Bohemian Rhapsody

Central Europe contains some of the most layered histories on the continent, and this 15-day arc through Poland, Hungary, Austria, Czech Republic, and Germany moves through that history at a pace that lets it actually land. The itinerary follows a logical geographic sweep — from the medieval courtyards of Cracow to the cafés of Vienna, the baroque corners of Cesky Krumlov, the Gothic-and-Cold-War contrasts of Prague, and finally the raw, still-processing memory work of Berlin — making the through-line clear: how did Central Europe get from empire to iron curtain to the present? Every city in this itinerary offers a different piece of that answer.