Favorite smaller cities in Europe
Dec 28th, 2006, 09:59 AM
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Favorite smaller cities in Europe
I will be travelling through France, Switzerland, and Italy over the course of the next few months. I would be happy to leave updates of various places I have been and take in account what the folks in Fodors have visited and liked. So what are your favorite smaller cities (under half a million)?
My favorite: Lyon, France is a great walking city. The shops and restaurants are always a pleasure. It's clean and well organized.
Least favorite: Bologna, Italy. Dirty, gritty, trashy shops, overly crowded, poorly planned. The only thing Bologna has going for it is the food.
My favorite: Lyon, France is a great walking city. The shops and restaurants are always a pleasure. It's clean and well organized.
Least favorite: Bologna, Italy. Dirty, gritty, trashy shops, overly crowded, poorly planned. The only thing Bologna has going for it is the food.
Dec 28th, 2006, 10:16 AM
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Italy - Vicenza, Verona, Venice, Parma, Todi, Perugia, Cortona, Assisi, Urbino, Gubbio, Lucca, Siena, San Gimignano, Montepulciano, Orvieto, Trieste
Switzerland - Gruyeres, Montreux, Vevey, Lucerne, Lugano, Locarno, Bern, Interlaken, Neuchatel, Freibourg, Lausanne
France - Avignon, Arles, Antibes, Carcassonne, Beaune, Bayeux, Chartres, Strasbourg, Colmar, Uzes, Sarlat, Chinon, Annecy,
and 100s more...
Switzerland - Gruyeres, Montreux, Vevey, Lucerne, Lugano, Locarno, Bern, Interlaken, Neuchatel, Freibourg, Lausanne
France - Avignon, Arles, Antibes, Carcassonne, Beaune, Bayeux, Chartres, Strasbourg, Colmar, Uzes, Sarlat, Chinon, Annecy,
and 100s more...
Dec 28th, 2006, 10:31 AM
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My favs are mostly in France - although I'm doing a "small towns of Italy" tour is 2007 so will probably have a whole bunch more...
But for now:
Sarlat, Périgueux, St. Remy, Beaune, Dijon, Nimes, Venice, Assisi...
But for now:
Sarlat, Périgueux, St. Remy, Beaune, Dijon, Nimes, Venice, Assisi...
Dec 28th, 2006, 10:54 AM
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Chamonix, at the base of Mont Blanc.
Take Mont Blanc tunnel to Courmayer.
Lovely little towns.
Take the "Aguille du midi" cable cars to the 12,000ft top of the Alps in Chamonix.
Chamonix is technically france, but it is about an hour outside of Geneva.
Take Mont Blanc tunnel to Courmayer.
Lovely little towns.
Take the "Aguille du midi" cable cars to the 12,000ft top of the Alps in Chamonix.
Chamonix is technically france, but it is about an hour outside of Geneva.
Dec 28th, 2006, 11:10 AM
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I agree with the following places big time:
Obidos, Portugal
Bayeux, France
Colmar, France
Verona, Italy
Brugges, Belgium
Urbino, Italy (which is very small)
I also loved:
Santiago de Campostella (I know that's spelled wrong...), Spain
Haarlem, Netherlands
Bath, England
Bamberg, Germany
Obidos, Portugal
Bayeux, France
Colmar, France
Verona, Italy
Brugges, Belgium
Urbino, Italy (which is very small)
I also loved:
Santiago de Campostella (I know that's spelled wrong...), Spain
Haarlem, Netherlands
Bath, England
Bamberg, Germany
