City walks
10 cities, 103 stops, all of them on foot and all of them pages we have already written. Each walk is an order, which is the part nobody sells you: what to see first so the rest of the day works, where the hill is, and where taking the tram is the sensible move rather than a defeat.
No step counts and no distances in kilometres. We have not walked these with a measuring wheel, and a number invented at a desk reads like authority and is worth nothing. What you get instead is the sequence and an honest warning about the climbs.
Prague on foot, from the older castle to the famous one
8 stopsStart at the fortress most visitors never climb, walk the embankment north, cross the river once, and finish above the bridges with the city laid out below.
Vienna inside the Ring, and two steps beyond it
9 stopsA flat, dense day: a Jugendstil clock, a baroque library, Klimt's gold, and Otto Wagner's bank, finishing with an amusement park older than most countries' constitutions.
Lisbon the easy way round: start at the top
8 stopsGet carried to the highest viewpoint, then spend the day walking down through the castle, the old lanes and the rebuilt squares to the river.
Istanbul on foot: the old peninsula, downhill to the markets
12 stopsEverything on the first hill before the crowds, then down through the palace gardens to the spice halls, up again to Sinan's mosque, and over the bridge for the last of the light.
London on foot: the abbey, the south bank, the tower, the City
12 stopsOne straight line along the Thames, crossing twice: the coronation church, the whole south bank, the fortress, and the old City with a free garden at the top of it.
Budapest on foot: down the avenue, over the river, up the hill
12 stopsStart at the top of the grand avenue, walk its whole length through Pest, cross the Danube on the old chain bridge, and ride a funicular up to the castle for the last of the light.
Dublin on foot: books, cathedrals and the river
12 stopsA flat day through the literary half of the city, down to the two medieval cathedrals, into the castle, and over the river by the narrowest bridge in town.
Copenhagen on foot: market, tower, canal, fortress
12 stopsBreakfast in a market hall, the crown jewels, a tower climbed by a ramp instead of stairs, then straight down the pedestrian spine to the harbour.
Stockholm on foot: the old island, then the view of it
10 stopsA food hall, a park, the medieval island and its palace, then across the water to the cliff walk that looks back at everything you just did.
Athens before the heat, and the museum when it arrives
8 stopsMarket at dawn, ruins in the cool, an air-conditioned museum through the worst of the afternoon, and the highest hill in the city at sunset.
Going between towns rather than around one? That is what routes are for. Travelling for something you have seen on a screen? Those are gathered on screen locations. Otherwise start from a country.