Where to stay in Europe

Five districts, one ring: where you sleep decides how imperial the trip feels.

A town you cross on foot in twenty minutes, where the area you sleep in still changes the whole trip.

Inside the walls or a bus ride out: where you sleep decides how much of Dubrovnik you fight the cruise crowds for.

Which bank of the Vltava you sleep on still decides the trip.

Five very different quarters, one bike ride apart: pick right and the trip follows.

Paris is too big to cross on foot, so the arrondissement you book decides how much of each day goes to the metro.

A compact capital split by the Liffey, where the bank and the street you sleep on set the tone for the whole trip.

A walled old town, a whole Art Nouveau quarter and a market in Zeppelin hangars, five bases that each tell a different Riga story.

Five very different rings around one canal belt, and your address decides which Amsterdam you get.

A compact fjord-side capital where the neighborhood you pick decides between waterfront landmarks and forest quiet.

A city stacked on two riverbanks, where which side and which hill you sleep on changes the whole trip.

Steep lanes or flat streets: where you sleep decides how much of Granada you climb.

Where you sleep decides whether your Barcelona runs on gothic lanes, Gaudi's grid or the sand.