September 26, 2025

Seven of Europe’s last primeval and ancient forests that travellers can actually walk in, from Białowieża and Perućica to the UNESCO beechwoods of Germany, Austria, Romania and Slovakia, with notes on which need a guide.

Eight places where Europe’s old hot springs still feed working baths, from an Ottoman dome in Budapest and a 19th-century Roman-Irish ritual in Baden-Baden to Alpine pools and free riverside springs in Galicia.