Europe Travel Destinations | Cities & Places to Visit

Athens

The birthplace of Western civilization, where ancient ruins share the skyline with rooftop bars and lively neighborhood life.

Whitewashed villages perched on volcanic cliffs above the Aegean, famous for sunsets, wine, and black-sand beaches.

Thessaloniki is Greece's vibrant second city, a waterfront capital of Byzantine churches, buzzing café culture, and some of the country's best food.

A Venetian-harbor city on Crete's northwest coast, blending Old Town alleys, turquoise beaches, and mountain day trips.

A Cycladic island known for whitewashed villages, beach clubs, and some of the Aegean's liveliest nightlife.

A sun-drenched Dodecanese island where a UNESCO medieval Old Town meets clifftop ruins, golden beaches, and easy island-hopping.

A green, Venetian-flavored Ionian island pairing a UNESCO Old Town with turquoise coves and easy day trips to Paxos and Albania.

Heraklion blends Minoan ruins and Venetian fortifications with a buzzing modern capital at the heart of Crete.

A lively Peloponnese port city with an ancient castle, Europe's largest carnival, and a waterfront gateway between Greece and Italy.

A riverside university city in Thessaly blending ancient ruins, Ottoman-era streets, and easy access to Meteora's monasteries.

A Thessaly port city below Mount Pelion, Volos blends a lively seafront tsipouro culture with easy access to mountain villages and Sporades islands.

A sun-soaked Peloponnese port city known for olives, a castle-topped old town, and easy day trips across Messenia.

A mountain-ringed lake city in Epirus known for its fortified old town, silverwork, and gateway location for Zagorochoria and Vikos Gorge.

A historic Aegean port city in northern Greece known as the 'Blue City,' with a castle-topped old town and ferries to Thassos.

A Thracian port city on the Aegean known for its landmark lighthouse and ferry link to Samothrace island.