Messina to Maastricht: the modest European towns that marked the road to Brexit

As Britain embarks on its solo journey, we celebrate the places put on the map by the UK's rocky relationship with Europe

Ioannina is no Mykonos. A city on the northern Greek mainland near the border with Albania, it is landlocked and rarely on any tourist trail. As far as guidebook mentions go, it's silverwork, feta cheese and local spring water.

But back in spring 1994 it burst on to front pages across Europe, seizing the minds of politicians. Ioannina joined the ranks of little-known European cities to host a European summit and become a household name for a fortnight.