Destinations
Four places we have spent real time in. What they are, what to do with a week, and which hotels are worth the money.

Lake Como
A glacial trench in the Alps' foothills, ringed by villas and ferries, twelve minutes from Milan.
5 hotels tracked · from CHF 133 a night

Baden-Baden
A Roman spa that became the summer capital of nineteenth-century Europe, with the Black Forest behind it.
3 hotels tracked · from CHF 151 a night

Gran Canaria
A continent in miniature — Saharan dunes in the south, cloud forest in the north, a volcano in between.
5 hotels tracked · from CHF 143 a night

Lausanne
A Gothic cathedral on a ridge, Byron on the waterfront, and UNESCO vineyards along the shore.
5 hotels tracked · from CHF 173 a night
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