Culture Trails

Hemingway’s Paris, Finnish saunas, Renaissance Florence: from art and music to literature and cinema, there’s something for everyone in this follow-up to Wine Trails and Food Trails. We present ideas and itineraries for 52 weekends of culture heaven, packed with expert recommendations, maps and advice on how to get there and where to stay. 


We’ve searched the globe to find 52 cultural enclaves where the arts have had a profound, lasting impact and local culture is being protected and nurtured; where old customs hold true and new ones are being forged; and where the past is melding with the future in fascinating ways. 


Highlights include:


Aboriginal art in Australia’s Northern Territory

On a classical high in Vienna

Confronting Soviet ghosts in Bulgaria

Exploring a Latin American literary legacy

Myths & legends of old Hong Kong

Discovering Havana’s music scene

Copenhagen’s design and urban environment

Oxford’s storytellers

Ancient religion of Ethiopia

Finnish sauna culture

Picasso on the Riviera 

Walking in the footsteps of Vikings

Rajasthan’s open-air art galleries

Medici Florence

Bob Marley reggae trail

Taiwanese folklore reimagined

Vintage Hollywood

Deep South blues trail


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