Discover extraordinary places across Europe
Castelo Branco, Portugal
Village built among and under giant boulders
Overijssel, Netherlands
Car-free village with canals and 180+ bridges
Andalusia, Cádiz, Spain
White village with houses built directly under overhanging rocks
Bavaria, Germany
Perfectly preserved medieval town that inspired Disney's Pinocchio
Catalonia, Spain
Medieval village perched on volcanic basalt with hanging bridge
Costa Blanca, Alicante, Spain
Completely white-painted village on hill with car-free center
Central Albania, Albania
Ottoman houses climbing fortress-crowned hill
Cotswolds, Oxfordshire, England
English village pared down to its essence in honey-stone Cotswolds
Sicily, Italy
Medieval village often lost in clouds, known as 'Kiss of Venus'
Troodos Mountains, Cyprus
Stone-built village preserving traditional Cypriot way of life
Salzkammergut, Austria
Postcard-perfect village between lake and mountains
Valais, Switzerland
Car-free village beneath the iconic Matterhorn peak
Dodecanese Islands, Greece
Small island with crystal-clear waters and neoclassical architecture
Dalmatia, Croatia
Croatia's sixth-largest island without Hvar's crowds
Azores, Portugal
Smallest Azores island with Caldeirão crater
South Coast, Iceland
4,000-person archipelago, Iceland's best-kept secret
Sicily North, Italy
Seven volcanic islands north of Sicily, perfect for island hopping
Grøtøya Strait, Norway
Private island with glass cabins for northern lights viewing
Sunniest Croatian island famous for lavender fields and nightlife
Baltic Sea, Sweden
Sweden's largest island with medieval Visby and unique limestone formations
English Channel, Channel Islands (UK)
Last feudal territory in Europe with no cars or streetlights
North Atlantic, Faroe Islands (Denmark)
18 remote islands with dramatic landscapes and Nordic culture
Mallorca, Porto Cristo, Spain
One of the world's largest underground lakes
Isle of Staffa, Scotland
Unique hexagonal basalt columns forming a cave
Bavarian Alps, Germany
Over 500-year-old working salt mine
Škocjan Caves Regional Park, Slovenia
UNESCO World Heritage underground river canyon system
Salzburg, Werfen, Austria
42-kilometer ice cave system in the Austrian Alps
Karst Region, Slovenia
Slovenia's most visited cave with underground train
Dordogne, Périgord, France
UNESCO cave complex with 17,000-year-old cave paintings
Aggtelek National Park, Hungary
UNESCO World Heritage cave system with stunning formations
Arctic Archipelago, Norway
Halfway between Norway and North Pole, more polar bears than people
Finnmark, Norway
City of Northern Lights with UNESCO rock carvings
Swedish Lapland, Sweden
Coastal city with frozen sea ice roads in winter
Finnish Lapland, Finland
Capital of Finnish Lapland and official hometown of Santa Claus
Northern Norway, Norway
Gateway to the Arctic and capital of Northern Lights
Finnmark, Norwegian-Russian Border, Norway
Norway's easternmost town bordering Russia and Finland
Heart of Sámi culture with traditional reindeer herding
West Greenland, Greenland (Denmark)
UNESCO World Heritage site with massive icebergs
South Bohemia, Czech Republic
UNESCO town with winding streets and castle
Aragon, Teruel, Spain
Pink-hued buildings and narrow winding streets
Microstate, San Marino
World's fifth-smallest country in heart of Italy
Herzegovina, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Tekija monastery built into cliff beside emerald river source
Occitanie, Aude, France
UNESCO fortified city with complete medieval walls
Harju County, Estonia
UNESCO medieval Old Town with complete city walls
West Flanders, Belgium
UNESCO medieval city with canals and medieval architecture
Tuscany, Italy
UNESCO medieval city famous for Il Palio horse race
UNESCO town famous for its iconic Ottoman bridge
Castile-La Mancha, Spain
UNESCO city where Christian, Jewish, and Muslim cultures coexisted
Sardinia, Italy
Colorful houses along Temo River with medieval castle
Lazio, Italy
On original Via Appia, beneath Jupiter's temple
Pembrokeshire, Wales
Pastel-colored houses and medieval town walls
Bay of Kotor, Montenegro
Small coastal village with baroque palaces near Kotor
Portuguese Riviera, Portugal
Elegant seaside town that was once a simple fishing village
Peloponnese, Greece
Elegant town with Venetian and Ottoman architecture
Murcia, Spain
UNESCO heritage city with 3,000 years of history
Small village famous for dramatic black sand beaches
Puglia, Italy
Dramatic white town perched on limestone cliffs above Adriatic
Corsica, France
Fortified town perched on white limestone cliffs
Jutland, Denmark
Denmark's second city, world's happiest city
Baltic States, Lithuania
700-year-old capital with tumultuous history
South Holland, Netherlands
Seat of Dutch government and international justice
Central Slovenia, Slovenia
One of Europe's greenest cities with car-free center
Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Multicultural capital where Ottoman and Austro-Hungarian empires meet
Western Slovakia, Slovakia
Charming capital on the Danube with castle views
Baltic States, Latvia
UNESCO capital with world's finest collection of Art Nouveau architecture
Central Serbia, Serbia
Vibrant capital at confluence of Sava and Danube rivers
Central Moldova, Moldova
Capital of Europe's least visited country with world-class wine cellars
Vibrant capital transforming from communist past to colorful present
Haute-Savoie, French Alps, France
Medieval town on crystal-clear mountain-fed lake
Salzburg, Wolfgangsee, Austria
Fairytale village on one of Austria's prettiest lakes
Lake Como, Lombardy, Italy
Picturesque village with ancient Roman bridge on Lake Como
Grindelwald, Bernese Alps, Switzerland
Mountain lake famous for mirror reflections of Schreckhorn peak
Bernese Oberland, Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland
Pristine mountain lake at 2,000m elevation in nature reserve
Julian Alps, Slovenia
Slovenia's most iconic lake with island church and clifftop castle
Triglav National Park, Slovenia
Slovenia's largest permanent lake in pristine alpine setting
Bernese Oberland, Switzerland
Spectacular Alpine valley with 72 waterfalls
Verdon Gorge, Provence, France
Artificial lake with stunning turquoise waters at entrance to Verdon Gorge
Tuscany, Maremma, Italy
Free natural thermal pools cascading down limestone terraces
Denizli Province, Turkey
UNESCO white limestone terraces with thermal springs
Budapest, Hungary
Europe's largest medicinal bath complex in Neo-Baroque style
Black Forest, Germany
Elegant spa town with Roman thermal spring heritage
Reykjanes Peninsula, Iceland
Famous geothermal spa with milky blue mineral-rich waters
Northeast Hungary, Hungary
UNESCO World Heritage wine region famous for sweet Tokaj wines
Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Dramatic river valley with steep slate vineyard slopes
Alsace, France
170km wine route through picturesque Franco-German villages
Piedmont, Italy
UNESCO wine region producing Italy's most prestigious red wine
Cyclades Islands, Greece
Unique volcanic wine region with distinctive vine cultivation
South Tyrol, Veneto, Italy
UNESCO World Heritage dramatic pale limestone peaks
Transylvania, Romania
Europe's last great wilderness with brown bears and wolves
Slovenia's only national park with Mount Triglav peak
Asturias, Cantabria, León, Spain
Spain's first national park with dramatic limestone peaks
Hunedoara County, Romania
Romania's oldest national park with over 80 glacial lakes
Lika-Senj County, Croatia
16 terraced lakes connected by waterfalls in pristine forest
County Kerry, Ireland
Ireland's first national park with three pristine lakes
Cumbria, England
UNESCO World Heritage cultural landscape inspiring Romantic poets
Northeast Poland, Poland
Over 2,000 lakes connected by rivers and canals
