RAKPhoto: Baca12 · CC BY-SA 4.0Marrakech
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The souks and the Jemaa el-Fnaa square of the medina, riad courtyards, and the Atlas Mountains on the horizon.
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RAKPhoto: Baca12 · CC BY-SA 4.0Morocco
The souks and the Jemaa el-Fnaa square of the medina, riad courtyards, and the Atlas Mountains on the horizon.
SSHPhoto: Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 4.0Egypt
Red Sea reefs in Ras Mohammed National Park and reliable winter sunshine.
HRGPhoto: 1stTam3r · CC BY-SA 4.0Egypt
Red Sea resort known for coral reefs, snorkelling and diving, with warm sun through the winter.
SVQPhoto: Carlos Delgado · CC BY-SA 4.0Spain
The Alcázar palace, a vast Gothic cathedral, and flamenco in the lanes of Triana and Santa Cruz.
BJVPhoto: Serhio Magpie · CC BY 4.0Turkey
A crusader castle above a busy marina, white houses on the hills and boat trips around the peninsula.
CTAPhoto: Cayambe · CC BY-SA 4.0Italy
A baroque city of black lava stone at the foot of Mount Etna, Europe's tallest active volcano.
FEZPhoto: Petar Milošević · CC BY-SA 4.0Morocco
The world's largest car-free urban area: the ancient medina of Fes el Bali and its tanneries.
AYTPhoto: Bernard Gagnon · CC BY-SA 3.0Turkey
A Roman-walled old harbour town backed by the Taurus Mountains, with long beaches either side of the city.
ATHPhoto: A.Savin · CC BY-SA 3.0Greece
The Acropolis above the city, the Plaka's tavernas, and ferries from Piraeus to the islands.
RMUPhoto: nesimo · CC BY-SA 2.0Spain
The airport for the Mar Menor lagoon and the Costa Cálida, with plenty of golf resorts nearby.
XRYPhoto: CEphoto, Uwe Aranas · CC BY-SA 3.0Spain
The home of sherry and Andalusian horse shows, close to Cádiz and the Costa de la Luz.
DLMPhoto: Dosseman · CC BY-SA 4.0Turkey
The airport for Turkey's Lycian coast: Dalyan's rock tombs, Ölüdeniz lagoon and the marinas of Fethiye and Göcek.
TGDPhoto: Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 3.0Montenegro
Montenegro's capital, close to Lake Skadar and the mountains of the north.
ADBPhoto: Benh LIEU SONG · CC BY-SA 3.0Turkey
Turkey's third city, close to the ancient city of Ephesus and the beach resorts of Çeşme.
SMIPhoto: Pe-sa · CC BY-SA 3.0Greece
A green, mountainous island, the birthplace of Pythagoras, with its own sweet wine.
LCAPhoto: Michal Klajban · CC BY-SA 4.0Cyprus
A palm-lined seafront, the church of Saint Lazarus, and pink flamingos on the salt lake in winter.
MADPhoto: Carlos Delgado · CC BY-SA 3.0Spain
The Prado, the Retiro park, late dinners and tapas bars that stay busy past midnight.
ZAZPhoto: Willtron · CC BY-SA 3.0Spain
The baroque Basílica del Pilar, the Moorish Aljafería palace and tapas in El Tubo.
CIAPhoto: Diliff · CC BY 3.0Italy
The Colosseum, the Pantheon, Vatican City and trattorias down every side street.
SKGPhoto: Ymblanter · CC BY-SA 4.0Greece
A lively waterfront with the White Tower, Byzantine churches, and the beaches of Halkidiki to the south.
TIAPhoto: Pudelek · CC BY-SA 4.0Albania
Brightly painted buildings, the Bunk'Art museums in Cold War bunkers, and the cable car up Dajti mountain.
AHOPhoto: Holger Uwe Schmitt · CC BY-SA 4.0Italy
A walled seaside town with Catalan roots and the sea caves of Neptune's Grotto nearby.
CAGPhoto: Martin Kraft · CC BY-SA 3.0 deItaly
Sardinia's capital, with a hilltop old quarter, the long Poetto beach and flamingos on the lagoons.
PMFPhoto: Filippo Aneli · CC BY 3.0Italy
Home of Parmesan and Parma ham, with a Romanesque cathedral and an opera tradition.
FNIPhoto: Benh LIEU SONG (Flickr) · CC BY-SA 3.0France
A Roman arena, the Maison Carrée temple and the Pont du Gard aqueduct nearby.
MLAPhoto: Marie-Lan Nguyen · CC BY 2.5Malta
Valletta's honey-coloured fortress city, prehistoric temples and clear water for diving and boat trips to Gozo and Comino.
BLQPhoto: Ingo Mehling · CC BY-SA 4.0Italy
Porticoed streets, Europe's oldest university and the food capital of Italy: mortadella, tortellini and ragù.
PDVPhoto: MrPanyGoff · CC BY-SA 3.0Bulgaria
One of Europe's oldest cities, with a Roman theatre still in use and a cobbled old town.
OLBPhoto: Ramagliolo9 · CC BY-SA 4.0Italy
The airport for Sardinia's Costa Smeralda and the islands of the La Maddalena archipelago.
KLXPhoto: Ppso · CC BY-SA 4.0Greece
The airport for the Peloponnese: olive groves, the Mani peninsula and the ancient sites of Messene.
CFUPhoto: Martin Falbisoner · CC BY-SA 4.0Greece
Venetian-built Corfu Town, olive-covered hills and turquoise bays on the north-west coast.
AGPPhoto: Ввласенко · CC BY-SA 3.0Spain
Picasso's home town: a Moorish fortress above the port, tapas bars below, and a city beach a short walk from the centre.
SPUPhoto: Bernard Gagnon · CC BY-SA 4.0Croatia
A city built inside the walls of a Roman emperor's palace, with ferries to Hvar and Brač.
MJTPhoto: Rosa-Maria Rinkl · CC BY-SA 4.0Greece
Greece's third-largest island: olive groves, ouzo from Plomari and the castle town of Molyvos.
BZRPhoto: Christian Ferrer · CC BY-SA 4.0France
A hilltop cathedral town on the Canal du Midi, with the beaches of Cap d'Agde nearby.
PMOPhoto: Berthold Werner · CC BY-SA 4.0Italy
Street food markets, Arab-Norman churches and the beach at Mondello.
RHOPhoto: Ввласенко · CC BY-SA 3.0Greece
A medieval walled old town, one of the best preserved in Europe, and the clifftop village of Lindos with its acropolis.
REGPhoto: Benjamin Smith · CC BY-SA 4.0Italy
On the toe of Italy facing Sicily, with the bronze Riace Warriors in its museum.
ALCPhoto: Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 3.0Spain
A palm-lined seafront under the hilltop Santa Bárbara castle, with long city beaches and an old quarter of narrow streets.
FRLPhoto: Zairon · CC BY-SA 4.0Italy
A small airport for Emilia-Romagna, close to Ravenna's Byzantine mosaics and the Rimini coast.
MRSPhoto: Ingo Mehling · CC BY-SA 3.0France
France's oldest city: the Old Port, the hilltop basilica, and the limestone inlets of the Calanques.
MXPPhoto: Steffen Schmitz · CC BY-SA 4.0Italy
The Duomo and its rooftop terraces, Leonardo's Last Supper and the shops of the Quadrilatero. Lake Como is an hour away by train.
ZTHPhoto: kallerna · CC BY-SA 4.0Greece
Navagio Bay's shipwreck beach and loggerhead turtles nesting on the south coast.
NBEPhoto: Sharon Hahn Darlin · CC BY 2.0Tunisia
Enfidha airport serves Tunisia's resort coast, from Hammamet's beaches to Sousse's walled medina.
BRIPhoto: Benjamin Smith · CC BY-SA 4.0Italy
A maze-like old town on the sea, and the gateway to Puglia's trulli houses and Polignano a Mare.
GROPhoto: Richard Mortel from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia · CC BY 2.0Spain
A medieval old town with a Jewish quarter and riverside houses, and the airport for the Costa Brava's beaches.
PEGPhoto: Luca Vanzella · CC BY-SA 2.0Italy
A hilltop university city in Umbria, close to Assisi and famous for its chocolate festival.
CHQPhoto: Ввласенко · CC BY-SA 3.0Greece
A Venetian harbour and lighthouse, the Samaria Gorge walk, and the pink-sand beach at Elafonisi.
LEIPhoto: Jebulon · CC0Spain
A Moorish Alcazaba, desert landscapes where spaghetti westerns were filmed, and the Cabo de Gata nature park.
CDTPhoto: Fernando Pascullo · CC BY-SA 4.0Spain
The airport for the Costa del Azahar, with beaches at Benicàssim and Peñíscola's castle town.
KGSPhoto: RBerteig · CC BY 2.0Greece
Flat and easy for cycling, with the Asklepion ruins, long beaches and boats to nearby islands.
NAPPhoto: PaestumPaestum · CC BY-SA 4.0Italy
The home of pizza, with Pompeii, Vesuvius and boats to Capri all within reach.
OTPPhoto: Ștefan Jurcă from Munich, Germany · CC BY 2.0Romania
The Palace of the Parliament, one of the largest buildings in the world, and the lanes of the old town.
PFOPhoto: Alexey V. Kurochkin · CC BY-SA 4.0Cyprus
Roman mosaics, the Tombs of the Kings, and Aphrodite's Rock along the coast road. One of the warmest places on this list.
VRNPhoto: Ввласенко · CC BY-SA 3.0Italy
A Roman arena that still hosts opera, Juliet's balcony, and Lake Garda about half an hour away.
TPSPhoto: Renato Raimondo · CC BY-SA 3.0Italy
Salt pans and windmills, the hilltop town of Erice and boats to the Egadi Islands.
JTRPhoto: Giles Laurent · CC BY-SA 4.0Greece
White villages on the rim of a flooded volcanic caldera, with famous sunsets at Oia.
KVAPhoto: Neptuul · CC BY-SA 4.0Greece
A harbour town under a Byzantine castle, with ferries to green, marble-white Thassos.
PSAPhoto: MHoser · CC BY-SA 4.0Italy
The Leaning Tower and the Field of Miracles, and the easiest airport for Florence and Lucca.
VLCPhoto: Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 3.0Spain
The futuristic City of Arts and Sciences, the home of paella, and city beaches along the Mediterranean.
REUPhoto: Andy C · CC BY 3.0Spain
The airport for the Costa Dorada: the beaches of Salou, PortAventura theme park and Roman Tarragona.
IBZPhoto: Vicenç Salvador Torres Guerola · CC BY-SA 3.0Spain
Famous for its clubs, but also a UNESCO-listed old town, Dalt Vila, and quiet coves in the north.
PMIPhoto: Friedrich Haag · CC BY-SA 4.0Spain
The largest Balearic island: Palma's Gothic cathedral, the Serra de Tramuntana mountains and hundreds of coves.
AOIPhoto: Terragio67 · CC BY-SA 4.0Italy
A port city on the Adriatic and the gateway to the Marche region's hill towns and the Conero coast.
BGYPhoto: Ввласенко · CC BY-SA 3.0Italy
A walled hilltop old town reached by funicular, close to Lake Como and Lake Iseo. Many fly here for Milan.
BDSPhoto: Freddyballo · CC BY-SA 3.0Italy
The airport for Puglia's Salento, with Baroque Lecce and the beaches of the heel of Italy.
EFLPhoto: Tony Hisgett from Birmingham, UK · CC BY 2.0Greece
The largest Ionian island: Myrtos beach, the Melissani cave lake and the setting of Captain Corelli's Mandolin.
PGFPhoto: Palauenc05 · CC BY-SA 4.0France
A Catalan-French city near the beaches of the Côte Vermeille and the Pyrenees.
FAOPhoto: Hugo Ferreira · CC BY-SA 4.0Portugal
A walled old town beside the Ria Formosa lagoon, and the gateway to the Algarve's cliffs and coves.
RJKPhoto: Berthold Werner · CC BY-SA 3.0Croatia
The airport for Croatia's Kvarner Gulf, including the island of Krk and the resort of Opatija.
RMIPhoto: Terragio67 · CC BY-SA 4.0Italy
Italy's best-known beach resort, with Roman monuments in the old centre and San Marino nearby.
TRSPhoto: Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 4.0Italy
A grand Habsburg port city on the edge of Italy, famous for its coffee houses.
SUFPhoto: Benjamin Smith · CC BY-SA 4.0Italy
The airport for Calabria and the clifftop town of Tropea above clear blue water.
TRNPhoto: Abbrey82 · CC BY-SA 4.0Italy
Baroque arcades, the Egyptian Museum and the Alps on the skyline. The birthplace of Fiat and of chocolate hazelnut spread.
MAHPhoto: Paul Stephenson · CC BY 2.0Spain
Quieter than its Balearic neighbours, with a coast of small coves and a whole island that's a UNESCO biosphere reserve.
CCFPhoto: Lynx1211 · CC BY-SA 4.0France
A fairytale fortified city with 52 towers and a double ring of medieval walls.
TFSPhoto: Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 3.0Spain
The biggest Canary Island, with Mount Teide, Spain's highest peak, above the resorts of the sunny south coast.
BOJPhoto: Alicia Fagerving · CC BY-SA 3.0Bulgaria
The airport for Bulgaria's Black Sea resorts, including Sunny Beach and old Nesebar.
ACEPhoto: Luis Miguel Bugallo Sánchez (Lmbuga) · CC BY-SA 3.0Spain
Black lava fields and red volcanic cones in Timanfaya National Park, with low whitewashed villages in between.
VCEPhoto: This Photo was taken by Wolfgang Moroder. Feel f · CC BY-SA 3.0Italy
Canals instead of streets, St Mark's Square, and the islands of Murano and Burano by water bus.
PSRPhoto: Terragio67 · CC BY-SA 4.0Italy
A beach city on the Adriatic, close to the mountains of the Abruzzo national parks.
PVKPhoto: Dimitra Papadimitriou · CC BY-SA 4.0Greece
The airport for Lefkada and Parga on Greece's west coast, known for very clear turquoise water.
BCNPhoto: Jose María Ligero Loarte · CC BY-SA 4.0Spain
Gaudí's Sagrada Família and Park Güell, the Gothic Quarter's lanes and a city beach at Barceloneta.
TNGPhoto: Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 4.0Morocco
A port city on the Strait of Gibraltar with a hilltop kasbah and a long literary history.
HERPhoto: C messier · CC BY-SA 4.0Greece
Crete's capital, five kilometres from the Minoan palace of Knossos, with beaches east and west.
DBVPhoto: Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 3.0Croatia
Walk the full circuit of the medieval city walls above the Adriatic, then take a boat to Lokrum island.
LISPhoto: Matti Blume · CC BY-SA 4.0Portugal
Seven hills of tiled houses, the historic trams, custard tarts in Belém and the beaches of Cascais along the coast.
TLSPhoto: Velvet · CC BY-SA 3.0France
The 'Pink City' of terracotta brick, home of Airbus, with the Canal du Midi running through it.
ZADPhoto: PJL · CC BY 2.5Croatia
A sea organ played by the waves, Roman ruins and some of the Adriatic's best sunsets.
BUDPhoto: Thomas Depenbusch (Depi) from Cologne, Germany · CC BY 2.0Hungary
Steaming outdoor thermal baths, the Parliament on the Danube, and ruin bars in old courtyards.
ZAGPhoto: Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 3.0Croatia
An Austro-Hungarian upper town, the Museum of Broken Relationships and lively cafés.
BTSPhoto: Jakub Hałun · CC BY-SA 4.0Slovakia
A compact old town under a hilltop castle, an hour from Vienna along the Danube.
PUYPhoto: Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 4.0Croatia
A Roman amphitheatre that still hosts concerts, and the beaches of the Istrian coast.
BVEPhoto: Benjamin Smith · CC BY-SA 4.0France
The airport for the Dordogne valley and the medieval cliff village of Rocamadour.
GOAPhoto: This Photo was taken by Timothy A. Gonsalves. Fe · CC BY-SA 4.0Italy
A huge medieval old town of narrow lanes, a famous aquarium and the Cinque Terre down the coast.
SJJPhoto: Yukof · CC BY-SA 4.0Bosnia and Herzegovina
Ottoman bazaars, Austro-Hungarian streets and a moving recent history, ringed by mountains.
SOFPhoto: Pudelek (Marcin Szala) · CC BY-SA 3.0Bulgaria
The gold-domed Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Roman ruins in the metro and Vitosha mountain above the city.
EGCPhoto: Benjamin Smith · CC BY-SA 4.0France
The airport for the Dordogne: castles, cave paintings, river canoeing and vineyards.
OSIPhoto: Pudelek · CC BY-SA 4.0Croatia
A Baroque fortress town in eastern Croatia, on the River Drava.
TIVPhoto: Pudelek (Marcin Szala) · CC BY-SA 3.0Montenegro
The airport for the Bay of Kotor, with its walled town of Kotor and mountain-backed fjord-like coast.
FUEPhoto: Dietmar Rabich · CC BY-SA 4.0Spain
Long, empty beaches and the sand dunes of Corralejo. Quieter and windier than its Canary neighbours.
NCEPhoto: Spike · CC BY-SA 4.0France
The Promenade des Anglais along the bay, the old town's market, and the Riviera villages of Èze and Monaco nearby.
LPAPhoto: Marc Ryckaert (MJJR) · CC BY 3.0Spain
The Maspalomas sand dunes in the south, mountain villages in the middle and year-round warmth.
RBAPhoto: Petar Milošević · CC BY-SA 4.0Morocco
Morocco's calm capital, with a clifftop kasbah, the Hassan Tower and a walkable medina.
FKBPhoto: Flocci Nivis · CC BY 4.0Germany
A small airport for the spa town of Baden-Baden and the Black Forest.
VIEPhoto: Thomas Wolf, www.foto-tw.de · CC BY-SA 3.0 deAustria
Imperial palaces, the opera house and coffee houses that have served cake since the 1800s.
JSIPhoto: dronepicr · CC BY 2.0Greece
A small, green island with more than 60 beaches and a lively harbour town.
AGAPhoto: Camping Aourir from Aourir, Marokko · CC BY 2.0Morocco
A long sandy bay with year-round sun, a rebuilt kasbah on the hill and the Souk El Had market.
CLJPhoto: Choinowski · CC BY-SA 4.0Romania
A young, lively Transylvanian city with Habsburg squares and the Turda salt mine nearby.
KSCPhoto: Ingo Mehling · CC BY-SA 3.0Slovakia
Slovakia's second city, with a Gothic cathedral and a long main street of colourful houses.
BRQPhoto: Michal Klajban · CC BY-SA 3.0Czechia
The Czech Republic's second city, with the Villa Tugendhat, an underground ossuary and lively bars.
PRGPhoto: Godot13 · CC BY-SA 4.0Czechia
The Charles Bridge, a castle complex above the river, and a beer culture that goes back centuries.
KLUPhoto: Carsten Steger · CC BY-SA 4.0Austria
A lakeside city on the Wörthersee in southern Austria, close to the Slovenian border.
LDEPhoto: Moahim · CC BY-SA 4.0France
A major pilgrimage town at the foot of the Pyrenees, close to the Pic du Midi.
PISPhoto: Florian Pépellin · CC BY-SA 4.0France
A historic town of Romanesque churches, close to the Futuroscope theme park.
BSLPhoto: Ermell · CC BY-SA 4.0France
One airport, three countries: it serves Basel in Switzerland, Mulhouse in France and Freiburg in Germany.
TUFPhoto: Gzen92 · CC BY-SA 4.0France
The capital of the Loire Valley, surrounded by famous châteaux such as Chenonceau.
CDGPhoto: Jorge Royan · CC BY-SA 3.0France
The Louvre, the Eiffel Tower and Montmartre, with cafés on every corner and Disneyland Paris east of the city.
RZEPhoto: Marcin Konsek · CC BY-SA 4.0Poland
A lively student city in south-eastern Poland, and a gateway to the Bieszczady mountains.
WROPhoto: Marek Śliwecki · CC BY-SA 4.0Poland
One of Europe's grandest market squares, and hundreds of small bronze dwarf statues hidden around the old town.
FNCPhoto: Ввласенко · CC BY-SA 3.0Portugal
Funchal's flower markets, levada walks along old irrigation channels and dramatic sea cliffs.
OSRPhoto: Tadeáš Bednarz · CC BY-SA 4.0Czechia
A former steel city with a huge industrial heritage site, Dolní Vítkovice, and lively bars on Stodolní street.
KRKPhoto: Krzysztof Zgłobicki · CC BY-SA 4.0Poland
Wawel Castle above the Vistula, one of Europe's largest medieval market squares, and the Wieliczka salt mine nearby.
OPOPhoto: Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 3.0Portugal
Port wine lodges across the river, tiled churches, and the double-decker Dom Luís I bridge.
LNZPhoto: Tournasol7 · CC BY 4.0Austria
A city on the Danube with the Ars Electronica centre and a funicular-like railway up the Pöstlingberg.
POZPhoto: A.Savin · CC BY-SA 3.0Poland
A colourful market square where two mechanical goats butt heads from the town hall clock every noon.
WMIPhoto: Igor123121 · CC BY 4.0Poland
A carefully rebuilt old town, the Chopin museum and Łazienki park, and a fast-growing food scene.
NTEPhoto: John Samuel · CC BY-SA 4.0France
The Machines of the Isle of Nantes, including a giant mechanical elephant, and a castle of the Dukes of Brittany.
NUEPhoto: Ввласенко · CC BY-SA 3.0Germany
A walled medieval city, one of Germany's most famous Christmas markets and its own little sausages.
BERPhoto: Thomas Wolf, www.foto-tw.de · CC BY-SA 3.0Germany
The Brandenburg Gate, the remaining stretches of the Wall, Museum Island and a famous club scene.
CGNPhoto: Jörg Braukmann · CC BY-SA 4.0Germany
A Gothic cathedral beside the Rhine, chocolate and beer museums, and one of Germany's biggest carnivals.
KTWPhoto: Adrian Tync · CC BY-SA 4.0Poland
A post-industrial city with striking modern architecture, an hour from Kraków.
LCJPhoto: Maciek Szostek · CC BY-SA 4.0Poland
Vast restored textile mills, now shops, galleries and hotels, and Poland's longest high street.
SCQPhoto: Luis Miguel Bugallo Sánchez · CC BY-SA 3.0Spain
The end of the Camino de Santiago pilgrim routes, at its great cathedral.
BZGPhoto: Krzysztof Golik · CC BY-SA 4.0Poland
A riverside city in northern Poland with old granaries on the Brda river and an island park.
SZGPhoto: Jakub Hałun · CC BY 4.0Austria
Mozart's birthplace, a clifftop fortress, and the setting of The Sound of Music.
SZZPhoto: Szczecinolog · CC BY-SA 4.0Poland
A port city in north-western Poland with wide boulevards, a castle and the Chrobry Embankment.
BIQPhoto: Christian David · CC BY-SA 4.0France
A surf town with belle époque villas and beaches, close to the Spanish border.
FMOPhoto: Dietmar Rabich · CC BY-SA 4.0Germany
A university city of cyclists, with a rebuilt medieval market street and a historic town hall.
EINPhoto: Michielverbeek · CC BY-SA 4.0Netherlands
A design city, home of Dutch Design Week, with Amsterdam and Rotterdam reachable by train.
LUXPhoto: Cayambe · CC BY-SA 4.0Luxembourg
A fortress city on a gorge, with walks along the old ramparts and free public transport.
LBCPhoto: Christian Wolf (www.c-w-design.de) · CC BY-SA 3.0 deGermany
A Hanseatic old town on an island, entered through the Holstentor gate, and famous for marzipan.
RIXPhoto: Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 3.0Latvia
A medieval old town and whole streets of Art Nouveau buildings, often dusted with snow in winter.
SZYPhoto: Marek Mróz · CC BY-SA 4.0Poland
Poland's land of a thousand lakes, popular for sailing, cycling and canoeing.
VNOPhoto: BigHead · CC BY-SA 4.0Lithuania
One of Europe's largest baroque old towns, and the self-declared republic of Užupis.
ARNPhoto: Julian Herzog (Website) · CC BY 4.0Sweden
A capital built across 14 islands, with a medieval old town and the Vasa warship museum.
FMMPhoto: Thomas Wolf, www.foto-tw.de · CC BY-SA 3.0 deGermany
A small Bavarian airport about an hour from Munich, close to the Alps and Neuschwanstein Castle.
KUNPhoto: Pudelek (Marcin Szala) · CC BY-SA 3.0Lithuania
Lithuania's second city, with interwar modernist buildings, a castle and an easygoing old town.
HAMPhoto: JoachimKohler-HB · CC BY-SA 4.0Germany
A huge port, the Elbphilharmonie concert hall, the warehouse district and the St Pauli nightlife.
HHNPhoto: Steffen Schmitz (more photos) · CC BY-SA 3.0 deGermany
Frankfurt Hahn airport, in the Hunsrück hills, about two hours from Frankfurt and close to the Moselle valley.
OSLPhoto: Beata May · CC BY-SA 4.0Norway
The Opera House you can walk on, the Viking ship and Munch museums, and fjord ferries.
GDNPhoto: Marcin Białek · CC BY-SA 4.0Poland
A rebuilt Hanseatic old town of tall merchants' houses, amber shops and the Baltic beaches at Sopot.
GOTPhoto: Arild Vågen · CC BY-SA 4.0Sweden
Sweden's second city, with canals, seafood and car-free archipelago islands.
AMSPhoto: Basile Morin · CC BY-SA 4.0Netherlands
Seventeenth-century canals, the Rijksmuseum and Van Gogh Museum, and a city best seen by bike.
SDRPhoto: Roquex · CC0Spain
Elegant sandy bays, the Magdalena Palace and Spain's green north coast.
PLQPhoto: Raimundas Budzeika · CC BY-SA 3.0Lithuania
Lithuania's seaside resort, with a long pier, sandy beaches and an amber museum.
TRFPhoto: Norwegian94 · CC BY-SA 4.0Norway
Oslo Torp airport, about two hours south of Oslo, close to the coastal towns of Vestfold.
CPHPhoto: Jakub Hałun · CC BY-SA 4.0Denmark
The colourful harbourfront at Nyhavn, Tivoli Gardens and a city where everyone cycles.
TLLPhoto: Ivar Leidus (Iifar) · CC BY-SA 3.0 eeEstonia
A medieval walled old town and the Toompea hill views, with ferries to Helsinki.
HELPhoto: Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 3.0Finland
A design capital on the Baltic, with saunas, sea fortresses and ferries to Tallinn.
AARPhoto: Colin · CC BY-SA 4.0Denmark
Denmark's second city, with the ARoS art museum's rainbow walkway and Den Gamle By open-air museum.
JERPhoto: Paweł 'pbm' Szubert (talk) · CC BY-SA 3.0Jersey
The largest Channel Island: sandy bays, the Jersey War Tunnels and Mont Orgueil castle. No passport needed from the UK.
DUBPhoto: Diliff · CC BY-SA 3.0Ireland
Georgian squares, the bridges over the Liffey, Trinity College and a pub on nearly every corner.
GLAPhoto: Michael D Beckwith · CC0United Kingdom
Victorian architecture, Charles Rennie Mackintosh, free museums and one of the UK's best live music scenes.
BFSPhoto: Simon Burchell · CC BY-SA 4.0United Kingdom
An Edwardian city hall, the shipyard where Titanic was built, and the pubs and live music of the Cathedral Quarter.
SNNPhoto: Berthold Werner · CC BY-SA 4.0Ireland
The airport for Limerick, the Cliffs of Moher and the limestone landscape of the Burren.
EDIPhoto: Hansueli Krapf This file was uploaded with Commo · CC BY-SA 3.0United Kingdom
The castle on its volcanic rock, the Royal Mile running down to Holyrood, and Arthur's Seat to climb.
NQYPhoto: Otto Domes · CC BY-SA 4.0United Kingdom
Cornwall's surf capital, with Fistral beach and coastal walks in every direction.
ORKPhoto: Podstawko · CC BY-SA 4.0Ireland
Ireland's second city, with the English Market, Blarney Castle nearby and the coast of West Cork.
KIRPhoto: Ingo Mehling · CC BY-SA 3.0Ireland
The airport for the Ring of Kerry, Killarney National Park and the Dingle Peninsula.
NOCPhoto: MickReynolds · CC BY-SA 4.0Ireland
Ireland West Airport opens up Mayo: Westport, Clew Bay and the climb up Croagh Patrick.
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