

Characters come out to play as Julietta Jameson journeys along the Rhine.

• London

Seven days on track

Rob McFarland enjoys the speed and ease of Europe's rail network on a whistle-stop tour to Paris and beyond.

• Food and wine

An age of complexity

A visit to Alsace reveals rieslings of great quality and people with generosity of spirit, writes Andrew Ryan.

• London

Stops all stations

Inspired by the Orient Express, Alice Russell embarks on a 4000-kilometre train journey from London to Istanbul.