Dingle, Ireland
Riomaggiore, Italy
Cadiz, Spain

Torino. Many things to love there.

Ahhhhh Lutenblag - I hope that it never gets discovered by the masses.

bookmarking

Bergamo, IT - walled old town above city center (northern IT)

Masstricht, NL - nestled between GR and BLG. Europe as you would expect it - ancient, hip and interesting.

Cordoba, Spain - of course lotsa tourists, but who wouldn't come here!? A real city also. Read Washington Irving's 'Tales from the Alhambra' which I recommend.

La Rochelle, France(west coast above Bordeux) - you can easily imagine the 3 Musketeers ledgend is from here.

Bath, England: Expensive but getting cheaper for Americans. Lots of great history and architecture.

Anywhere in Crete: Chania, Rethymnon, Heraklion

Rota, and Jerez de la Frontera, & Sevilla, Spain (Oh, I've been to 4 different Starbucks shops in Sevilla, sorry to burst earlier poster's bubble)

Intrigued by Corfu and the "sole & heel" of Italy's boot.

I recently re-visited Bath for about the 4th time and came away thinking that this is my favorite city outside of London in England - edging out York

Marseille
Dijon
Arles (loved it)
Strasbourg
Beara Peninsula, Ireland
Glengariff, Ireland

Santander. Northern Spain

A lovely , classy place with beautiful beaches. Often ignored in favor of San Sebastian.

Krakow, Poland. One of the most beautiful town centers in Europe, with a compact, easily walked historic district. The food is very good, try a Mleczny - milk bar and don't worry about not being able to read Polish - it's a great experience! It's near Auschwitz and the Wieliczka Salt Mines.

OK, a couple I've already seen listed:

Salisbury, England
York, England

Don't know how well those conform to the "not on many foreign tourists' itineraries" requirement, though.

Here's one I haven't seen but enjoyed very much:

Leuven, Belgium

Who dug up this thread from 2 years ago?

Is this question rhetorical, Wayne? or literal? - - the answer is mikej48, at 5:16 pm today.

Well if you read the blurbs that Fodor's Editor Katie posted about the new look of the forums this post was used as an example - so folks reading that may simply have clicked on it without knowing how old it was.

But what difference does it make - have cities become any more or less underrated in the last two years?

"But what difference does it make - have cities become any more or less underrated in the last two years?"

Good question. The answer is "probably yes". I do know that Buenos Aires somehow has taken off as a very popular destination in the past couple of years. Suddenly it's a trip prize on Wheel of Fortune, for example -- as opposed to Rio which used to be the more typical South American destination. And just a couple days ago I read that Santiago, Chile is destined to become a hot new destination -- that it is highly underrated.

Trondheim, Norway

St Jean de Luz, France and the entire Basque region of France & Spain.

Santillana del Mar, Spain
Salamanca, Spain

St. Paul de Vence, Fr
Les Baux de Provence, Fr
Gordes, Fr

Sintra



Thin

Dublin
Copenhagen
Winchester
Canterbury

Agree with

Galway
Ravenna
Padova
Vienna
Stockholm
Lucerne
Pitlochry
Bath
Oxford

I haven't been too far off the tourist track on most of my trips, but here goes:

1. York, England. It was one of the most beautiful walled cities I've ever seen. Also, the food was good, the stores were reasonable, the pubs were lovely and the people were very kind to a lone tourist.

2. Sligo, Ireland. A Small Town/City with a cosmopolitan air. Plenty of places to eat (Indian food, Irish food and everything in between.) Lots of great pubs with a good trad music scene. Fantastic scenery if you went even a couple miles out of town! (The town itself was quite pretty, too.) I went there in late October, during the Sligo Live festival, and people I met there were just plain nice...but so was just about everyone in Ireland.

3. Portstewart, Northern Ireland. Absolutely breathtaking coastal scenery, and a very nice, very cosy town to boot. I only had two nights here, but I wish I'd had a week. The hostel I stayed in (Rick's) was very home-like, and Rick himself was friendly and welcoming in an easygoing, understated way. Most of the people I met in Portstewart were the same-- incredibly friendly and helpful if you started talking to them, and perfectly willing to let you explore in peace if you just wanted to be left alone. There were plenty of places to eat; one really good pub (the Anchor!) and lots of options for day trips by bus or train.