City Guides

I love wandering Casablanca’s old medina without a guide. There’s a particular pleasure in letting your senses stitch together the city: the first whiff of frying oil from a tucked-away stall, the scrape of sandals on uneven stone, a chorus of bargaining voices, the sudden flash of cobalt tile behind a wooden door. If you want to plan a sensory walking route through the medina — one that’s safe, manageable and full of texture —...

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I wake before dawn in Porto because the city’s azulejo-clad facades have a way of changing their moods with the light — and I want to be there to photograph both. This one-day itinerary is built around two brief but magical windows: golden hour before sunset and blue hour after the sun dips. Between them I propose slow wandering, a few strategic stops for coffee and food, and a handful of lesser-known alleys where tiles surprise you. Bring a...

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