Gothenburg Travel Guide

Situated on the southwest coast of Sweden, where the Göta River meets the North Sea, Gothenburg is the largest harbour in Scandinavia and has an urban and metropolitan feel, with plenty of hip bars, cafés and clubs lining the streets. At the same time it retains a strong local character and a down-to-earth cultural robustness that is both authentic and attractive.

Gothenburg's restaurant scene has long been something of a local secret, but increasingly the outside world is waking up to the many gastronomic pleasures it has to offer. The city is particularly famous for its fish and seafood restaurants, but it also sports a great number of excellent eateries specialising in other kinds of cuisine.

As if the beauty and vibrancy of the city itself wasn't enough, however, there is also the archipelago with its lively and charming islands and islets offering great opportunities for swimming, sunbathing and sailing. It is a true summer paradise.

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Cannes Travel Guide

Cannes might be synonymous with the International Film Festival, but beneath this celebrity veneer is a city rich in rewards for travellers. That’s not to detract from the annual extravaganza, which has become Cannes’ biggest drawing card since it was introduced in 1939.

Every year celebrity A-listers come from all over the world to walk the hallowed red carpet of the Palais des Festivals and Cannes turns into a media circus with photographers hovering around film stars like flies around the proverbial. But you don’t need a press card to rub shoulders with the stars, who frequent some of the city’s most popular haunts.

Munich Travel Guide

Located in southern Germany north of the Bavarian Alps, on the River Isar, Munich is Germany's third largest city, its most visited after Berlin, and a city that seems to revel in its contradictions.

Munich perpetuates the folklore of the ‘jolly Germany’ – rosy-cheeked, lederhosen-wearing men singing over their super-sized beer tankards, ginger-bread architecture fresh from fairy-tale illustrations, and Gemütlichkeit (cosy, hearty hospitality). The flip side is a city that displays all the trappings of 21st-century world prosperity – gleaming BMWs (the manufacturers’ base is here), flashy boutiques and glitzy nightclubs.