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Most walkable cities for a short break?

128 replies

RedDoughnut · 20/03/2023 16:05

Where could I avoid using public transport and just explore by foot?

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BadForBusiness · 20/03/2023 16:05

Bruges?

Flipflops123 · 20/03/2023 16:13

Rome

tilestoclean · 20/03/2023 16:16

Helsinki

Londre · 20/03/2023 16:17

Edinburgh

Radiatorvalves · 20/03/2023 16:18

Winchester Cambridge Paris…. How are you getting to the city?

Wrongsideofpennines · 20/03/2023 16:19

Vilnius. We did need a train to get from the airport but then walked everywhere else.

lostinfusion · 20/03/2023 16:20

Amsterdam or Reykjavik - both small & flat

Pattygonia · 20/03/2023 16:20

Venice, Palma

DisplayPurposesOnly · 20/03/2023 16:21

Am assuming youre happy to get a train, bus or taxi from the airport in which case ive walked around all of these:
Amsterdam
Boston
Copenhagen
Manchester
St Petersburg (OK, maybe not currently...)
Reykjavik
Seville

viques · 20/03/2023 16:24

Granada. But get yourself fit first, walking up that hill to the Alhambra is tough on the thighs.

PillBoxes · 20/03/2023 16:25

Florence
Lucca
Cordoba
Seville

That's just a few. Most cities with an historic core are walkable, it is when things are outside the city that you need more than your two legs.

Can I ask why public transport is not for you?

cocksstrideintheevening · 20/03/2023 16:26

Prague

PillBoxes · 20/03/2023 16:28

viques · 20/03/2023 16:24

Granada. But get yourself fit first, walking up that hill to the Alhambra is tough on the thighs.

I got the ahem.... tourist train thinggy and it took in all the sights (hop on/off) AND took me up the hill of doom to the Alhambra. Walking back down via the lookout point and Albaicin was steep but a lot easier than going uphill.

Well done you, I took one look at the gradient and said Nope!

OnaBegonia · 20/03/2023 16:29

Dublin, not too hilly

IbizaToTheNorfolkBroads · 20/03/2023 16:30

York
Nice
Monaco
Copenhagen

MissConductUS · 20/03/2023 16:31

Boston is a lovely city and very walkable:

C1N1C · 20/03/2023 16:31

We just csme back from Ljubljana and loved it. Small, beautiful, interesting, walkable, cultured...

KnickerlessParsons · 20/03/2023 16:32

Venice, Prague, Barcelona, Brussels, Toulouse, Dublin, Stockholm..........

In the UK - Cardiff, Bath, Glasgow, Bristol, Plymouth, Lincoln, Birmingham, Edinburgh, Swansea, Belfast ........

BarrelOfOtters · 20/03/2023 16:33

Venice, Palma, Malaga, Grenada (hills), Llubjljana, London.

tinytemper66 · 20/03/2023 16:36

Madrid.

Oblomov23 · 20/03/2023 16:37

Ljubljana
Bruges

Choconut · 20/03/2023 16:37

I've been to lots in Europe, from the ones already mentioned I particularly love Palma Mallorca, Malaga, Venice, Prague and Florence.

I'd also recommend Porto, old town Dubrovnik and Istanbul.

rioseco · 20/03/2023 16:38

Valencia
Seville
Córdoba

Hohofortherobbers · 20/03/2023 16:44

Krakow

RedDoughnut · 20/03/2023 16:46

I'm happy to travel to somewhere but I just want to be outside. Im fed up with cars, buses, trains.
I'd ideally like to arrive by Tardis and just step into the thick of it.
It also means I can keep myself to myself, no language issues etc

It's pouring with rain where I am today and I started dreaming about just getting out to explore.

Quite pleased to know Stockholm is walkable. That's towards the top of my list.

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