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Best Solo Travel Destinations in Europe

120 city guides ยท 3-day solo travel itineraries

3-day city guides for solo travellers โ€” safe neighbourhoods, social scenes and solo-friendly spots.

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๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ท Turkey

Adana

Safe walkable central quarters, tea-garden regulars, ReลŸatbey bar stools and a canyon train you can โ€ฆ

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๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Netherlands

Amsterdam

Shared benches, hostel bars and safe canal lanes across Jordaan, Noord and Oost โ€” a city where a tabโ€ฆ

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๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Andorra

Andorra La Vella

A tiny, walkable, low-crime capital where a canal path, a tapas bar counter and a village square do โ€ฆ

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๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ท Turkey

Ankara

One hostel base in Kฤฑzฤฑlay, walkable student streets, a scrub at a 15th-century bathhouse and a sharโ€ฆ

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๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ท Turkey

Antalya

Hostel rooftops in Kaleiรงi, รงay with strangers on KaraalioฤŸlu bluff, and a solo ferry to Suluada-bluโ€ฆ

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๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ช Belgium

Antwerp

Communal food halls, bottle-shop bars, a free river tunnel and neighbourhoods where arriving alone iโ€ฆ

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๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ท Greece

Athens

Hostel rooftops in Psyrri, tavernas where the waiter seats you at a shared table, and hills you can โ€ฆ

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๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท France

Avignon

Market stools, a self-pour wine bar, the free Rhรดne ferry and quiet museums where a table for one isโ€ฆ

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๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Azerbaijan

Baku

Pedestrian squares awake past midnight, รงayxana culture where eating alone is normal, and fire-templโ€ฆ

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๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ Spain

Barcelona

Solo-friendly Grร cia squares, communal vermut counters, hostel rooftops in El Raval and a self-pacedโ€ฆ

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๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง United Kingdom

Bath

Free guided walks, bar-stool pubs, riverside rowing and Georgian streets you can wander alone after โ€ฆ

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๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ช Georgia

Batumi

Sociable hostels in Old Town, cheap wine bars where strangers become table-mates, and a compact seasโ€ฆ

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๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Northern Ireland

Belfast

Snug bars built for talking to strangers, hostel walking tours, black-taxi mural rides and a 40-minuโ€ฆ

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๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ธ Serbia

Belgrade

Bar-seating cafรฉs in Dorฤ‡ol, the Cetinjska bar courtyard, tip-based local tours and lit riverside waโ€ฆ

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๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ด Norway

Bergen

Vinyl bars and student houses, safe wooden neighbourhoods, and seven mountains you can climb withoutโ€ฆ

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๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Germany

Berlin

Communal benches, rooftop sunsets and karaoke in a stone amphitheatre โ€” a route built for arriving oโ€ฆ

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๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญ Switzerland

Bern

Communal tables, self-managed culture centres and the Aare drift โ€” a capital small enough to walk alโ€ฆ

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๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ Spain

Bilbao

Standing-room pintxo counters, social hostel commons, Basque-language music venues and viewpoints yoโ€ฆ

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๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง United Kingdom

Birmingham

Social hostels in the Jewellery Quarter, communal tables in Digbeth's craft-beer arches, and museumsโ€ฆ

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๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Slovenia

Bled

Hostel firepits, pletna benches shared with strangers, and a 6km shoreline loop you never walk aloneโ€ฆ

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๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Italy

Bologna

Communal osteria benches, aperitivo alleys where standing alone is normal, and 38km of covered arcadโ€ฆ

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๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท France

Bordeaux

Market counters, communal wine bars, walkable quartiers and a submarine base full of light โ€” a Bordeโ€ฆ

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๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท France

Bourges

Free art-deco gardens, a working marsh, a hostel apรฉro and Saturday-market talk โ€” Bourges at solo paโ€ฆ

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๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Slovakia

Bratislava

Hostel commons, standing-room wine cellars and one-seat bar counters in a capital small enough to crโ€ฆ

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๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Germany

Bremen

A compact Hanseatic city where the Viertel's bars, a citizens' park and a river beach make travellinโ€ฆ

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๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง United Kingdom

Bristol

Counter seats, tip-based walking tours, volunteer cinemas and free gorge trails โ€” a city where arrivโ€ฆ

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๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Czech Republic

Brno

A compact, walkable Moravian city where student cafรฉs, tank-beer pubs and tip-based walking tours maโ€ฆ

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๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ช Belgium

Brussels

Communal brown cafรฉs, standing seafood counters and walkable neighbourhoods where arriving alone is โ€ฆ

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๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ด Romania

Bucharest

Solo-safe neighbourhoods, bar-seating cafรฉs, free walking tours and parks where eating and drinking โ€ฆ

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๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡บ Hungary

Budapest

Communal ruin-bar tables, tip-based walking tours, Ottoman baths and the safe, well-lit streets of Dโ€ฆ

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๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ท Turkey

Bursa

Walkable Hisar streets, communal meyhane tables, historic hamams and a solo cable-car climb above thโ€ฆ

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๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง England

Cambridge

A student city where eating, reading and drinking alone is the default โ€” plus the hostels, brewpubs โ€ฆ

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๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง England

Canterbury

A walkable walled city where every good table has a bar stool, the hostel scene is tiny but friendlyโ€ฆ

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๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท France

Carcassonne

Hostel terraces inside the walls, communal cassoulet tables, and a walled city small enough to wandeโ€ฆ

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๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Wales

Cardiff

Solo-friendly counters, hostel bar terraces, Welsh-language gig nights and walks you can take entireโ€ฆ

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๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Italy

Catania

Rooftop hostels, shared-counter fish fries, a black lava beach and Baroque courtyards you can wanderโ€ฆ

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๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ด Romania

Cluj-Napoca

Social hostels, communal canteens and safe, well-lit squares built for travelling alone.โ€ฆ

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๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡น Portugal

Coimbra

A compact hilltop city where hostel terraces, shared-table taverns and 18:00 fado shows turn a solo โ€ฆ

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๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Germany

Cologne

Communal brewery tables, hostel bar crawls and river-lined neighbourhoods where eating and drinking โ€ฆ

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๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Denmark

Copenhagen

Communal tables at Torvehallerne, board-game bars in Nรธrrebro, harbour swims and sauna sessions wherโ€ฆ

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๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ Spain

Cordoba

A walkable, well-lit old town where standing at the bar is normal, hostels run free tapas crawls andโ€ฆ

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๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ท Greece

Corfu

Walkable Venetian lanes, a legendary backpacker terrace above Pelekas Beach and cliff-edge sunsets yโ€ฆ

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๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ท Greece

Corinth

Waterfront seats where nobody rushes you, a market that talks back, and coves you can swim off aloneโ€ฆ

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๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช Ireland

Cork

Walkable, safe and famously chatty โ€” a city where a solo pint at the bar turns into an evening of coโ€ฆ

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๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ด Romania

Craiova

Walkable pedestrian squares, cheap student terraces, park benches with a view and cultural venues whโ€ฆ

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๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ช Belgium

Dinant

A pocket-sized Meuse city where every bar counter, kayak seat and clifftop bench works just as well โ€ฆ

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๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช Ireland

Dublin

Communal tables, no-music conversation pubs, a free walking tour and a cliff loop you can do entirelโ€ฆ

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๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ท Croatia

Dubrovnik

Lapad's cafรฉ promenade, Gruลพ market mornings, shared wine-bar counters and a kayak launch where singโ€ฆ

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๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Germany

Dusseldorf

Communal brewery benches, a Japanese quarter built for eating alone, and a river promenade where nobโ€ฆ

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๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Scotland

Edinburgh

Sociable hostel bars, folk sessions where strangers share a table, and hilltop walks you'll want to โ€ฆ

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๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Netherlands

Eindhoven

Communal-table hostels, maker workshops and one bar street where drinking alone is normalโ€ฆ

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๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡น Portugal

Faro

Walkable old-town safety, ferry-hopping to barrier islands alone, and the hostel-and-tasca scene wheโ€ฆ

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๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Italy

Florence

Solo-safe Oltrarno lanes, communal-table wine windows, social hostel rooftops and a city compact enoโ€ฆ

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๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Germany

Frankfurt

Shared apple-wine tables in Sachsenhausen, walkable riverside museum banks and hostel bars where solโ€ฆ

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๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡น Portugal

Funchal

Sea pools you can swim alone at, tip-based walking tours, shared brewpub benches and levadas that arโ€ฆ

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๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช Ireland

Galway

Solo-friendly Latin Quarter hostels, communal trad sessions where a stranger becomes a session mate,โ€ฆ

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๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ท Turkey

Gaziantep

Solo-safe Bey neighbourhood stays, communal รงiฤŸ kรถfte tables, student cafรฉs around Gaziantep Universโ€ฆ

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๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฑ Poland

Gdansk

Social hostels in the Main Town, riverside bars where strangers share tables, and Tricity day trips โ€ฆ

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๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญ Switzerland

Geneva

Safe walkable quarters, communal-bench cafรฉs and lake baths where sitting alone is the local defaultโ€ฆ

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๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Italy

Genoa

Solo-safe carrugi routes, hostel-adjacent aperitivo counters, ferry escapes and stand-up focaccia baโ€ฆ

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๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ช Belgium

Ghent

A compact, walkable, student-run city where eating alone at the bar is normal and strangers start coโ€ฆ

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๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง United Kingdom

Gibraltar

A 6.8kmยฒ territory you can cross on foot in an hour, where one hostel, a dozen pubs and a bilingual โ€ฆ

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๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Scotland

Glasgow

Social hostels in the West End, bar-counter conversations on Ashton Lane, and a walkable city where โ€ฆ

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๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ท Turkey

Goreme

Sleep in a social cave hostel, hike Pigeon Valley alone at dawn, and end every night on a rooftop whโ€ฆ

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๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช Sweden

Gothenburg

Roastery counters, tip-based walking tours, a public harbour sauna and a 55-minute ferry to an islanโ€ฆ

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๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ Spain

Granada

Free-tapas bars where a single stool is the best seat, walkable Albaicรญn lanes, and hostel rooftops โ€ฆ

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๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡น Austria

Graz

Market counters in Lend, hostel kitchens near the Hauptbahnhof and student bars in the Stadtpark โ€” aโ€ฆ

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๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Germany

Hamburg

Social hostels in St. Pauli, single-seat counters at Schanze, ferry rides you can take alone and lakโ€ฆ

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๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Finland

Helsinki

Public saunas where strangers talk, communal bar tables in Kallio, and forest islands you can walk aโ€ฆ

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๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ท Greece

Heraklion

Hostel rooftops off Handakos, communal Cretan mezes, a walkable sea-wall circuit and day trips you cโ€ฆ

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๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ด Romania

Iasi

Pedestrian centre, a 35,000-student university quarter and a one-street bar strip where drinking aloโ€ฆ

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๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡น Austria

Innsbruck

Shared counters, free swimming lakes, partner boards and cable-car ridges โ€” a city small enough to nโ€ฆ

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๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Scotland

Inverness

Communal hostel kitchens, folk-music sessions where strangers share a table, and Highland trails youโ€ฆ

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๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ท Turkey

Istanbul

Solo-safe neighbourhoods on both continents, communal counters where nobody eats alone, and the sociโ€ฆ

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๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ท Turkey

Izmir

Sunset benches on the Kordon, hostel rooftops in Alsancak, ferry crossings you can take alone, and tโ€ฆ

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๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฑ Poland

Katowice

Hostel commons on Mariacka, communal tables in Nikiszowiec, language exchanges and craft-beer bars wโ€ฆ

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๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡น Lithuania

Kaunas

Sleep in Old Town dorms, drink craft beer at communal tables, hike Aleksotas hill alone and swap Litโ€ฆ

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๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ Russia

Kazan

Old Tatar backstreets, the Profsoyuznaya bar strip and forest trails you can walk without a plan or โ€ฆ

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๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Ukraine

Kharkiv

Cafรฉ perches on Sumska, market banter at the central hall, spring queues at Sarzhyn Yar and beer-halโ€ฆ

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๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Ukraine

Kiev

Podil cafe counters, a tip-based walking tour, communal food-hall benches and a sunset bench of yourโ€ฆ

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๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Slovakia

Kosice

Cafรฉ counters, a culture factory, a microbrewery cellar and valley trails โ€” all comfortable to do onโ€ฆ

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๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ช Montenegro

Kotor

Sociable hostel courtyards, a walkable walled town where nothing is more than five minutes away, andโ€ฆ

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๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฑ Poland

Krakow

Communal-counter milk bars, hostel-bar courtyards, lifeguarded quarry swims and mound climbs you canโ€ฆ

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๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ Russia

Krasnodar

Riverside walks you can do alone, market tastings, a contemporary-art squat and craft bars where strโ€ฆ

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๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญ Switzerland

Lausanne

Free walking tours, communal-table taverns, a hostel above the lake and vineyard trails you can walkโ€ฆ

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๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง England

Leeds

Social hostels, communal bar tables, walkable arcades and a canal network where nobody blinks at a tโ€ฆ

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๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท France

Lille

Social hostel bars, walkable safe quarters and museums you can pace alone โ€” a compact northern city โ€ฆ

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๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡น Austria

Linz

A compact Austrian city where the museums stay open till 21:00, the hostels sit five minutes from thโ€ฆ

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๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡น Portugal

Lisbon

Safe hill neighbourhoods, counter-seat lunches, hostel family dinners and a sunset river crossing yoโ€ฆ

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๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง England

Liverpool

Hostel bars on Hanover Street, free museums you can wander at your own pace, and a city where strangโ€ฆ

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๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Slovenia

Ljubljana

Counter dining, hostel courtyards and green hills in a capital small enough to cross on foot in twenโ€ฆ

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๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฑ Poland

Lodz

Hostel common rooms, milk-bar counters and craft-beer taps in a city where a table for one is normalโ€ฆ

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๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง United Kingdom

London

Social hostels, communal tables, walking tours and night-bus-safe neighbourhoods for anyone arrivingโ€ฆ

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๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฑ Poland

Lublin

Student-city hostels, communal cebularz counters and unhurried riverside walks where arriving alone โ€ฆ

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๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญ Switzerland

Lucerne

Musegg ramparts before the crowds, a drained pool turned communal canteen, Ufschรถtti sunsets and a mโ€ฆ

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๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡บ Luxembourg

Luxembourg

Dorm beds under the Bock, communal cafรฉ tables, a brewery courtyard of ten bars and self-guided fortโ€ฆ

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๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท France

Lyon

Communal bouchon tables, hostel rooftop bars in Croix-Rousse and the Rhรดne pรฉniches where Lyonnais aโ€ฆ

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๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Netherlands

Maastricht

Compact, walkable and unusually easy to talk your way into: hostels on the Maas, single-stool beer cโ€ฆ

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๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ Spain

Madrid

Standing-room bars where eating alone is the norm, hostel rooftops in Malasaรฑa, and free walking touโ€ฆ

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๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ Spain

Malaga

Compact safe barrios, counter-service tapas bars built for one, and social hostels where a table of โ€ฆ

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๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช Sweden

Malmo

Counter seats, free art halls and shared brewery benches in Sweden's most walkable small city.โ€ฆ

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๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง England

Manchester

Hostel commons, single-seat counters and terrace-house football pubs where drinking alone in Manchesโ€ฆ

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๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท France

Marseille

Sociable hostel terraces in Le Panier, safe walkable quarters around the Vieux-Port, and activities โ€ฆ

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๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Italy

Milan

Communal tables in Isola, canal-side hostel bars in Navigli and self-guided walks where nobody blinkโ€ฆ

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๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡พ Belarus

Minsk

Communal tables on Zybitskaya, free samples at Komarovka market, hostel courtyards and a library rooโ€ฆ

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๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡จ Monaco

Monaco

Market counters, a microbrewery bar, free cliff paths and the safest 2 kmยฒ in Europe to walk alone aโ€ฆ

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๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท France

Montpellier

Hostel terraces, single-seat market counters and a tram-linked city where a third of the population โ€ฆ

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๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ Russia

Moscow

Metro-palace wandering, hostel-bar nights on Pokrovka and single-seat dinners where nobody asks why โ€ฆ

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๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฆ Bosnia and Herzegovina

Mostar

Hostel-run minibus tours, communal benches on Oneลกฤ‡ukova, cave bars over the Radobolja stream and hiโ€ฆ

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๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Germany

Munich

Communal tables, hostel bar crawls, riverside surf-watching and one Alpine day trip you can do entirโ€ฆ

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๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท France

Nancy

A compact, walkable French city where a single traveller can nurse a coffee on the world's prettiestโ€ฆ

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๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท France

Nantes

Counter seats, communal tables, free viewpoints over the Loire and bars where a solo drinker gets taโ€ฆ

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๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Italy

Naples

Solo-safe walking routes through Naples' densest quarters, hostel social terraces, counter-service pโ€ฆ

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๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท France

Nice

Hostel rooftops in the Old Town, sunset apรฉro on Rue Bonaparte and a sea that stays warm until Octobโ€ฆ

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๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡พ Cyprus

Nicosia

Counter-seat kafenia, buffer-zone community cafรฉs and a hammam soak โ€” a divided capital that is unusโ€ฆ

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๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ Russia

Nizhny Novgorod

Cliff-edge embankments, communal bar counters on Rozhdestvenskaya and a solo cable-car crossing of tโ€ฆ

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๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ธ Serbia

Novi Sad

Walkable safe streets, a tip-based tour that hands you companions, and a bar lane where drinking aloโ€ฆ

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๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ Russia

Novosibirsk

Social hostels near Krasny Prospekt, anti-cafรฉ conversation clubs, Akademgorodok forest trails and bโ€ฆ

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๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Germany

Nuremberg

Hostel rooftops, standing-table beer cellars and Franconian communal benches where eating alone is nโ€ฆ

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๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Greenland

Nuuk

Hostel kitchens, harbour-side cafรฉs and fjord trails where a table for one is normal in the world's โ€ฆ