Europe Travel Destinations | Cities & Places to Visit

Liberec

A North Bohemian city crowned by the space-age Ještěd Tower, blending 19th-century architecture with mountain hiking and skiing at the city's edge.

Piatra Neamţ

A Moldavian city cradled by the Carpathians, where a cable car climbs straight from downtown into the mountains above.

Erlangen

A Baroque university town north of Nuremberg, built around a Margrave's palace and famous for hosting one of Germany's oldest beer festivals.

Limerick

Ireland's Treaty City on the River Shannon, mixing medieval castles, Georgian streets, and a gateway to the Wild Atlantic Way.

Venlo

A Dutch-German border city on the Maas River, blending medieval streets, riverside shopping, and easy access to Limburg's countryside.

Novara

A historic Piedmont crossroads city near Milan and Turin, known for its towering basilica dome, rice fields, and Alto Piemonte wines.

Orsha

A quiet Belarusian rail hub on the Dnieper, known for its 17th-century Jesuit Collegium, wartime memorials, and unhurried riverside charm.

Orihuela

A historic Valencian city with a monumental old town, huerta farmland, and its own stretch of Costa Blanca beaches to the east.

Elbasan

A historic central Albanian city built around a 15th-century castle, known as the birthplace of tavë kosi and a launchpad toward Ohrid and Berat.

Como

A historic lakeside city in Lombardy and the natural gateway to Lake Como's villas, ferries, and mountain-backed shoreline towns.

Saint-Malo

A fortified Breton harbor town where centuries-old sea walls, Europe's biggest tides, and Channel ferry links meet.

Ajaccio

Corsica's laid-back capital, where Napoleon's birthplace, a walled old town, and gulf beaches all sit within easy walking distance.

Passau

A Bavarian river town on the Austrian border, built where three rivers converge beneath a Baroque old town and a hilltop fortress.

Zamość

A perfectly planned 16th-century Renaissance town near Poland's eastern border, built around a grand arcaded square and still-standing fortress walls.

Caserta

A Campania city built around an 18th-century royal palace meant to rival Versailles, with cascading gardens and a medieval hilltop old town nearby.

Świdnica

A Silesian town built around the world's largest timber-framed church, with a Baroque old town and a brewing history once famous across Europe.

Gniezno

The cradle of the Polish state, where a Romanesque cathedral and a nearby lake island mark the country's earliest history and first baptism.

Tarnowskie Góry

A Silesian mining town near Katowice where you can ride a boat through a 500-year-old UNESCO-listed underground silver mine.

Olomouc

A university city in Moravia with a UNESCO baroque column, a socialist-era astronomical clock, and the Czech Republic's second-largest historic center.

Treviso

A canal-laced Veneto city near Venice, birthplace of tiramisù and gateway to the Prosecco wine hills.