The best cities in Europe: 2022 Readers' Choice Awards
The survey for the 2023 Readers' Choice Awards is open, vote now for your favourite places, hotels, airports, cruise ships, travel fixers and more.
In order to make the cut for our list of the best cities in Europe, certain criteria must be met. A European city should have a world-class food scene, plenty of smart hotels, friendly locals and intriguing history. In this year's Readers' Choice Awards survey, multiple cities in Italy and Spain ranked highly – but you also voted for cities in Germany, Turkey, Sweden, Denmark and Norway. In fact, cities across Scandinavia are well-loved by Condé Nast Traveller readers, with three cities from the region making the top five – pipped only to the post for the top spot by a diminutive Spanish city set right on the sea.
These are the best cities in Europe, according to the 2022 Readers' Choice Awards. The scores below are percentages representing overall average levels of satisfaction.