Instead of the travel hotlist we usually launch in January, writers across Europe pick the local spots they long to go back to when things open up

A stroll and a gourmet treat by the river at Amarante
My go-to place for escape is the mountains. In normal times, I’d make a beeline for the granite-strewn plateaux of Serra da Estrela or the wooded slopes of Gerês. But the ups and downs of lockdown have left me craving something a little less wild. I feel a need for repose, not action.

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