A Venetian Gothic town on a point of the Adriatic, with the Tartini square and salt pans nearby.
The cherry-blossom capital of Transcarpathia, a castle and Europeโs longest linden alley along the Uzh.
The main Bulgarian ski resort under the Pirin mountains, with a stone old town and mehana taverns.
One of the six largest Roman amphitheatres, still hosting concerts and film festivals.
Estonia's summer capital: a long sandy beach, spa hotels and wooden villas.
Two castles face each other across the river โ Estonian Hermann and Russian Ivangorod โ on the EU border.
A castle on a rock above the Vah with a Roman inscription from AD 179 carved into the cliff.
Slovenia's oldest town, a Roman settlement with a castle and the shaggy Kurent masks of carnival.
A baroque city built of black lava at the foot of Etna, with the loudest fish market in Sicily.
Armenia's 'little Switzerland': forests, the Haghartsin monastery and Soviet-era spa villas.
The Albanian Riviera resort opposite Corfu, with Butrint ruins and the Blue Eye spring nearby.
The Greek theatre where Aeschylus premiered and the island of Ortigia, once the rival of Athens.
A medieval fortress on a rock in a canyon of the Smotrych river, the most dramatic castle in Ukraine.
Medieval defence towers in the high Svaneti valleys, the base for treks to Ushguli and glaciers.
Constantine the Great's birthplace, the Ottoman Skull Tower and Serbia's capital of grilled meat.
Portugal's oldest city and its religious heart, with the baroque stairway of Bom Jesus do Monte.
Ali Pasha's lakeside castle, a monastery island and silversmiths, at the foot of the Pindus mountains.
Where the 1989 revolution began; Secession squares and the first European city lit by electric street lamps.
A Greek theatre with Etna and the sea as backdrop, and the town that hosted The White Lotus.
Chagall's birthplace, his house museum and the Slavianski Bazaar festival each July.
Houses with eyes in the roofs, the Bridge of Lies and a Saxon centre that was Capital of Culture in 2007.
The Algarve capital, with a walled old town, storks nesting on the cathedral and the Ria Formosa lagoon.
The first Ottoman capital under Mount Uludag: the Green Mosque, the silk bazaar and Iskender kebab.
Painted moliceiro boats on the canals, Art Nouveau facades and ovos moles egg sweets.
A town of stairs, a Mimosa festival in February and three fortresses at the mouth of the Bay of Kotor.
A Livonian Order castle, a cobbled old town and Gauja National Park for canoeing and bobsleigh.
The pool of sacred carp where Abraham was thrown into the fire, and Gobekli Tepe, the oldest temple on Earth, nearby.
A Saxon walled town under Mount Tampa, the Black Church and Bran castle down the road.
Freedom Square, one of Europe's largest, and the constructivist Derzhprom building, in Ukraine's second city.
Baroque palaces facing Our Lady of the Rocks, an artificial island built from sunk ships and stones.
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