Image Sources

Every image used, with author, license and source. AI-generated visuals are labelled accordingly.

AI-generated8 images
Sunlit southern-European old-town square at golden hour with historic arcaded buildings, a pavement café, a church tower and a railway station with trains on the right; young travellers with backpacks stroll across the cobblestonesAI visual
AI-generated (Google Gemini)AI-generated, Google GeminiUsed in: City-Break Secrets Off the Tourist Trail 2026
Modern train with warmly lit windows stopped at a platform at night under a starry sky, with station clocks, departure boards, waiting travellers and an illuminated city skyline in the backgroundAI visual
AI-generated (Google Gemini)AI-generated, Google GeminiUsed in: Night Trains Across Europe 2026: Routes, Booking, Tips
Illuminated wooden chalet on a snowy mountain ridge at dusk, surrounded by fairy-lit fir trees, with snow-capped peaks and a misty valley in the backgroundAI visual
AI-generated (Google Gemini)AI-generated, Google GeminiUsed in: Where to Go over Christmas and New Year 2026
Wintry Christmas-market scene at dusk: a steam locomotive passes snow-covered market stalls with fairy lights, mulled-wine and craft booths, a decorated Christmas tree, people in winter coats and an illuminated mountain village with a church spire in the backgroundAI visual
AI-generated (Google Gemini)AI-generated, Google GeminiUsed in: The Loveliest Christmas Markets by Rail in 2026
A wide, calm snow-covered high-mountain landscape in pink evening light, with two lone skiers on empty slopes, snow-capped mountain ranges and a gondola lift at the right edgeAI visual
AI-generated (Google Gemini)AI-generated, Google GeminiUsed in: Snow-Sure & Crowd-Free: Small Ski Resorts for 2026
Split illustration: on the left a warm, crowded old-town street packed with people, on the right a calm blue riverside city with a high-speed train; between them a map of Europe with rail connections, a compass and euro symbolsAI visual
AI-generated (Google Gemini)AI-generated, Google GeminiUsed in: Dupe Destinations 2026: Cheaper Alternatives to Hotspots
Hiker with a backpack looking over a cool fjord valley with snow-capped mountains; a train winds along the river belowAI visual
AI-generated (Google Gemini)AI-generated, Google GeminiUsed in: Coolcationing 2026: Cool Destinations to Escape the Heat
A group of people on a ridge watching a total solar eclipse with a bright corona above a vast landscape at duskAI visual
AI-generated (Google Gemini)AI-generated, Google GeminiUsed in: Solar Eclipse 2026 Spain: Where to Watch & Stay