Imagine you were asked to design the ultimate picturesque European town. You might think of church spires and pastel-coloured houses, medieval arcades and cafe terraces, which you’d arrange around ...

OUTSIDE our hotel window, on the cobble-stone bridge leading across the canal, an old man in a cloth hat was playing a barrel-organ. He was not quite the real McCoy. The stuffed monkey on his shoulder ...

A beautiful little town in France is known as the "Venice of the Alps" thanks to its quaint canals and old waterfront homes. Annecy lies on the northern tip of Lake Annecy, 22 miles south of the Swiss ...