🇪🇺 United Kingdom
Weekend Getaways from London
Escape the hustle and bustle of London with these top weekend getaways, including Brighton, Oxford, Cambridge, Bath, and Canterbury.
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August 16, 2026All Articles
Weekend Trips🌎 Portland
Weekends From Boston: Cape, Coast and the White Mountains
New England is small enough that Boston reaches beaches, mountains and three other states inside two hours.
Weekend Trip Editorial
August 16, 2026
City Breaks🇪🇺 Rome
Rome for the Second Time: What to Do Once the List Is Done
A second Rome weekend is better than the first, because everything that has to be booked has already been seen.
Weekend Trip Editorial
August 16, 2026
Romantic Weekends🇪🇺 Lisbon
Lisbon for Two: Viewpoints, Fado and the Slow Evening
Lisbon's best hours for two people are early morning and late evening, and almost all of them cost nothing.
Weekend Trip Editorial
August 16, 2026
Family Weekends🇪🇺 Barcelona
Barcelona With Children on a Short Trip
Barcelona's famous sights involve queues and timed slots, and the parts children actually enjoy mostly need neither.
Weekend Trip Editorial
August 16, 2026
Budget Weekends🌏 Bangkok
A Bangkok Weekend for Under €200
Two nights in Bangkok including accommodation, food, transport and sightseeing fits inside €200 without cutting anything.
Weekend Trip Editorial
August 16, 2026
Weekend Trips🇪🇺 Paris
Paris in 48 Hours on a Budget
Paris has a reputation for being expensive and gives away more than almost any European capital if you know where.
Weekend Trip Editorial
August 16, 2026
Weekend Trips🇪🇺 Bruges
Two People, One Weekend: What Actually Makes It Work
A weekend for two fails on logistics more often than on the destination, and a few structural choices fix most of it.
Weekend Trip Editorial
August 16, 2026
Weekend Trips🇪🇺 Bath
Weekends From London: What the Railway Still Reaches
Britain's rail network makes car-free weekends unusually easy, and advance fares make them unusually cheap if booked in time.
Weekend Trip Editorial
August 15, 2026
Weekend Trips🇪🇺 Porto
The European Weekend: Which Cities Are Worth the Flight
A European weekend is decided by the airport transfer as much as the city, and cheap flights into distant airports rarely pay off.
Weekend Trip Editorial
August 15, 2026