The 100 is a double-decker bus, so race upstairs to nab the front seat and you’ll have a grandstand view of the sights as they unfold before you. The bus goes past the Berliner Dom and Museum Island to reach Unter den Linden and the Reichstag, before taking in Bellevue Palace, the Victory Column and KaDeWe – the largest department store on the European mainland – and arriving at the Zoological Gardens, with its extraordinary Elephant Gate. The odyssey begins in Alexanderplatz beside the 368m television tower, completed in 1969, that remains Germany’s tallest building. A ticket costs €2.90 and provides a 30-minute whistlestop tour of a guidebook’s worth of attractions. Photograph: agefotostock/Alamyīerlin’s 100 bus not only offers a grand tour of the German capital’s most historic sights, it’s also a little piece of history in itself: after reunification this route was the first to cross the city’s east/west border. See Berliner Dom and Museum Island from the 100 bus. For routes and schedules visit Across Paris If you haven’t had your fill of sea views, hop on the 5120 bus, which will carry you eastwards from Amalfi to the old Norman capital of Salerno for €2.60. Your trip takes about 90 minutes and ends at Amalfi, with its cheerful little beach and houses apparently stacked on top of one another. The 5070 bus travels along the coast from Sorrento – cue views of Vesuvius and the Isle of Capri – and takes in Positano, a town that drapes itself over the rocks like a piece of multicoloured seaweed. All of it can be yours for €3.10 (buy your Corsa Singola ticket in a tabacchi shop before boarding). The coastline’s rocky landscape and biodiversity have led to it being designated a Unesco world heritage site. Fellini, Rossellini and numerous other film directors have rolled their cameras here, and movie stars have sipped cocktails on terraces high above the waves. Its cliffs overlook the Tyrrhenian Sea, and the picturesque towns and villages that cling to them have proved a magnet for the fashionable set. The Amalfi coast, south-east of Naples, has long been swooned over for its beauty, sense of romance and all-round chicness. Positano, on the Sorrento-Amalfi bus route.
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