Italy’s sleeping beauty: 400-year-old castle near Venice brought back to life
Close to Padua and less than an hour’s train ride from Venice, Castello del Catajo is an enormous newly-restored medieval fantasy with, so far, few foreign visitors
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Ian Kelly on Venice: ‘Casanova’s story takes you to the city’s best views’
The Casanova biographer, whose work has inspired a new ballet, finds plenty of traces of the 18th-century lothario amid the city’s canals, bars and alleyways
10 of the world’s epic train journeys
Whether gliding through the Rockies or labouring up the Andes, our pick of spectacular railway trips gets a green light for all budgets
Searching for signs of the Soviets in St Petersburg
Built from scratch by the tsars, imperial St Petersburg was at the epicentre of the Russian Revolution. Harriet Green scours its streets for Lenin’s legacy
Modernism on the coast: Le Corbusier and Eileen Gray shine at Cap Moderne
A peninsula near Monaco is home to an array of modernist architecture, including houses by two stars of the scene, and a revamped visitor centre is helping to show it all in the best light
Driven to distraction: the Norway road trip where cool design meets dramatic scenery
Norway’s roadside architecture project, part of its National Tourist Routes, has led to the creation of bridges and viewing platforms that make every journey a tour de force – and more new designs are on the horizon