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Issue Nº 14Autumn · Winter 2026City breaks & culture
The City Edit
Four nights, one neighbourhood, zero checklists. Our city breaks swap sightseeing sprints for long lunches, local hosts and the side streets guidebooks skip.
- p. 12Vienna after midnight
- p. 24Budapest’s ruin bars
- p. 36Rome beyond the Forum
- p. 48A long weekend in New York
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ViennaAustriaCoffeehouses at midnight, wine taverns in the vineyards and a standing-room ticket at the opera.5 nights$1,48002
BudapestHungaryThermal baths at dawn, ruin bars at night and a slow river cruise under the chain bridge.4 nights$78003
RomeItalyTrastevere trattorias, a private Vatican dawn visit and the aqueducts by bike.4 nights$89004
New YorkUSABagels in Queens, galleries in Chelsea, jazz in Harlem and a sunrise ferry past the harbour statue.4 nights$1,29005
Wadi RumJordanNot a city, but a culture trip: Bedouin camps, the rose-red streets of Petra and a sky full of stars.5 nights$1,120
ViennaAustriaCoffeehouses at midnight, wine taverns in the vineyards and a standing-room ticket at the opera.5 nights$1,48002
BudapestHungaryThermal baths at dawn, ruin bars at night and a slow river cruise under the chain bridge.4 nights$78003
RomeItalyTrastevere trattorias, a private Vatican dawn visit and the aqueducts by bike.4 nights$89004
New YorkUSABagels in Queens, galleries in Chelsea, jazz in Harlem and a sunrise ferry past the harbour statue.4 nights$1,29005
Wadi RumJordanNot a city, but a culture trip: Bedouin camps, the rose-red streets of Petra and a sky full of stars.5 nights$1,120City & culture tours
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Americas
Patagonia
Chile & Argentina
Granite towers, blue glaciers and the loudest wind you will ever love.
- Tours6
- From$2,190
- Best timeNov – Mar
Americas
New York
USA
Four boroughs, forty neighbourhoods and a bagel on every corner.
- Tours3
- From$1,290
- Best timeApr – Jun, Sep – Nov
Europe
Budapest
Hungary
Thermal baths, Danube bridges and ruin bars in old courtyards.
- Tours2
- From$780
- Best timeApr – Jun, Sep – Oct
Europe
Western Fjords
Norway
Paddle between thousand-metre walls under a sun that never quite sets.
- Tours3
- From$2,480
- Best timeJun – Aug
Europe
Dolomites
Italy
Pale peaks, mountain huts and strudel at 2,300 metres.
- Tours5
- From$2,150
- Best timeJun – Sep
Africa & Middle East
Wadi Rum
Jordan
Red sand, rock arches and the clearest night sky in the region.
- Tours2
- From$1,120
- Best timeOct – Apr
Africa & Middle East
Namib Desert
Namibia
The oldest desert on earth, with oryx on the dunes at dawn.
- Tours3
- From$2,760
- Best timeMay – Oct
Africa & Middle East
Zanzibar
Tanzania
Spice farms, dhow sunsets and a turquoise reef off every beach.
- Tours4
- From$1,990
- Best timeJun – Oct
Asia & Pacific
Tian Shan
Kyrgyzstan
Yurt camps, alpine lakes and horses that know the way home.
- Tours2
- From$1,740
- Best timeJun – Sep
Asia & Pacific
Maldives
Indian Ocean
Overwater villas above a lagoon that glows at night.
- Tours3
- From$2,890
- Best timeNov – Apr
Asia & Pacific
Kathmandu
Nepal
Pagoda temples, prayer flags and the first glimpse of the Himalaya.
- Tours2
- From$1,560
- Best timeOct – Nov, Mar – Apr
Asia & Pacific
Bali
Indonesia
Rice terraces, temple ceremonies and a hammock waiting on the coast.
- Tours4
- From$1,650
- Best timeApr – Oct
A city break shouldn’t need a holiday to recover from. We plan fewer sights and more long lunches.
Nadia Farouk · Head of City Trips, WanderaReaders write
Letters to the editor
★★★★★
“The late-night coffeehouse and wine tavern tour was worth the flight. Small group, candlelit cellars, and a guide who treated us like cousins visiting from abroad.”
★★★★★
“I travel solo and was nervous about a group. By day two we were sharing lemons and stories along the cliff paths like old friends.”
★★★★★
“We asked for a honeymoon with no crowds and no schedules. Wandera found us a lagoon, a hammock and a cook called Ibrahim.”
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