Best European City? (climate, attractive, live, similarities)

[rranger]

Originally Posted by K.O.N.Y

Never been to london. But i find this hard to believe

It's not hard to believe - it's impossible to believe (as one who has spent a fair amount of time there). Only an extreme racist would answer that way.

[jonjj]

I would say Istanbul. It has always fascinated me the few times I have been there.

[Mr Maps]

London, Paris, then Moscow. Just look at this: Moscow - Moscow - Page 109 - SkyscraperCity

No European capital come close to the grandeur and scale of the three European megalopolises.

[SNEwx_46]

I checked them all actually
But Amsterdam is my favorite. Or is it Paris. London's pretty great, too...

[phamb]

Paris
Barcelona
Athens
Naples-Positano (Amalfi Coast)
Vernaza (Cinque Terre)
Venice
Florence (Tuscany)
Istanbul
Monte Carlo (Fench Riviera)
Rome
London
Amsterdam
Mykonos (Greek Isle)
Pisa

Haven't been to the rest of the list.

[ChicagoorSeattle]

London
Paris
Berlin
Rome
Prague
Madrid
Moscow
Amsterdam
Munich
Barcelona
Stockholm
Athens

[MichiVegas]

I voted for Rome, which barely beats Paris, IMO.

I was very skeptical of Rome before my first visit. People said it was poor, dirty, just a museum-city. The people who say this are absolutely crazy, BTW.

Rome is amazing, beautiful and vibrant, and probably has more to do (from a tourist perspective) than anywhere. It's also hard to eat a bad meal.

[MichiVegas]

Originally Posted by grapico

Hrrm... I guess to each their own, I prefer Paris over London, and I'm an American...I love both of them. I think if it came down to it, I'd go with Madrid over London also.

The main problems I have with London are 1. Not dense enough, and 2. Food isn't good unless you go high-end.

I can't get over these two issues, even though I recognize that London is one of the world's great cities. The fact that it's tough to get a good meal, and you don't have that same urban scale as in Continental Europe, are major demerits, IMO.

[ChicagoorSeattle]

Yeah, food is certainly not a strong point of London.

[Hermosaa]

Paris
Madrid
Sevilla
Lisboa