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Why bother with Europe?

This small and packed part of the world offers an amazing diversity of architectural styles, both public and private. From the Eiffel Tower of Paris to the cramped canal side housing of Amsterdam, from Barcelona's gaudy Gaudi to Venice's decrepit palazzos, and from London's Houses of Parliament to Vienna's backstreets, this continent has the most intense concentration of dramatic and historic structures on the planet.
Most Euro city centres are compact, quite well preserved and have pedestrian areas that make travel a pleasure.

Two thousand years of harsh and horrible history hides behind the civilized facades of most population centres. The global effect of past civilizations like Greece, the Roman Empire, Napoleonic France, Victorian England, Turkey's Ottoman Empire, Spain's conquistadors and Germany's Third Reich live with us still, and the scars are visible.

The artifacts on display in many cities in Europe is astounding and the buildings that house the goodies are almost as impressive - St Petersburg's Hermitage, Paris' Louvre, London's British Museum, Madrid's Prado, Istanbul's Topkapi palace and Rome's Vatican.

European cuisine has given the world some eternal, edible icons. Try pizza in Italy, caviar in Russia, roast beef in Britain, coffee in Vienna, croissants in France, and sausage in Germany.

Europe's cities offer a rich crop of bizarre and historic festivals, such as Bull Running in Pamplona [Spain], masked Carnival in Venice [Italy], Edinburgh's [Scotland] huge and crazy International Festival, Salzburg's [Austria] prestigious music Festival and much, much more.

And once you've had enough of the urban sprawl and the busy streets, there're plenty of travel opportunities in the countryside: castles, palaces, mountains, lakes, rivers and adrenalin activities of every sort to refresh you before returning to the cities.

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