Germany
Munich is Bavaria in a city — beer halls, parks, and a gateway to the Alps.
Munich is clean, prosperous, and traditional — beer halls, the Englischer Garten, and an hour to the Alps. See it during Oktoberfest if you can stand the crowds, or in summer for beer gardens.
How long
2–3 days
Currency
Euro (EUR). Cards widely accepted; cash still common in beer halls.
Language
German. English widely spoken.
Getting around
U-Bahn, S-Bahn, and trams; the center is walkable.
Budget range
€100–180 per person per day at mid-range.
Croatia
Split is a Roman emperor's retirement palace — Diocletian's, still lived in, with the sea on one side and ferries to the islands on the other.
Finland
Helsinki is a Nordic capital by the Baltic — design, saunas, and a sea-archipelago on the doorstep.
France
Bordeaux is wine country in a city — a UNESCO riverfront of 18th-century stone and the world's wine capital.
Italy
Naples is Italy raw and real — pizza where it was invented, a castle over the bay, and Pompeii an hour away.
Greece
Thessaloniki is Greece's second city — Byzantine churches, a waterfront, and the best food in the country, Athenians say.
Spain
Bilbao is the Basque industrial city reborn by a Guggenheim — old and new in one rebuilt river town.
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