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The most popular tourist destination in the world, Western Europe offers as many unique journeys as it has travelers to take them. Some things never change: aspiring writers still spin impassioned romances in Parisian garrets; a cool glass of sangria in the Plaza Mayor tastes as sweet as ever; and iconic treasures, from the inside-out architecture of the Pompidou Centre to the hulking slabs of Stonehenge, continue to inspire wonder in new generations of wayfarers.

Against this ancient backdrop, a freshly costumed continent takes the stage. As the European Union has expanded from a small clique of Atlantic nations trading coal and steel to a 25-member commonwealth with a parliament and a central bank, suddenly Amsterdam and Berlin are competing with Budapest and Kraków for the world’s attention. Still, “Old Europe’s” niche as a cultural destination has been aided by the proliferation of small European airlines, which have cleared the way for a new era of budget globetrotting. Whether you’re aiming to commune with Portuguese vintners as they till their soil the old-fashioned way or writhe to the space-age beats dropped by a Copenhagen DJ, Let’s Go: Western Europe 2007 has the tips you need to navigate Western Europe on the cheap and in style.