Explore Europe Attractions

Discover iconic landmarks, historic sites, and incredible attractions across Europe.

Michael’s Gate

Bratislava's last surviving medieval town gate, topped by a Baroque tower and a statue of St Michael, at the entrance to Michalská street.

Bratislava's Gothic coronation cathedral, topped by a gilded crown replica and home to Donner's lead statue of St Martin.

The historic heart of Bratislava's Old Town, where the Roland Fountain, a Gothic town hall and lively café terraces share one pedestrian square.

A pastel-blue Art Nouveau church in Bratislava's Old Town, famed for its glazed blue roof, ceramic details and fairy-tale look.

A monumental hilltop memorial and military cemetery above Bratislava's Old Town, with a towering obelisk and some of the city's best panoramic views.

An elegant pink neoclassical palace in Bratislava's Old Town, home to the Hall of Mirrors, rare Mortlake tapestries and the mayor's office.

A cliff-top ruin at the meeting of the Danube and Morava rivers, with Roman, Great Moravian and medieval layers and sweeping river views.

A flying-saucer-shaped viewpoint 95 meters above the Danube, perched on the SNP Bridge pylon with sweeping views of Bratislava and beyond.

An elegant 18th-century Rococo palace on Hodžovo Square, now Slovakia's presidential residence, with a peaceful public garden behind it.

A tree-lined pedestrian square in Bratislava's Old Town, known for its theatre, fountains, literary monument and lively café terraces.

Slovakia's leading art gallery combines centuries of visual culture with a striking architectural complex beside the Danube in Bratislava.

Explore Bratislava's past inside its historic Old Town Hall, from council rooms and city collections to a panoramic tower.

A lively stretch of Bratislava's Danube with scenic promenades, bridges, green spaces, cafés and views of the castle and Old Town.

Sofia's golden-domed Neo-Byzantine cathedral, a national memorial to Bulgaria's liberation, with a crypt museum of sacred icons.

Sofia's UNESCO-listed medieval church, famed for 13th-century frescoes of striking realism, set in a quiet park below Vitosha.

Sofia's dome-shaped city mountain and the Balkans' first nature park, with hiking, skiing, stone rivers and views from Cherni Vrah.

Sofia's oldest surviving building, a 4th-century red-brick rotunda hidden in a courtyard among Roman ruins and medieval frescoes.

The 6th-century red-brick basilica that gave Sofia its name, standing above an underground museum of Roman tombs and early churches.

Southeast Europe's largest congress and culture centre, a 1981 landmark of concerts, public art and fountains at the end of Vitosha Boulevard.

Sofia's famous Vitoshka: a lively promenade of shops, cafes and interwar landmarks with Vitosha Mountain rising at the far end.