Michael Portillo's Long Weekends

In the Spanish capital: spies in hotel bars, delicate suckling pig and exquisite seafood.

Michael explores historic Prague, from the castle to St Vitus Cathedral.

Michael explores Italy's capital of fashion, design and industry.

Michael spends a packed weekend on the stunning island of Sicily, dining with a Duchess, toasting a Hollywood legend and investigating the island's murderous links to the Mafia.

In the captivating capital, Michael embraces the sea-faring spirit of the great navigators, savours quirky and fiery cuisine and loses himself in melancholic folk music.

Michael spends a midwinter weekend in the Swedish capital, helping prepare the Royal Palace for a state visit, helps a group of ice divers trawling the city's seabed for rubbish and visits Stockholm Cathedral.