Which are your 3 favourite European cities you have visited?

Prague
Amsterdam
Cologne

Stockholm
Budapest
Lisbon

No particular order..
Istanbul
Lisbon
Venice

Copenhagen, Stockholm, Kristiansand.

All because of their great cultural and community life

Liverpool is great.

I'd like to put in a shout for Dundee, for the way it sits in its surroundings. It fronts on to the Tay estuary and there is a fabulous panoramic view of hill ranges from the top of The Law, the ancient volcanic plug that rises behind the city. Wish I was there now.

Valencia, Zadar and london

St Petersburg
Talin
Istanbul
I love our British cities so they are a given.

Yes, Mollygo - and there are different reasons for different cities too.
I'd never go to Florence in the summer for example - when everywhere is packed out. Also, we tend to stay outside and come in for the archirecture, galleries and gardens. I am one of those visitors who likes to chat to locals, and try to live a bit like them for the three weeks or so of our trip.

We now have friendships with locals we re-visit when we holiday there - people who have welcomed us into their homes.
They are not like "home" friends but it's nice to have a catch up with them, learn to cook something new and learn about their way of life over the years.

The idea of the 3 cities is interesting though.
I wonder if everyone else (as I have done) wondered what criteria to apply?

NotSpaghetti

I think that some of the places we love most are not actually a city.

That’s true. We fondly remember staying in gîtes in some lovely places, but they were in villages.

I think that some of the places we love most are not actually a city.

Lisbon
Barcelona
Budapest

Warsaw

Lisbon

Montpelier

Malaga

Paris
Helsinki
Florence

Venice
Belfast
Le Mans

Bruges, Paris, Geneva

We returned from our fifth visit to Venice today. It was hot, crowded, chaotic, over priced and completely fabulous.

Venice for sure although my last visit was in 1965.
Capri, is that a city?
Rimini in Italy. Nobody goes there anymore.

Mini moon, I am not a fan of Turkey at all and have suffered about 10 visits to visit in-laws and they aren’t even Turkish. Ankara was much more civilised than
Istanbul which I avoid at all costs. Lol.

I suppose, DrWatson some of us like "earthier" places. I'd choose Naples over Stockholm any day - yes Stockholm is clean but further out is more interesting (though not a city).
Edinburgh is nice enough but Glasgow has grit and is "warmer" I think.

I don't mind shabby.

Lisbon
Rome
Prague

UK cities
London
York
Cambridge

Budapest
London
Then Granada, Lisbon, Ljubljana, Istanbul and Venice all equal third place.

Would love to go to Prague and Vienna

It’s too difficult to pin down to three but the following are among some of my favourite cities -

Avignon
Lucca
Dublin

but there are so many more

Rome
Venice
Istanbul

Sorry, I see it says European cities. Actually Sydney is quite European in many ways.

Berlin

Rome

Krakow