Europe

A compact continent of layered history, walkable cities and astonishing variety packed into short, easy distances.

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Countries~44
Best timeMay–Jun, Sep–Oct
Getting aroundTrains, budget flights, buses
LanguagesMany; English widely spoken
Travel zoneMuch of it Schengen
HighlightsCities, coasts, the Alps

The Overview

Europe is a relatively small continent that punches far above its size, with a density of history, art and distinct cultures unmatched anywhere. From the fjords of Norway to the beaches of the Mediterranean, and from the Atlantic coast of Portugal to the plains of Ukraine, it packs dozens of countries into a space crossable in a day or two. Centuries of art, architecture and ideas are preserved in its cities, while the countryside ranges from olive groves and vineyards to alpine meadows. Borders are often open and easily crossed, which makes multi-country journeys simple to customise around food, history or landscape.

Europe is famously easy to travel. A dense rail network links most cities, budget airlines connect the rest, and within the Schengen Area many borders disappear entirely. Summer brings long days and warm weather but also crowds and higher prices at the headline sights; late spring and early autumn are widely considered the sweet spot, with mild weather and thinner queues. Winter rewards those after Christmas markets, alpine skiing or quiet city breaks. English is widely spoken in tourist areas, and the compact distances mean a single trip can comfortably weave together several very different countries.

Featured tourism regions

The landscapes travellers picture first — some cross borders, all worth building a trip around.

4+ countries

The Alps

Europe's great mountain heart spanning France to Austria — glaciers, lakes and storybook villages, world-class skiing in winter and hiking in summer.

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Central Italy

Tuscany

Rolling hills of cypress and vineyard around Florence and Siena — Renaissance art, hilltop towns and some of Italy's most celebrated food and wine.

Southern Spain

Andalusia

Spain's sun-baked south, where Moorish palaces, flamenco, whitewashed villages and tapas culture meet in Seville, Granada and Córdoba.

Northern Scotland

Scottish Highlands

A dramatic land of lochs, glens and brooding mountains, scattered with castles and distilleries and edged by wild, empty coastline and islands.

Aegean & Ionian Seas

The Greek Islands

Hundreds of sun-drenched islands in clear blue seas — whitewashed villages, ancient ruins, fishing harbours and the easygoing rhythm of Greek summer.

Southern Italy

The Amalfi Coast

A ribbon of pastel towns clinging to cliffs above the Tyrrhenian Sea, with lemon groves, hairpin coastal roads and famously photogenic sea views.

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Featured countries

The countries our travellers ask for most — tap one to open its full guide.

All other countries

Every corner of Europe is worth a trip — browse the rest below.

Finland

19 regions · 346 destinations

Finland is the quiet overachiever of the Nordic world — a country where 188,000 lakes, vast boreal forest, and a genuinely Arctic north meet some of the most f…

Sweden

21 regions · 332 destinations

Sweden is Northern Europe's largest Nordic nation, a long ribbon of a country stretching from the cosmopolitan south to the Arctic wilderness of Lapland.

Portugal

20 regions · 324 destinations

Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic, is a country located on the Iberian Peninsula in southwestern Europe.

Switzerland

26 regions · 323 destinations

Switzerland is Europe's most concentrated dose of alpine grandeur — a small, landlocked confederation where snow-capped 4,000-metre peaks, turquoise lakes, vin…

Bulgaria

28 regions · 300 destinations

Bulgaria is one of Europe's most rewarding and underrated destinations — a country where Thracian gold, Roman amphitheatres, Byzantine churches, Ottoman mosque…

Poland

16 regions · 297 destinations

Poland is Central Europe's quiet heavyweight — a country of restored medieval old towns, primeval forests, Baltic dunes, and the High Tatra peaks, all stitched…

Germany

16 regions · 289 destinations

Germany is Europe's most populous nation and its fourth-largest economy, a country where medieval half-timbered towns, fairy-tale castles, and deep forests coe…

Greece

14 regions · 276 destinations

Greece is where European civilization wrote its opening chapters, and the evidence is everywhere — the Acropolis crowning Athens, the oracle's sanctuary at Del…

Slovenia

212 regions · 236 destinations

Slovenia packs an astonishing variety of landscapes into a country smaller than Wales.

Austria

9 regions · 231 destinations

Austria is an Alpine country at the heart of Central Europe, famous for imperial Vienna, the Salzburg birthplace of Mozart, the Alpine landscapes of Tyrol, and…

Hungary

42 regions · 225 destinations

Hungary is a small, landlocked country in Central Europe that punches well above its weight in cultural riches, thermal heritage, and culinary depth.

United Kingdom

4 regions · 219 destinations

The United Kingdom — a constitutional monarchy comprising England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland — packs an extraordinary range of experiences into a re…

Netherlands

18 regions · 206 destinations

The Netherlands is a compact yet extraordinarily rich travel destination in northwestern Europe, defined by its flat, low-lying landscape of reclaimed polders,…

Latvia

43 regions · 193 destinations

Latvia is the crown jewel of the Baltic states, offering a captivating blend of Hanseatic history, Art Nouveau architecture, and unspoiled nature along the Bal…

Croatia

21 regions · 185 destinations

Croatia (Croatian: Hrvatska) is a Mediterranean country in Southeastern Europe that has become one of the continent's most sought-after travel destinations.

Norway

12 regions · 168 destinations

Norway is a land of dramatic contrasts, where deep fjords carved by ancient glaciers slice into towering mountains, the midnight sun bathes the north in 24-hou…

Slovakia

8 regions · 163 destinations

Slovakia (Slovak: Slovensko) is a landlocked Central European country that packs an extraordinary range of experiences into a compact area.

Serbia

20 regions · 158 destinations

Serbia sits at the crossroads of Central Europe, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean, a land shaped by centuries of Roman, Byzantine, Ottoman, and Austro-Hungar…

Ireland

4 regions · 156 destinations

Ireland — the Republic of Ireland (Irish: Éire, Poblacht na hÉireann) — is a small island nation on the Atlantic fringe of Europe that packs an outsized punch…

Belarus

7 regions · 140 destinations

Belarus is one of Europe's least-visited countries, a fact that travellers who cross its border discover is its greatest asset.

Czechia

14 regions · 139 destinations

Czechia (Česká republika), often known by its short name Czechia, is a landlocked Central European country of remarkable architectural heritage, natural beauty…

Denmark

5 regions · 133 destinations

Denmark is the smallest and southernmost of the Nordic countries, bridging continental Europe and Scandinavia.

Georgia

12 regions · 121 destinations

Georgia is one of the oldest Christian nations in the world — Christianity was adopted in 337 AD — and one of the most geographically dramatic: the Caucasus mo…

Estonia

15 regions · 120 destinations

Estonia is the northernmost and most digitally advanced of the Baltic states.

Luxembourg

12 regions · 116 destinations

Luxembourg is a grand duchy at the heart of Western Europe, known for its dramatic clifftop capital, deep forested gorges, and status as a global financial cen…

Lithuania

10 regions · 97 destinations

Lithuania is the southernmost of the three Baltic states, a country of vast forests, lakes, and a dramatic Baltic Sea coastline with the famous Curonian Spit s…

Albania

12 regions · 91 destinations

Albania is Southern Europe's great contrarian — a country that spent half a century sealed off under one of the continent's most isolationist communist regimes…

North Macedonia

71 regions · 88 destinations

North Macedonia is a small Balkan country with a monumental ancient and modern heritage.

Iceland

8 regions · 84 destinations

Iceland is a Nordic island nation in the North Atlantic, sitting just below the Arctic Circle.

Moldova

37 regions · 84 destinations

Moldova is a small, landlocked country in Eastern Europe, nestled between Romania and Ukraine.

Belgium

3 regions · 82 destinations

Belgium is a small West European country where Germanic and Latin Europe meet, creating a trilingual nation of Dutch-speaking Flanders, French-speaking Walloni…

Cyprus

6 regions · 81 destinations

Cyprus is the eastern Mediterranean's third-largest island, a sun-drenched crossroads where Greek, Turkish, Levantine, and British influences layer over more t…

Bosnia and Herzegovina

3 regions · 75 destinations

Bosnia and Herzegovina (Bosna i Hercegovina / Босна и Херцеговина) sits in the heart of the Balkan Peninsula, a mountainous country with a tiny Adriatic coastl…

Montenegro

25 regions · 73 destinations

Montenegro packs an improbable amount of variety into a country smaller than Connecticut.

Malta

68 regions · 72 destinations

Malta is a sun-soaked archipelago in the central Mediterranean, packing an extraordinary density of history, coastline, and culture into just 316 square kilome…

Andorra

7 regions · 58 destinations

Andorra is a tiny mountain principality wedged high in the eastern Pyrenees between France and Spain, and it punches far above its 468 km² size.

San Marino

9 regions · 52 destinations

San Marino is one of the world's smallest and oldest republics, a 61-square-kilometre enclave perched on the slopes of Monte Titano in north-central Italy, nea…

Kosovo

7 regions · 32 destinations

Kosovo declared independence from Serbia in 2008 and is recognised by 117 UN member states, including the US, UK, and most EU members; Serbia, Russia, China, a…

Liechtenstein

11 regions · 18 destinations

Liechtenstein is one of Europe's smallest sovereign states — a doubly landlocked principality of just 160 square kilometres wedged between Switzerland and Aust…

Monaco

4 regions · 4 destinations

Monaco is the world's second-smallest sovereign state — barely 2 square kilometres wedged between the French Riviera and the Mediterranean — yet it punches far…

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