Europe Travel Destinations | Cities & Places to Visit

Waterford

Ireland's oldest city, founded by Vikings in 914 AD, blending medieval streets, crystal craftsmanship, and a scenic River Suir waterfront.

České Budějovice

South Bohemia's largest city, founded in 1265, known for its arcaded main square, original Budweiser beer, and riverside setting.

Zlín

An eastern Moravian city reshaped in the 1920s and 30s by the Baťa shoe empire into a landmark of functionalist industrial architecture.

Sandefjord

A former whaling capital on the Oslofjord where Viking history, a 19th-century spa legacy, and 146 kilometers of coastline meet.

Tønsberg

Norway's oldest town, founded in the Viking Age, with a fortress-topped hill, harbor Viking shipyard, and an island-studded coastline nearby.

Nikšić

Montenegro's second-largest city, built around a Roman-era fortress and known today for its beer, lakes, and radial 19th-century streets.

Osijek

A baroque fortress city on the Drava River and the cultural heart of Croatia's Slavonia region.

Ancona

A hilltop port city on Italy's Adriatic coast, blending Roman ruins, cliff walks, and gateway access to the Conero coastline.

Udine

A refined northern Italian city of Venetian squares, hilltop castle views, and Friulian food and wine.

Cremona

A Lombard river city renowned as the birthplace of the violin and home to Europe's tallest brick bell tower.

Pavia

A riverside university town in Lombardy known for its covered bridge, ancient university, and nearby Renaissance monastery.

Pesaro

A beach resort and Renaissance town on Italy's Adriatic coast, and the birthplace of composer Gioachino Rossini.

Fano

A quietly historic Adriatic beach town in Marche, built on Roman ruins and known for its seafood and its centuries-old carnival.

Grosseto

A walled Tuscan city at the heart of the wild Maremma, close to beaches, hot springs, and Etruscan ruins yet still off the main tourist trail.

Savona

A working Ligurian port city with medieval towers, papal history, and easy access to the Riviera's beaches and hill towns.

Trapani

A western Sicilian port city of salt pans, Baroque churches, and ferries to the Egadi Islands, with a distinctly Arab-Norman flavor all its own.

Ragusa

A UNESCO Baroque hill city split between historic Ragusa Ibla and modern Ragusa Superiore, with standout food and easy access to southeast Sicily.

Vittoria

A young Baroque wine town in southeastern Sicily, founded in 1607, known for Cerasuolo di Vittoria DOCG and its seaside frazione of Scoglitti.

Benevento

An inland Campania city built on Roman, Samnite, and Lombard history, famous for the Arch of Trajan and its witch legends.

Lido di Ostia

Rome's official beach neighborhood on the Tyrrhenian coast, with long sandy shores, Art Nouveau buildings, and the ancient port city of Ostia Antica nearby.