By traveling independently, you will be free to enter crowd-avoidance mode, moving against the crowds, not with them. When a tour group swarms in, traveling in its “crowd bubble,” use your flexibility to go somewhere else for now. Then return later when the crowds...

Rail travel in Europe is a delight... Smooth. Fast. Comfortable. With lovely vistas of lavender fields and cozy farmhouses... And when you reach the coast, your breath is taken away when you first see the Mediterranean...