Austria
Austria packs alpine passes, lake valleys, and imperial cities into a country you can cross in a day.
Old cities, wild coastlines, and mountain routes connected by easy journeys.
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Austria packs alpine passes, lake valleys, and imperial cities into a country you can cross in a day.
Czechia rewards travellers who leave Prague for a night or two.
Portugal delivers a lot for its size: two very different major cities, a surf coast, wine valleys, and an Atlantic island that feels like another country.
Spain is really several countries travelling under one passport, and the gap between Andalusian heat and the green Atlantic north is the point.
Italy's draw is how sharply its regions differ — Alpine north, Renaissance centre, and a south with its own pace entirely.
France repays slow travel more than almost anywhere in Europe: a week in one region beats a fortnight sprinting between them.
Greece splits into a mainland of mountains and ruins and an archipelago that takes as long as you give it.
Iceland's ring road turns the whole country into a single route, and the interior opens only in high summer.
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