SAMUEL asked:
we are looking for a restful city break good food wine and culture
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whats the best european city to visit for a weekend break?SAMUEL asked:
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i’d recomment ghent in belgium, it’s a stunning city!! you can get the eurostar to brussels and then a local train to ghent.
it looks just as lovely as amsterdam, but it’s a lot quieter
Prague is fantastic – beautiful, full of culture, great restaurants and bars, friendly people who usually speak English, great transport system. I spent 4 days there but it wasn’t enough to see everything.
Paris.
Barcelona is nice. It’s got great restaurants/ bars and some stunning architecture.
Amsterdam is fun, scenic, and has some excellent cultural stops. You can visit a lot of art galleries, many of which have some world class paintings. You can also stop by the Anne Frank House, take a canal boat ride, and walk through the streets just enjoying the city. Everyone rides bicycles there, so it’s nice to be in a place that has so few cars. There’s so many side walk cafes that you’ll never need to hunt a good place to eat. The clubs are varied and overall, if you’re careful in the evenings, you won’t have any trouble from anyone late at night.
If you want restful I’d suggest a quite but pretty town/city in the UK, Rye in sussex, York, Chester, Cambridge, The Lakes etc. City Breaks are great throughour Europe but restful is not a word I would ever use for them.
The city of Leiden in The Netherlands would be a great stop. Being in southern Holland, Leiden is without all of the busy anxiety you encounter in northern Dutch cities like Amsterdam.
Being surrounded by Belgium, France, and Germany, Holland is already a spot where some fascinating European cultures mix. Leiden is lined with cobblestone streets, farmers’ markets, wine-tasting facilities, museums catering to the Europe of old, and is laidback enough so a visitor can soak up all of Europe as slow as he/she wants to.
barcelona without a doubt.its got good food wine brilliant people .fantastic places to visit you will really enjoy it .have a good time wherever you choose
Varna………… Bulgaria!
Cheap and full of culture and good restauraunts.
Prague, Chec Republic
Definitely Barcelona!
1) Amazing arcitecture – La Sagrada Familia the Gaudi church is amazing and easy to get to its in the city itself. On top of that just walking the streets is a treat, the buildings are incredible – especially the modernist stuff
2) Great restuarants and bars – try to avoid La Ramblas or Port Olimpic for food but in the gothic quarter and less international parts of the city you can get some amazing food, especially Tapas and again, just the setting, especially in the gothic quarter, is amazing
3) The sea – you are after all by the sea and there is a nice enough beach with a few bars where its nice to sit and chill and enjoy the fresh air. There are a couple of nice restaurants there too
It really just has something of everything and is an unforgettable place to go for a few days.
Split or anywhere in the dalmatian region of Croatia.
Sun, sand, hot guys (or girls). need i say more?
The problem is, you haven’t given quite enough information for the Answerers to suggest the type of thing you like. That’s why they all recommend their favourate place. Try something different.
I find Berlin very restful. There’s bags of culture (some of the best museums in Europe, including the Natural History museum which has the largest brachiosaurus skeleton in captivity and the Pergamon Museum which is renowned for its Persian exhibits); the Opera house, the Friedrichtspalast and the Berlin Philharmonic.
There’s clubs to suit ALL tastes. More Pubs than you can shake a stein at (proper pubs not just Amercan or Irish type ‘bars’), many of these have their own micro-breweries attached, etc.etc. The best eating places (personal opinion) are the restaurants in the railway arches near Friedrichstrasse railway Station. Food types from everywhere, even German (who says they don’t have a sense of humour, actually some of it’s very tasty).
German white wine is very good, don’t touch the red until you’ve had a few glasses of white first (unless you’ve a sense of humour about wine).
Even better, the public transport system is comprehensive, fully integrated and the BVG Welcome Card (travelcard) is cheap and gives bags of other discounts.
Better still, It hasn’t yet been swamped by the Tourist Culture which infests too many European capitals. You can be ripped-off but you almost have to try hard for it to happen. It’s a safe city compared to Rome or the Eastern capitals (naturally, take care anyway).
The locals love the English, especially the older locals, and just about tolerate Americans (not that many seem to go there, and they mostly congregate around Checkpoint Charlie).
Hotels in city centre very good value. Check with Expedia.com for prices.
About 1.5 hours from Heathrow or 12 hours from London if you drive. (Can’t miss it, big place with a tall tv tower in the middle, it’s about 50Km from the Polish border).
Weather can be very cold in February but usually dryer than UK.
depends what you like. Lille is lovely, cobbled streets, shops, cafes, bars and a Sunday market. Travel by Eurostar and you’re there in an instant. You can walk everywhere, there ‘s a cathedral and art gallery and museum.
Paris, Brussels, Bruges, Amsterdam, Berlin…
Most recent visit was to Berlin in december, Park Inn on Alexanderplatz had special winter deals and is well situated for St Nicolas old town area (good places to eat) and relics of East and the wall. Don’t eat breakfast at your hotel, there are lots of really cheap cafes with full B/F around 3 euros. Generally Berlin is the cheapest capital city I’ve visited and has most things twice over due to the partition (fabulous museums if you’re in to that)