Renting may be cheaper but it can take up to a year to find a long-term home warn Berliners

After a 43 per cent rent rise in six years, Barcelona introduced — and then reversed — rent controls. Here’s what Londoners need to know about living in the city

The average monthly price of a furnished one-bedroom apartment in the trendy Portuguese capital stands at €1,296 (£1,090), over £500 cheaper than in London.

Spend at least €500,000 on property to be granted a Golden Visa to live in Spain. Plus, meet the go-getting couple who spent two years renovating their dream home in Pollensa.

You could spend a year living rent-free in Sambuca

From world-beating museums to Michelin-starred restaurants worth making a pilgrimage to, this little pocket of the city makes the perfect minibreak

Spain's capital city offers a fabulous and good-value food scene, says Cathy Hawker

Make the most of your time in one of the UK's most perfect cities, says Cathy Hawker

Turn UK Covid winter into a new experience. Now that you can, why not work from home abroad? 

Weekend in these special country hotels and return to your palazzo flat in Florence.

If beautiful coastal and country walks are your idea of staycation heaven, you are spoilt for choice

The top city centre location, beautiful classical design and attentive staff make Portrait Firenze a Florentine delight, says Cathy Hawker

The scramble is on for holiday homes in the UK. Award-winning St Mawes has both picture-perfect cottages and some of Britain's finest sailing waters.

Adventurous post-lockdown Brits are taking on UK holiday home projects from Cornwall to the Cairngorms.

Take a front row waterfront location in a much-loved Cornish seaside village, add lashings of elegant style and a deep attention to detail and you end up with The Idle Rocks