Barcelona, Paris, Rome are my favourites from the big classics.
Ljubljana, Slovenia is a precious and undiscovered gem.
Brugge and/or Ghent in Belgium, because they're absolutely lovely and my home

Bakrsfield, Merced, Fresno, Modesto, Avenal

My Top Five:

London
Paris
Prague
Venice
Edinburgh

Why? For me it's all about the history.

Budapest, Rome, Belfast, San Sebastian, and Liverpool (the final one just for the football).

Goo dmorning, mine would be

ROME, VENICE, LUZERN, VIENNA AND PARIS..
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<b>gualalalisa</b>
Interesting. It's all about the history...yet no Rome?

Paris
Venice
Amsterdam

because each is a unique, truly one-of-a-kind prize of a city

Wow. Looks like I'm definitely going to have to check out Venice! I agree about Paris, I think everyone should see it once- Especially at night because it just glows, and the light shimmering of the Seine... you just have to see it.

Vienna, London, Paris, Brugge, Salzburg.

Venice, Venice, Venice, Venice, Venice!

Okay, to answer properly: Venice, Paris, Siena, Barcelona, Rome

Monica ((F))

These are my five favorites, in no particular order:

Prague - absolutely gorgeous, beautiful city with stunning architecture everywhere, one of the best walking cities.

Krakow - gem of a city, old town is great, wonderful main square (Rynek Glowny), small, comfortable city, not overwhelming in size, delicious food, very cheap.

Rome - Great history, art, food. Everywhere you turn, there is something interesting.

Florence - very picturesque and photogenic, art, easy to get around.

Salzburg - great castle at the top of the hill (can't remember the name of it), interesting side streets to wander around.

1) Istanbul - the most amazing, magical city I have ever visited in Europe. I cannot imagine anyone who has ever visited Istanbul not ranking it in the top 5.
2) St. Petersburg, - more beautiful and stunning than Paris.
3) Berlin - vibrant, alive, exciting
4) Paris
5) Prague, followed closely by Vienna, then Rome, Venice, Barcelona, Krakow, and London.
Not that impressed with Florence, Madrid, Lisbon, Warsaw, Athens, Amsterdam, Moscow.

Paris
Florence
Vienna
Venice
London (which I've yet to visit)

(not 5, but I think a LOT of American's are also called &quot;back home&quot; to Ireland...)

Paris, Prague, Salzburg, Vienna, Cesky Krumlov.

Who knows why a thread like this gets resurrected months after it starts - - oh well, I didn't contribute anything the first time around...

I do wonder... if the Russians hadn't made it so difficult to visit their country for most of the twentieth century, I suspect that more people would list St. Petersburg or Moscow (I haven't been to Russia at all).

To add to London, Paris, Rome and Venice.

Best wishes,

Rex

Venice, Rome, London, Paris, Vienna.

Well, the question (yes, OLD!) did say CITIES.

The top two must view:
London and Paris

Then, I like unique settings:
Venice - Lucern - Athens
(in that order)

In the category of cities with the most historical impact on contemporary life, three cities come forward: Istanbul, Rome and Paris.
This said, I have 2 wild cards, one of which could easily go to Venice and the last one to London or Leningrad...

London, Florence, Venice, Prague, and Rome. These are cities I've been to and loved. Then there are other places I look forward to visiting; the ones I would most like to get to next (in no particular order) are: Edinburgh, Barcelona and Athens.

There's so many, it's hard to decide. But here goes:
Barcelona, Budapest, Granada, Prague &amp; Venice.