Top 20 cities to visit in Europe

Top 20 cities to visit in Europe (of those I have visited)

1. Paris
2. Venice (Venezia)
3. Florence (Florencia)
4. Pisa
5. Siena
6. Padua (Padova)
7. Barcelona
8. Berne (Bern)
9. Amsterdam
10. Munich (München)
11. Brussels
12. Rome (Roma)
13. Seville (Sevilla)
14. Salamanca
15. London
16. Madrid
17. Athens
18. Geneva (Geneve)
19. Cologne (Köln)
20. Oporto (Porto)

Still not visited, from these lists:

http://www.travelandleisure.com/worldsbest/2007/results.cfm?cat=citieseurope
http://www.travelandleisure.com/worldsbest/2006/results.cfm?cat=citieseurope
http://goeurope.about.com/od/europeantripplanning/a/best_of_europe.htm
http://www.bestworldcities.com/europe/

• Vienna
• Istanbul
• Cracow (Kraków)
• Prague
• Salzburg
• Berlin
• Budapest
• Sofia
• Lisbon
• Belgrade
• Copenhagen
• Dresden
• Glasgow
• Milan (Milano)
• Luxembourg
• Rotterdam

Rome is usually ranked much higher, but I didn’t find it particularly attractive as a city. Of course, it has wonderful historical monuments and ruins. Perhaps it didn’t help that I have gotten sunstroke each time I visited, in July/August. Athens is similar – incredible monuments and ruins, not so great city (and terrible air pollution!).

And here the best cities to live in (based on their quality of life)

http://www.citymayors.com/features/quality_survey.html

The list is dominated by Switzerland and Germany (although personally I could not stand the winter cold!). Paris comes in at # 32. Of the cities on my list, the highest ranked is Geneva (tied at #2 with Vienna). #1 is Zurich.