European city break suggestions please

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It would be in October, myself, DH and DS 13. We absolutely loved Barcelona but want to go somewhere different. Any ideas?

Naples. My absolute favourite city. So much to see. So much life.

For October I would head as south as possible, to guarantee some good weather. Rome is amazing, Seville is also spectacular, Porto is meant to be another good bet, or my personal favourite Valencia

Another vote for Lisbon! Will be lovely at that time of year.

Also love Florence and Budapest.

We have done both Budapest and Rome in October.
Both lovey.

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Naples. My absolute favourite city. So much to see. So much life.

Naples can very Marmite. We went and absolutely hated it.

I second many of the places already mentioned here, but especially Ljubljana. Slovenia is a fantastic country - so much crammed into a small place, with loads really accessible. E.g. Lake Bled is around an hour, 90 mins from Ljubljana on a coach ride.

With your ds I would suggest Berlin, very cool, lots to see and do and lots of interesting history. Also less expensive than a lot of other European cities. We went in October about 5 years ago and the autumn colours were beautiful. My DC’s were 11 and 14 at the time and still say it was their favourite city.

Budapest

Rome! I love Rome

I have always liked Tallinn, Krakow and Budapest. Also like Helsinki and Stockholm but wouldn't recommend them in October as it might be quite cold and dark.

Prague, Krakow, Amsterdam or Copenhagen.

I cannot begin to describe how much I disliked Rome, but we are all different.

Krakow or Berlin have been our favourites. DD also really liked Amsterdam as she loved all the cycling.

Lisbon, Porto, Nice, Bordeaux.

We’ve had early October breaks in all of these and loved them and the surrounding areas.

What’s Seville like end of October?

Lisbon, Madrid, palma, Paris, Bologna, Athens, sienna, Florence, Lille, Bruges, Brussels,

Bruge is absolutely lovely
Lots to do - we did a Segway tour with our teens, walking, boats, eating !
Ideal in a weekend
Lisbon is also very nice

Thanks for all the suggestions, lots of great ideas. I'm off to do some research!

Dinan and Colmar in France also beautiful but again maybe too small for a whole weekends activities

Antwerp, loads to see and do. Utrecht also.
Will second Rome, Ljubljana.
Córdoba if you want sun.

Valletta

I've done Berlin with a 13yr old in October HT and it was wonderful (weather and such interesting things to do. The immersion in history is just fantastic). Also did Iceland end of Oct and again had gorgeous weather, but I suspect that was a fluke! Good time of year to see the Northern Lights though. Oh, and I advise doing bike tours (Fat Boy in berlin is the best!), as great way to see the city's highlights and figure out what bits you like the look of to explore further.

First thing to check is what is available from local airport if you are only going for a short break check on skyscanner .
You don't want to be travelling more than necessary to airport that may knock some ideas on the head.

Ghent, they have an interesting film festival in October as well.

Lisbon is fantastic

If you loved Barcelona you will love Sevilla it's beautiful

I also loved Krakow, Prague, Florence , Venice for a city break

Budapest. Best European city break ever.