The capital of Denmark since 1443, there's more to Copenhagen than canals and bicycles....
The French capital boasts some of the most instantly recognisable, iconic monuments in the world, with Notre Dame cathedral, the Louvre and the Eiffel Tower lined up in a great sweep along the River Seine....
Centre of the ancient world for 500 years, home of the Catholic Church for almost two millennia and now the capital of modern Italy, Rome has forgotten more history then most other cities can remember....
Described by many as a village, Amsterdam packs the cultural punch of a city many times its size....
Made up of 14 islands where Lake Mälaren flows into the Baltic Sea, Stockholm is easily the most beautiful capital city in Scandinavia....
Leaving behind decades of division and exile from the European mainstream, contemporary Berlin has reemerged as an open-minded, cosmopolitan hub of culture, high and low....
Once little more than a Roman waystation and Moorish fort, Madrid owes much of its existence to the fickle patronage of the kings of Spain....
This cool, cosmopolitan metropolis is the bastion of Catalan nationalism and one of the greatest port cities on the Mediterranean....
It hosts the world's biggest arts festival, has a dramatic medieval castle on its main street; can draw on a literary tradition ranging from Burns and Stevenson to Rankin and Rowling; its restaurant scene has both variety and quality, and the Queen is in residence here every summer....
Florence has long been a tourist destination and continues to attract millions of tourists annually....
Conjure up any image of Italy, and you can find it in Naples, arguably the most Italian of cities....
Venice, sinking, spectacular and truly unique, bedazzles the visitor, appearing to hover mystically between the lagoon and vast expanse of skyline, its cupolas and campaniles peeping above tightly packed rooftops....
There are many sides to Dublin and even if you're visiting for only a few days, you'll probably see them all....
Panoramically divided by the Danube, Hungary's capital exudes faded grandeur....


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