Barcelona
Sagrada Familia
Gaudi's basilica, under construction since 1882 and still unfinished.
About 2 hours
Things to do
Things to do
Attractions, museums and landmarks worth the time, with notes on booking ahead and when to arrive.
Rome
The Colosseum
The largest amphitheatre ever built, completed in AD 80 under the emperor Titus.
About 2 hours
Paris
The Louvre
The largest art museum in the world, in a former royal palace on the Right Bank.
About 3 hours
Paris
Musee d Orsay
Impressionist and post-Impressionist collections in a converted Beaux-Arts railway station.
About 2 hours
Tokyo
Senso-ji
Tokyo's oldest temple, founded in 645, at the end of the Nakamise shopping street in Asakusa.
About an hour
Rome
Vatican Museums
Papal collections spanning classical sculpture to the Sistine Chapel ceiling.
About 3 hours