Did you already start guessing which one it might be while reading the title? Open the map, point your finger at the Mediterranean Sea, turn west, hit the coast of Italy and then walk to…
... to Florence. Found? Magazine Travel+Leisure Magazine named this northern Italian city for the 10th time in the last 11 years the best European city.
Florence is the capital of the country Tuscany. Between 1865 and 1870, the city was also the capital of the Kingdom of Italy. They are the birthplace Renaissance, Michelangelo's David and Da Vinci's masterpieces, families Medici and Botticelli. Walk along the Ponte Vecchio to relive the history of commerce, stand under the Duomo and marvel at it. Enjoy a stroll through the narrow streets from which it rolls the smell of coffee and fresh pasta. Definitely, Florence is a place you will return to.
Let's see how the rest ranked the best European cities:
1. Florence, Italy
2. Rome, Italy
3. Barcelona, Spain
4. San Sebastián, Spain
5. Budapest, Hungary
6. Siena, Italy
7. Seville, Spain
8. Krakow, Poland
9. Porto, Portugal
10. Lisbon, Portugal
11. Prague, Czech Republic
12. Venice, Itaija
13. Edinburgh, Scotland
14. Istanbul, Turkey
15. Madrid, Spain
Where would you place our cities?
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