Favorite place in Europe?

Where is your favorite spot in Europe, or the place/sight that you most want to see?

I have to see the leaning tower of Pisa!

Edinburgh, Scotland (I would have no problem living there)
Venice, Italy
Florence, Italy
London, England

Zermatt, Switzerland is where I would go to write my autobiography.
London, England is where I would go to have a good time.
Sorrento, Italy is where I would buy my villa.

(Ellie, I don't want to burst your bubble, but the leaning tower is really anticlimactic. You park, then walk about a mile into the middle of a field. There's a church, a baptistry, and a cemetery. A row of shops, and then a leaning tower. You take a couple of pictures, then have to drive an hour to get to Florence, because Pisa is just a university town.)

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Oh! Bath, England... A castle, a four poster bed, and a fireplace. I'm in heaven.

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paris and Vienna have always been favorite cities of mine but I do tend to enjoy the lesser traveled spots a great deal.

Interlaken, Switzerland is a beautiful town nestled in the Alps and situated around a georgeous mountain lake. I stayed in a small village in Pescara, Abuzzi, Italy which was so quaint and untouched by time. It was a wonderful hillside town surrounded by farms and olive groves.

Florence is also magnificent for the art and arcitecture.

Salzburg, Austria is probably my favorite place in Europe.

St. Remy in Provence is a close runner-up.

rlbgbc - I also like the Cotswolds in England very much.

ckeaton - I spent the night in a castle - Thornbury Castle - not too far from your favorite town of Bath a couple years back. It was magnificent. Put that place on your list.

I've only been to Ireland but I definitely want to go back.

And I'm dying to go Paris and Montmartre(sp?-- it's been a while since I was in french class)

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I absolutely loved Madrid-- it was one of my favorite places.
But Monaco was gorgeous, too.

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A little town in Northwest Tuscany called Lucca. It has an oval piazza that was once a Roman ampitheatre that rivals the piazza in Siena for historic charm. It also has a medieval wall around the outskirts of the town that is a block wide at the top--so they have turned the top of the wall into a park that rings the city with trees and grass and benches

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When I was 17 (1985) my mom and I along with my sister and grandmother all went on a 2 week trip to Europe. We spent something like 5 days in London, 2-3 days in Amsterdam and then drove to Paris and spent I guess about 5 days.

I'm SO GRATEFUL for that trip! Now that I'm older traveling like that is close to impossible (not to mention the state of the world today and safety issues). That trip was just a dream come true for me. When people ask "Did you go to the prom?" or whathaveyou during H.S. I respond "I went to Europe instead" (I had to pay for part of my trip from my bank account). I did'nt go to the school functions or the trips some people went on....but I went to Europe. I personally think I was the smarter one. I would'nt do it differently today.

That said.......my answer would be London. I would live there in a heartbeat. (Even though it's supposed to be terribly expensive)

Without a doubt, Paris...

Absolutely Paris!!!

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Have to go with the Ring of Kerry in Killarney.
A close second place has to be awarded to London. Anywhere in London.

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