5 articles about Europe, with ideas and advice for choosing where to go and planning the trip.
· Matt
Skip the airport and take the Eurostar to the Christmas markets. Here are the best markets within a day's train ride of London, with typical journey times, where to change, and how to make it work.
· Brogan
Portugal's two big cities are only three hours apart by train but feel very different. Here's how Lisbon and Porto compare on size, sights, food, beaches, weather and cost, and which one suits which kind of trip.
· Matt
Europe has thousands of Christmas markets, but only a handful are worth a flight or a train ride on their own. Here are the best for a two to four-night break, what makes each one different, and when to go.
· Brogan
Three days goes quickly once you've taken off the travelling. We've compared Europe's favourite city breaks from the UK by journey time, airport transfer and how much of the city you can really see, to find the ones that make the most of a long weekend.
· Matt
Nowhere in mainland Europe is properly hot in February, but a few places get close. Here are the warmest options within about four and a half hours of the UK, ranked by daytime temperature, rain and sunshine.