The small continent of Europe is the birthplace of many great civilizations, as well as the original home of Western culture. Ruling most of the world for centuries, Europe is rich in both wealth, historical treasures and sophisticated cultures. Today, Europe contains almost 50 countries, from the vast Russia to the tiny Vatican City. This densely populated continent includes famous cities such as Paris, London and Rome, an astonishing amount of impressive historic sites, as well as a great variety of landscapes from the snowy peaks of the Alps and the sunny beaches of the Mediterranean Sea to the steep fjords of Norway and the vineyards of Champagne. No wonder it is the most visited of all continents!

Browse travel destinations in Europe:

• Albania Durres, Tirana
• Andorra
• Austria Graz, Innsbruck, Lake Neusiedl, Salzburg, Salzkammergut, Sankt Anton (am Arlberg), Vienna, Zell am See
• Belarus Brest, Minsk
• Belgium Antwerp, Bruges, Brussels, Ghent, Liege
• Bosnia and Herzegovina Mostar, Sarajevo
• Bulgaria Burgas, Sofia, Varna
• Croatia Brac, Dubrovnik, Hvar, Korcula, Makarska, Plitvice Lakes National Park, Split, Zagreb
• Cyprus Agia Napa (Ayia Napa), Larnaca, Nicosia, Pafos (Paphos)
• Czech Republic Brno, Cesky Krumlov, Karlovy Vary (Carlsbad), Prague
• Denmark Bornholm, Copenhagen, Faroe islands, Greenland, Jutland, Roskilde
• Estonia Parnu, Saaremaa, Tallinn, Tartu
• Finland Aland Islands, Helsinki, Kuusamo, Lapland, Savonlinna, Tampere, Turku & Turku Archipelago
• France Avignon, Biarritz, Bordeaux, Bourges, Brittany (Bretagne), Cannes, Chamonix, Corsica, Dijon, Grenoble, Loire Valley, Lyon, Marseille, Meribel, Nice (Nizza), Normandy, Paris, Reims, Strasbourg, Val d'Isere
• Germany Berchtesgaden, Berlin, Black Forest (Schwarzwald), Bodensee (Lake Constance), Bremen, Cologne, Dresden, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Fussen, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Hamburg, Lubeck, Munich, Rhine Valley (Middle Rhine), Rostock
• Greece Athens, Corfu, Crete, Delphi, Kefalonia, Kos, Mykonos, Naxos, Parga, Paros, Rhodes, Samos, Santorini, Thessaloniki, Zakynthos
• Hungary Budapest, Lake Balaton (Siofok), Pecs, Tokaj
• Iceland Myvatn, Reykjavik, Vatnajokull region
• Ireland Cork, Dublin, Galway, Killarney
• Italy Amalfi Coast, Aosta Valley, Bologna, Calabria, Capri, Cinque Terre, Dolomites, Genoa, L'Aquila and Gran Sasso, Lake Como, Lake Garda, Milan, Naples, Rimini, Rome, Sardinia, Sicily, Trieste, Turin (Torino), Tuscany, Venice, Verona
• Kosovo
• Latvia Jurmala, Liepaja, Riga
• Liechtenstein
• Lithuania Curonian Spit (Klaipeda), Kaunas, Palanga, Vilnius
• Luxembourg
• Macedonia Ohrid, Skopje
• Malta
• Moldova Chisinau
• Monaco
• Montenegro Durmitor National Park, Kotor
• Norway Bergen, Lillehammer, Lofoten Islands, Nordkapp (North Cape), Oslo, Stavanger, Svalbard (Spitsbergen), Tromso (Tromsø)
• Poland Bialowieza, Gdansk, Krakow, Masuria, Warsaw, Zakopane (Tatra mountains)
• Portugal Algarve, Azores, Braga, Coimbra, Lisbon, Madeira, Porto
• Romania Brasov, Bucharest, Constanta, Sighisoara
• Russia Altai (Altay), Kaliningrad, Kamchatka, Lake Baikal (Irkutsk), Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Smolensk, Sochi, Trans-Siberian Railway
• San Marino
• Serbia Belgrade, Kopaonik
• Slovakia Banska Bystrica, Bratislava, High Tatras (Poprad)
• Slovenia Bled, Kranjska Gora, Ljubljana
• Spain Barcelona, Bilbao, Cordoba, Costa Blanca, Costa del Sol and Malaga, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Granada & Sierra Nevada, Ibiza, La Palma, Lanzarote, Madrid, Majorca, Pyrenees, Ronda, Salamanca, San Sebastian, Santander, Santiago de Compostela (Saint James), Seville, Tenerife, Valencia, Zaragoza
• Sweden Gothenburg (Göteborg), Gotland, Malmo, Stockholm, Swedish Lapland, Uppsala, Åre, Öland
• Switzerland Basel, Berne, Davos, Geneva, Interlaken, Lausanne, Lucerne, Zermatt, Zurich
• The Netherlands Amsterdam, Hoge Veluwe National Park, Leiden, Rotterdam, Texel, The Hague
• Ukraine Kiev (Kyiv), Odessa (Odesa), The Ukrainian Carpathians, Yalta
• United Kingdom Belfast, Birmingham, Bournemouth, Brighton, Cambridge, Cardiff, Cornwall, Edinburgh, Gibraltar, Glasgow, Guernsey, Inverness & Loch Ness, Isle of Man, Isle of Wight, Jersey, Lake District National Park, Liverpool, London, Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne, Oxford, Stonehenge
• Vatican City (Holy See)

Best destinations in Europe per category

Amusement park Beach Biking Climbing Concerts or festivals Famous local kitchen Fishing Golf Historical sights Horseback riding Hunting Indigenous people or culture

Kayaking Lakes Mountains Museums Nightlife Opera or ballet Pubs Rafting Sailing Scenic landscapes Shopping Sightseeing tours

Snorkeling & diving Snow Spa Sun bathing Surfing Theatres Trekking Volcanic soil Wildlife Winter sports Woods World heritage

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