Paris is best taken in arrondissements, not landmarks - pick two a day and let coffee, bridges and bookshops carry you between them.
01 The Marais and the Seine
Begin in Le Marais - courtyards, falafel queues at L'As, and the Place des Vosges, the city's oldest square. Walk down to the Seine and follow it east as the bouquinistes are opening their green boxes of old books.
02 Saint-Germain and the long lunch
Cross to the Left Bank for Saint-Germain-des-Pres - Cafe de Flore for people-watching, then a small bistro lunch with a half-bottle of Loire white. Afternoons here are non-negotiable.
Paris is not a checklist. It is a tempo.
03 Montmartre after the crowds
Go up to Sacre-Coeur after 9pm in summer - the steps clear, the city lights spread out below, and the buskers play softer once the cameras are gone.
Venice
8 min
Zurich
6 min
Budapest
7 min
Vienna
7 min
Skopje
6 min