01:06 #25 Girona 02:12 #24 Mostar 03:36 #23 Delft - my personal favourite 04:50 #22 Brasov 06:17 #21 Assisi - my personal favourite 07:11 #20 Bern - my personal favourite 08:53 #19 Eze 10:00 #18 Tallinn - my personal favourite 11:38 #17 Heidelberg - my personal favourite 13:06 #16 Cesky Krumlov 14:23 #15 Rovinj 15:37 #14 York 16:43 #13 Carcassonnne - my personal favourite 17:48 #12 Ronda 18:57 #11 Colmar 20:03 #10 Obidos 21:25 #9 Dubrovnik 22:47 #8 Hallstatt 24:15 #7 San Gimignano 25:40 #6 Bruges - my personal favourite 27:17 #5 Rothenburg ob der Tauber - my personal favourite 28:36 #4 Mont Saint-Michel - my personal favourite 29:51 #3 Kotor 31:27 #2 Toledo 32:40 #1 Siena - my personal favourite
Good memories in Ronda with my son. I wanted to move there immediately. Mont San Michel visit was with a group. Interesting arrow slits in austere buildings. Toledo was seen traveling solo. The river and countryside are pretty. TY for your list.😊👍
@Joemontana G If Mao didn´t destroy most of the china herritage and if today´s china wasn´t full of souless giant buildings i would say that china is more beauthful than the most places europe. Have you seen the mediavel towns in china?? Those tows are gourgeus. And japan has a lot of good old tows that combine perfectly with the land.
And India has nice buildings too. The problem is that the british invaded, conquered, facilitated the creation of slums and stole too much indian wealth, And that´s a problem in the entiere places that were colonised by europeans and the arabs..
Joemontana G Europe is certainly the best place to live on earth. If you value human rights, standard of living, workers rights, food quality, personal safety, everything. The cities are living museums full of art and sculptures and amazing architecture. Europe sets the standard for quality in everything. Other places are great too but mostly all Europe is another level compared to the rest of the world. Whatever Europe does usually the rest of the world tries to do the same.
@@HollandPhotography1 "Most beautiful" is a very subjective term. I grew up in Doesburg in the Netherlands, a beautiful Medieval city (almost 800 years ago it received its city rights), which could definitely be on this list. But there are so many beautiful medieval cities in Europe. The ones in the video above are the most famous, but not necessarily the most beautiful. You can expect lots of tourists in each of the examples in the video.
I have been in most of the cities mentioned, however I have to say that most of Europe is full of ancient beautiful towns and cities. In Spain we have many of them, Segovia, Salamanca, Burgos, Avila, Teruel, small towns in the north an many others in the rest of the Country . The European Continent is truly beautiful and diverse.
@@shampoo1733 it depends on what you like, really. From small villages like Cazorla or Zahara de la Sierra, to bigger towns like Ronda or Carmona to cities like Seville, Cordoba or Granada. Cadiz is very distinctive too, and Setenil de las Bodegas is quite unique. If you like, I could tell you what I'd visit in each one of these, especially Seville, since it is my favorite.
Europe is just incredible. You can never tire of discovering all the wonderful places it has. Loved all of these, could add quite a few more to the list!! What a lovely compilation of medieval towns. X
The best part of these kind of videos are the comment sections in which people will list the most beautiful town of their country. You know that those cities will be gems to visit, because locals knows best!
reading video's description i expected some hidden non (very) touristy gems. and then i see sienna no1!!! oh well... so i wonder why venice is not in? most, if not all of these places are included in every descent tourist brossure available...
Europe....our Europe is the most beautiful place on earth Many other cities maybe deserved to be in this list but for me it is OK. Siena is certainly the right choice for being the number 1
Assisi was one of my favorite cities to visit. Absolutely beautiful and pleasant to stay at. A medieval city on a hill, a plethora of old Romanesque Churches, a beautiful valley below as well luscious forest up above where Saint Francis would frequently visit on spiritual retreats.
I spent 3 days I Siena and loved it. The fact that people live there and it’s not just a touristy town made it more charming. I could see myself living there.
I am from Portugal and can't complain of a lack of beautiful, old towns. My city of Porto, is itself 2400 years old, but I was several time in Siena and I must say, it's one of the most beautiful cities I've ever been. Really gorgeous. You're lucky to be from this beautiful city.
Siena is my favorite of any city I have been to in Europe and I lived in Europe for four years. All of Tuscany is beautiful, but there is something about Tuscany that was just so amazing.
I am French national and despite my obvious love for my country, please consider as Valetta in Malta as one of the most beautiful old city in the world!
And there are so many more.......Avila, Segovia, Evora, Coimbra, Chester, Durham, Ravenna, Urbino, Nessebar, Budva, Valletta, Mdina, Salzburg and many, many more.
Wat abt Florence.... it is the place where renaissance actually began due to the patronage of the Medici family... in my opinion it should be the no. 1 city
All of Europe is beautiful, such wonderful architecture and picturesque scenery. So much history brought to life with shows like this. Australia is such a young country! Thank you
Honestly best place I ever have been in, dont know just the atmosphere it had with people everywhere, medieval shops with swords and armor in every corner of the town, the medieval buildings, the tours, it was one of the best if not the best experience I had while visiting a city.
In Portugal we have a lot of this small medieval villages like: . Óbidos . Guimarães . Bragança . Monsanto . Reguengos de Monsaraz . Piodão . Moura . Mértola And the list goes on...
You forgot the city of Rhodes, which is one of the largest medieval cities in Europe -and Monemvasia, both of them in Greece and absolutely fantastic! Also there are wonderful medieval cities in Poland, Bulgaria, Hungary etc which are not mentioned here. You should have listed one medieval village from each European country and not 3 villages from countries like Italy or France, so the list would be more complete.
@Aboubakar Nkhangweleni People are proud of their countries and their countrymen who built them how hard is that understand? Also you are from africa wtf do you care
As Italian and European I know that we are living in a region that gives us a particular attention to the beauty; we grew up surrounded by the beauty. I come from Ascoli Piceno, a wonderful medioeval town in Italy and I had the fortune to travel all around Europe. I think that really every country in Europe has their architectural jewels and indeed also 1.000 places couldn’t be enough for an exaustive list . Nice video
Beautiful places. And if you are ever in central Spain it's worth visiting the small city of Segovia and the two medieval villages of Pedraza and Sepulveda which are relatively nearby - amazing countryside, architecture, ambience and food and wine.
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I was there in 2015. It is almost a mythical looking place. It's very packed with tourists but that didn't bother me. All the big destinations are packed with tourists.
Living in a medieval city myself and visiting a lot of medieval towns during my holidays/trips, I most say this list is missing loads of beautiful towns.
These guys never heard of Sighisoara, Bucuresti, Timisoara, Sibiu, Deva, Alba Iulia, Iasi, Cluj Napoca, Bran, Constanta just to quickly name a dozen from Romania. Nevermind, Florence, Salzburg, Paris, Viena, Barcelona, Avignon and indeed thousands of others such beautiful places in every corner of Europe. Been in Canada 17 years, I don't mind Vancouver Toronto or Ottawa, but Europe has a charm that I never met yet in Canada or my 30 visits in USA.
There are many many towns that could be on this list and that could replace any of the excising ones. Sighișoara in Romania, Chester in England, Lucca in Italy, Visby on the Swedish island of Gotland. The list could probably be a thousand cities long but Sienna is however a good choice for number one for its size, it’s accessibility and it’s touristy properties. For the best preserved I would go for Sighișoara. Hands down.
Kraków (Poland) - the biggest market square in Europe, tones of medieval churches, buildings, military constructions etc. Toruń (Poland) - pearl of Gothic architecture, with medieval ramparts, churches etc., Avignon (France) - the old part completely surrounded by medieval ramparts, with the massive Palace of Popes (or rather anti-popes) and one of the most famous medieval bridges, Sigishoara (Romania) - another pearl of medieval architecture, all perfectly preserved. Your list is definitely missing important entries...
Krakow, Avignon and I had seen Torun as potential places I want to visit in the summer. How long would you recommend in Krakow and Torun? Is it easy to get from Krakow to Torun?
Well, you could mention many more. It is difficult to make a list of 25 when you have hundreds such old towns in Europe. Krakow could be included, but so could 300 more.
I’ve been to Rothenburg , it’s really amazing to walk around. I wish I was very much younger and I would be traveling all over the world just to visit these kind of places. I’m sure I wouldn’t get tired.
A war between Europeans is a civil war. We've come a long way and still got a long way to go. As long as we respect eachothers differences, we can focus on what we have in common.
@@markoshea6833 How does that work? If we didn't respect eachothers differences, there'd be mass separatism within the EU. Catalans want independence from Spain because they feel they are culturally and linguistically different (as well as economic reasons); same for Galicia, Basque; and Flanders where I'm from, where the Flemish have to learn French, yet the Walloons don't - and many other inequalities due to lingual differences like an unequal voting system. Trust me I grew up in that type of environment, I know how it works. Even more, I don't feel like Belgium is a state that should exist, yet I'm pro-European. If you don't respect Europe's diversity, the people of Europe won't respect you; try to then keep them all together. Within the EU it is of utmost importance to preserve European heritage, which includes lingual and cultural diversity. "Historically" these differences weren't always respected, but the historical climate was also completely different.
I am also really surprised not to see the castle of the Teutonic Order in Malbork Poland which is the largest medieval castle in the world measured by land area and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Poland also has well-preserved medieval towns of Torun, Frombork, not to mention bigger cities like Krakow, Wroclaw or Gdansk.
Tallinn has 438 thousands inhabitants, Florence - 383,000. So if Tallinn is on the list (which it definitely deserves), then Florence should also be included.
hah I just posted the same thing! Rhodes is a perfect example of medieval architecture. The streets paved with rocks in patterns alone is a masterpiece.
Thanks for adding a few new places to see. I've also enjoyed visiting a few cities in Germany, such as Aachen and Trier. The Roman Empire was ruled from both of these cities at points in the past. I also really loved Bamburg in eastern Germany.
A few of my own favourite towns and cities are Maastricht (my own town!), Monschau, and Nideggen, Bolzano, Perugia, Freiburg, Ancona, Florence (obviously), Zadar, Innsbruck, Rovereto, Merano, Rhodes, Den Bosch... there's just so much to see in my continent, I've really gained a lot of appreciation for traveling around Europe even after seeing a lot of the world. Traveling far has its merits for sure, but there is so much to see in Europe you couldn't do it in a lifetime.. and a lot more sustainable to travel locally by train, bus and ferry if you live here :)
Nice. I would recommend my town Edinburgh Scotland, Vitoria and San Sebastian Basque Country, Malaga Spain, Verona Italy, Durham and Bath England, Antalya Turkey, Kotor Croatia, Salzburg Austria.
so true, there's too much beauty, in every country and of every kind. it's so sad that we can't visit the whole world and some can't even leave their countries
There are plenty of beautiful medieval towns in Europe. It's difficult to talk about which are the top 25, because there quite many other(Coimbra, Bologna, Krakow etc.).
Porgos palanakis..? Is that your name..? I'm from India. I don't know greek. I just spell the first letter of every greek alphabets in your name.. Am i close enough..?
i don´t think this type of lists should be made. There are just so many beautiful places across europe that if you pick just 25 its ALWAYS going to be wrong because other marvelous towns are going to be missing. Still great video overall i loved all of them
Thanks for the list, a bit disappointed there is no polish cities on this ( it is a really big part of Europe !) But also Vilnius is my grandmother's birth place and she could talk about it for days.
I'm surprised that Bamberg in eastern Germany isn't on the list. It's an amazing city. I also loved Prague. Amsterdam and Barcelona are two of my favorite cities. Four years ago I rode a bicycle from Tangier to Copenhagen. One of my mistakes was missing Toledo, but spending a week in Madrid.
Italian towns can't compare to any of these shown and all the others not here mentioned __there is no Bella italia all run down , old very old dirty and graffiti strewn __clean and cleanse first
@@rob5197 True... That's why Italy is the country with more UNESCO sites in the world... And that's why in Italy there is from 60 to 75% (depends on definition) of the storical/cultural heritage of the entire world and Roma alone have 16% of it... ...True, old dirty and ugly places....
@@sentailover1 Not moorish..it is an Arab palace as Nasrid Dynasty was descended from Arab Banu Khazraj tribe., the chief of that tribe was Sad Ibn Ubadah one of the companions of the islamic prophet Muhammad
Avila, Segovia, Cuenca, Burgos, Cordoba, Granada, Chinchon, Tarragona, Jativa, Dalt Vila (Ibiza Town) so many. Don't they realise that Castile (Castilla), the main region of Central Spain gets its name because of all its castles?
Just check the medieval castle villages built by the Genovese in the Greek island of Chios. Check the villages of Mesta, Pyrgi, Olympoi, Vessa, Kalamoti and many more which are still resided and if you have the chance to travel there you will feel like you travel back in time. Amazing experience!
I have visited the beautiful island of Chios some years ago, and I have been to the village of Pyrgi. And also one abandoned and delapidated village at the mountain top with a monastery nearby. It was an eerie experience and very very beutiful one, too! The tragic history of the people there, as well. Unfortunately I have forgotten the name of the abandoned mountain village.
Nice. All the towns mentioned here deserve a visit, though many of them feature more Renaissance buildings than medieval ones. But the absence of Russia is highly conspicuous. Has no one heard of Veliki Novgorod, Vladimir or Suzdal ?
Those three cities all look beautiful and should be included but the makers of the video are presumably suggesting we visit and Russia's Byzantine visa rules make it very difficult for most nationalities to get there. Maybe that's why no Russian cities were included.
@@pedrapgwilym1341 On the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia welcomed millions of foreign visitors who were given a warm welcome. Don't you think the current Cold War atmosphere fostered by Western governments and media might be a better explanation?
@@dondzik9690 a) The US government fostered the 2014 Nazi-inspired coup in Ukraine, it was natural for Russian-speaking Ukranians to take up arms to defend their rights, and, b) Russia DID NOT occupy part of the Ukraine.
As an European, I am, after all this years, still in love with it. Pity that there is no time in a movie, for every country could easily give 100 medieval cities to the list.
All you see everywhere you look and go is beauty, pictures of the town, medieval attractions, and natural wonders! Every step you'll take in Europe is worth it!
I have only been to York and I loved it. I was supposed to have been on a Baltic cruise (which was cancelled) in May and we would have stopped at Tallin. It'll probably be two years before we can try again. Fingers crossed we get through this pandemic.
Of course, this kind of limited list may only be slammed for not including such town or another one. On my side I just wonder that, among the Romanian ancient towns, they chose Brașov, in place of Cluj or Sibiu, but more especially in place of the little medieval pearl that is Sighișoara.
"Romanian ancient towns"? Show me one! All mentioned are the heritage of Hungary, built by Hungarians and/or Saxons in the Kingdom of Hungary. Are there anything outside Transylvania (that is the heritage of Hungary) that you could show off? Borrowed eggs is what you have.
@@eberhardwaltz9043 Fact that a part of actual Romania was Hungarian during certain periods doesn't make you right. Cluj, Sibiu, Brasov are in Transylvania and always were. And, sorry, but Transylvania was never completely a part of Hungary. This is very clear on this gif in the Wikipedia (French) article: upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/89/AnimatieGraniteRomania_1859-2010.gif After that, I'm pretty sure out of the official moving frontline, populations were more or less mixed, especially in cities, most of the time.
If killing innocent people wasn't enough to discourage war, just think of all the beautiful architecture that's been lost due to mans insatiable greed for power and control. This is our history and when destroyed by parasitic war criminals it leaves a emptiness which can not be replaced. When one travels the path of our ancestors, be it a cobblestone road or a granite staircase, it's that wonderment of who was here before walking this path or climbing these stairs. It's a special feeling and one that cannot simply be described, but needs to come from your heart and mind . All are magnificent, but Bruggs is special for me....the place , yes , but especially the folks ...I realized I had been born into the wrong era minutes after arriving in Bruggs. Been looking for a time machine ever since I departed .
I guess this video should be at least 120mins long, so it can meet the expectations of all Europeans :D As a Bulgarian, I can recommend Nessebar(simply unbelievable-some of the buildings there are 1500years old) and Veliko Tarnovo(The capital of the Second Bulgarian Empire)
Nice to see some spanish cities in this list. Also, if you have the opportunity of visiting Spain, don't miss Ávila. I think is one of the lesser known examples of medieval city for the foreigners (and even for spaniards), but it has the best preserved and most complete medieval defensive walls in all Spain, and it also have very special churches. Also, we cannot forget the islamic medieval architecture and urbanism in Spain with amazing examples as Granada and Córdoba. Worth the visit!
01:06 #25 Girona
02:12 #24 Mostar
03:36 #23 Delft - my personal favourite
04:50 #22 Brasov
06:17 #21 Assisi - my personal favourite
07:11 #20 Bern - my personal favourite
08:53 #19 Eze
10:00 #18 Tallinn - my personal favourite
11:38 #17 Heidelberg - my personal favourite
13:06 #16 Cesky Krumlov
14:23 #15 Rovinj
15:37 #14 York
16:43 #13 Carcassonnne - my personal favourite
17:48 #12 Ronda
18:57 #11 Colmar
20:03 #10 Obidos
21:25 #9 Dubrovnik
22:47 #8 Hallstatt
24:15 #7 San Gimignano
25:40 #6 Bruges - my personal favourite
27:17 #5 Rothenburg ob der Tauber - my personal favourite
28:36 #4 Mont Saint-Michel - my personal favourite
29:51 #3 Kotor
31:27 #2 Toledo
32:40 #1 Siena - my personal favourite
Good memories in Ronda with my son. I wanted to move there immediately. Mont San Michel visit was with a group. Interesting arrow slits in austere buildings. Toledo was seen traveling solo. The river and countryside are pretty. TY for your list.😊👍
Donna Woodford I’ve been to Ronda and loved it. So beautiful and great hiking outside the city. Also been to Siena and its also an amazing place
How come Florence is not in the list?
@@lissandrafreljord7913 Florence is not a little town
Thanks, that made it easier for me to count my personal score. I have only visited 9 of them so far, but then I live in Hanoi.
Europe is so beautiful
The world is so beautiful
@@bumble.bee22 of course, only in Europe is a lot of it close 🌞
@Joemontana G If Mao didn´t destroy most of the china herritage and if today´s china wasn´t full of souless giant buildings i would say that china is more beauthful than the most places europe.
Have you seen the mediavel towns in china?? Those tows are gourgeus. And japan has a lot of good old tows that combine perfectly with the land.
And India has nice buildings too. The problem is that the british invaded, conquered, facilitated the creation of slums and stole too much indian wealth, And that´s a problem in the entiere places that were colonised by europeans and the arabs..
Joemontana G Europe is certainly the best place to live on earth. If you value human rights, standard of living, workers rights, food quality, personal safety, everything. The cities are living museums full of art and sculptures and amazing architecture. Europe sets the standard for quality in everything. Other places are great too but mostly all Europe is another level compared to the rest of the world. Whatever Europe does usually the rest of the world tries to do the same.
When in Europe, just travel 30km in any direction and you’ll find a picturesque medieval town.
which is why North America can never compete!!
@@MsElke11 Its as if north america wasn't part of the medieval era...
@@SuicidelG well, of course not, since COLUMBUS brought EUROPEAN culture to N.A. after 1492. Before that, it was all NATIVE WILDERLAND!
Where I live it's literally every 15 kilometers xD
@@melaniebiberger2191 dans quelle region habitez-vous?
You could make a top 1000 because EVERY European country, from north to south, has medieval cities and villages. Thats typical European.
It's impossible to list all European medieval towns in just 33:59.
Still fun to watch, though.
I guess you missed "most beautiful" in the title...
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@@HollandPhotography1 "Most beautiful" is a very subjective term. I grew up in Doesburg in the Netherlands, a beautiful Medieval city (almost 800 years ago it received its city rights), which could definitely be on this list. But there are so many beautiful medieval cities in Europe. The ones in the video above are the most famous, but not necessarily the most beautiful. You can expect lots of tourists in each of the examples in the video.
Every European watching is like...where's my town? Wtf.... lmao ...Proud to be European. Best place on Earth!
Esiste e come vedi Italia Molise
Where's Yoker?!
dbsill cockney lol Europe sucks with all that old stuff and depressing grey architecture. GO CANADA AND USA 🇨🇦 🇺🇸
@@NationalismDjazair nice joke
pride before the fall?
can't get enough of old medieval Europe. I could have watched an hour or more of this! Thanks, from California.
I want to go to these places!
There is always a Barstow, close enough to visit.
Thank YOU, and most welcome to Europe if you enjoy ancient buildings !
@@erzsebetnilsson580 medieval lol. But there are ancient places as well.
You could do this video 100 times and everytime choose another 25 Beautiful Medieval towns. Europe has such beautiful places everywhere.
I have been in most of the cities mentioned, however I have to say that most of Europe is full of ancient beautiful towns and cities. In Spain we have many of them, Segovia, Salamanca, Burgos, Avila, Teruel, small towns in the north an many others in the rest of the Country . The European Continent is truly beautiful and diverse.
Which ones do you recommend in andalucia?
@@shampoo1733 it depends on what you like, really. From small villages like Cazorla or Zahara de la Sierra, to bigger towns like Ronda or Carmona to cities like Seville, Cordoba or Granada. Cadiz is very distinctive too, and Setenil de las Bodegas is quite unique. If you like, I could tell you what I'd visit in each one of these, especially Seville, since it is my favorite.
Europe is just incredible. You can never tire of discovering all the wonderful places it has. Loved all of these, could add quite a few more to the list!! What a lovely compilation of medieval towns. X
The best part of these kind of videos are the comment sections in which people will list the most beautiful town of their country. You know that those cities will be gems to visit, because locals knows best!
reading video's description i expected some hidden non (very) touristy gems. and then i see sienna no1!!! oh well... so i wonder why venice is not in? most, if not all of these places are included in every descent tourist brossure available...
Europe....our Europe is the most beautiful place on earth
Many other cities maybe deserved to be in this list
but for me it is OK.
Siena is certainly the right choice for being the number 1
May the Gods forever watch over Mother Europa.
@@howlinsg1968 I prefer San Giminiano. And Mont Saint Michel is unique, just like Venice.
What about Cáceres (Spain) ? I’ve been in most of this cities and Cáceres would be in Top five.
Bellissimi posti il Molise e un sogno pesche e un paradiso si trova in Molise un borgo stupendo e molto visitato si chiama il presepe del Molise
@@paolavergate9703 Paradiso appunto, perché non esiste 😂
Assisi was one of my favorite cities to visit. Absolutely beautiful and pleasant to stay at. A medieval city on a hill, a plethora of old Romanesque Churches, a beautiful valley below as well luscious forest up above where Saint Francis would frequently visit on spiritual retreats.
in italy we have thousands of small towns like these
So which is your favorite?
In France too
@@mikeincalifornia Ravenna!
... But there are hundreds of beautifull little town in Italy...
Urbino, Volterra, Gradara, Castell'Arquato, Vigoleno, Dolceacqua... The first ones passing from my mind. :)
@@wishmao111 Lucca, Ferrara, Mantova, Bergamo, Apricale, ecc...
I'm from Siena, but all the cities in this video are beautiful. Not only My city.
I spent 3 days I Siena and loved it. The fact that people live there and it’s not just a touristy town made it more charming. I could see myself living there.
I love Siena. Went there in 2010 on a day trip from Florence. Awesome cathedral!
I am from Portugal and can't complain of a lack of beautiful, old towns. My city of Porto, is itself 2400 years old, but I was several time in Siena and I must say, it's one of the most beautiful cities I've ever been. Really gorgeous. You're lucky to be from this beautiful city.
Absolutely loved Siena, amazing city. Can't wait to go back some time. My cousin loved it so much they called their daughter Siena
Siena is my favorite of any city I have been to in Europe and I lived in Europe for four years. All of Tuscany is beautiful, but there is something about Tuscany that was just so amazing.
I am French national and despite my obvious love for my country, please consider as Valetta in Malta as one of the most beautiful old city in the world!
And Mdina
I wholeheartedly agree
You forgot old medieval city of Sighișoara - Transilvania(Romania), the only medieval fortress still inhabited from Central and Eastern Europe!
actually Sighisoara is the Europe´s Medieval gate.
Sighisoara/Szegesvàr is really really beautiful!!
The beautifut city of Sighisoara,
the medieval fortress is truly fabulous, shame they didn't mention it.
And Sibiu
Sant de acord!!!!❤️
Europe is the most beautiful part in the World !!!!
No
Agreed!
@@journeytowardslife yes it is
I'm European, and I love Europe scenery, but we also have typical Asian towns, like in Japan. There's a lot to see all around the world
@@journeytowardslife 😆
And there are so many more.......Avila, Segovia, Evora, Coimbra, Chester, Durham, Ravenna, Urbino, Nessebar, Budva, Valletta, Mdina, Salzburg and many, many more.
Durham Cathedral was robbed, from the R.C., by the C. of E.
Norwich too
Wat abt Florence.... it is the place where renaissance actually began due to the patronage of the Medici family... in my opinion it should be the no. 1 city
Soria, Burgos...
@@joselex5315 Soria me encanta. 'Campos de Castilla' de Antonio Machado.
Theres no continent like europe. so breathtaking😍
All of Europe is beautiful, such wonderful architecture and picturesque scenery. So much history brought to life with shows like this. Australia is such a young country! Thank you
I went to toledo and it‘s just breath taking! Yall should go one day
Glass city, represent!
I was there and loved it.
Honestly best place I ever have been in, dont know just the atmosphere it had with people everywhere, medieval shops with swords and armor in every corner of the town, the medieval buildings, the tours, it was one of the best if not the best experience I had while visiting a city.
Very beatiful
All are amazingly beautiful towns. Hallstatt looks like straight from a fairytale. And what a view over the Mediterranian sea from Éze!
Europe is so pretty. Surprised that Rhodes is not included in the video, though; it's literally a Medieval Town declared a World Heritage.
I never get tired of Italy. Every region is beautiful. It's even beautiful in different ways at different times of the year
In Portugal we have a lot of this small medieval villages like:
. Óbidos
. Guimarães
. Bragança
. Monsanto
. Reguengos de Monsaraz
. Piodão
. Moura
. Mértola
And the list goes on...
Tiago Pinto Marvão
Elvas , Montemor o Velho , a própria cidade de Coimbra
I agree __Portugal I has very pretty towns
Portugal a terra dos meus antepassados. Olá do Brasil.
@@Kaptor21 Deu pena não ver Marvão na lista
You forgot the city of Rhodes, which is one of the largest medieval cities in Europe -and Monemvasia, both of them in Greece and absolutely fantastic! Also there are wonderful medieval cities in Poland, Bulgaria, Hungary etc which are not mentioned here. You should have listed one medieval village from each European country and not 3 villages from countries like Italy or France, so the list would be more complete.
I was expecting Rhodes and Kraków in Poland to be in top 10.. Not to mention Prague, Bratislava and many more...
Greece is wonderful but really not famous the their medieval towns!
@@dalinaddei I agree -and it is a pity!
Rhodes is pretty cool
And Lübeck the Queen of hanseartyc League mother of brickstonegotik. The City of seven towers
Proud to be Italian ahaha but gotta say, for Italy and many other countries, this list is too short...
@Aboubakar Nkhangweleni People are proud of their countries and their countrymen who built them how hard is that understand? Also you are from africa wtf do you care
@Aboubakar Nkhangweleni Sorry, i don'get it. What's your point?
@Aboubakar Nkhangweleni Like you for example
@Aboubakar Nkhangweleni you had to really think very hard to make such a dumb comment, didn't you?
Alberto Bisti Bravo!
Europe is so beautiful. I can't wait to get to Portugal!
Go to Oporto!
I love Portugal.
As Italian and European I know that we are living in a region that gives us a particular attention to the beauty; we grew up surrounded by the beauty.
I come from Ascoli Piceno, a wonderful medioeval town in Italy and I had the fortune to travel all around Europe. I think that really every country in Europe has their architectural jewels and indeed also 1.000 places couldn’t be enough for an exaustive list . Nice video
Luca in Italy is unbelievable loved it there
Nice but I prefer Mantua.
This video is like showing delicious food to you at 1 am when you are on diet.
🤣🤣🤣
Beautiful places. And if you are ever in central Spain it's worth visiting the small city of Segovia and the two medieval villages of Pedraza and Sepulveda which are relatively nearby - amazing countryside, architecture, ambience and food and wine.
Europe, the cradle of cultures!
things can change in a generation
The earliest signs of a process leading to sedentary culture can be seen in the Levant to as early as 12,000 BC, when the Natufian culture became sedentary; it evolved into an agricultural society by 10,000 BC.[9] The importance of water to safeguard an abundant and stable food supply, due to favourable conditions for hunting, fishing and gathering resources including cereals, provided an initial wide spectrum economy that triggered the creation of permanent villages.[10]
The earliest proto-urban settlements with several thousand inhabitants emerged in the Neolithic. The first cities to house several tens of thousands were Memphis and Uruk, by the 31st century BC (see Historical urban community sizes).
Historic times are marked apart from prehistoric times when "records of the past begin to be kept for the benefit of future generations";[11] which may be in written or oral form. If the rise of civilization is taken to coincide with the development of writing out of proto-writing, the Near Eastern Chalcolithic, the transitional period between the Neolithic and the Bronze Age during the 4th millennium BC, and the development of proto-writing in Harappa in the Indus Valley of South Asia around 3300 BC are the earliest incidences, followed by Chinese proto-writing evolving into the oracle bone script, and again by the emergence of Mesoamerican writing systems from about 900 BC.
western cultures. There are other regions and cultures in the world, believe me
@@tuanistico Have I hurt your tender feelings? I am so, so, so sorry! How can I send you money?
@@Troul478 he's right, there are many cultures in the world
Every town is beautiful but Mont Saint Michel is simply mezmerizing.
True, if only it weren't so tourist-trappy. I guess it's unavoidable with such a small place full of so many attractions.
I was there in 2015. It is almost a mythical looking place. It's very packed with tourists but that didn't bother me. All the big destinations are packed with tourists.
Living in a medieval city myself and visiting a lot of medieval towns during my holidays/trips, I most say this list is missing loads of beautiful towns.
These guys never heard of Sighisoara, Bucuresti, Timisoara, Sibiu, Deva, Alba Iulia, Iasi, Cluj Napoca, Bran, Constanta just to quickly name a dozen from Romania. Nevermind, Florence, Salzburg, Paris, Viena, Barcelona, Avignon and indeed thousands of others such beautiful places in every corner of Europe. Been in Canada 17 years, I don't mind Vancouver Toronto or Ottawa, but Europe has a charm that I never met yet in Canada or my 30 visits in USA.
Romania is insane ,lot great things to discover ,one at the most fascinated european country
Oh my God 😲 such beauty. Nothing I love more than the European medieval aesthetics
enjoy it while it's still there, some say
There are many many towns that could be on this list and that could replace any of the excising ones. Sighișoara in Romania, Chester in England, Lucca in Italy, Visby on the Swedish island of Gotland. The list could probably be a thousand cities long but Sienna is however a good choice for number one for its size, it’s accessibility and it’s touristy properties. For the best preserved I would go for Sighișoara. Hands down.
Lucca and Siena never __ there is a lot better than those towns
I was waiting for Visby to show up!
Kraków (Poland) - the biggest market square in Europe, tones of medieval churches, buildings, military constructions etc. Toruń (Poland) - pearl of Gothic architecture, with medieval ramparts, churches etc., Avignon (France) - the old part completely surrounded by medieval ramparts, with the massive Palace of Popes (or rather anti-popes) and one of the most famous medieval bridges, Sigishoara (Romania) - another pearl of medieval architecture, all perfectly preserved. Your list is definitely missing important entries...
Krakow, Avignon and I had seen Torun as potential places I want to visit in the summer. How long would you recommend in Krakow and Torun? Is it easy to get from Krakow to Torun?
Well, you could mention many more. It is difficult to make a list of 25 when you have hundreds such old towns in Europe. Krakow could be included, but so could 300 more.
Europe is beautiful,but honestly,nothing quite matches the huge amounts of magnificent cities, towns and villages in Italy !!! It's never ending !!!
Italy is in Europe, Signora...
I’ve been to Rothenburg , it’s really amazing to walk around. I wish I was very much younger and I would be traveling all over the world just to visit these kind of places. I’m sure I wouldn’t get tired.
Apart from our differences guys, let’s love each other, European brothers, we are stunning!
is sarlat, carcassonne, st. paul de vence, apt, graisse there?, 'n sion, romandie, chur? siya
❤️ from Lithuania
A war between Europeans is a civil war. We've come a long way and still got a long way to go. As long as we respect eachothers differences, we can focus on what we have in common.
@@ewoudalliet1734 if we respected eachother's differences, we wouldn't be together.
@@markoshea6833 How does that work? If we didn't respect eachothers differences, there'd be mass separatism within the EU. Catalans want independence from Spain because they feel they are culturally and linguistically different (as well as economic reasons); same for Galicia, Basque; and Flanders where I'm from, where the Flemish have to learn French, yet the Walloons don't - and many other inequalities due to lingual differences like an unequal voting system. Trust me I grew up in that type of environment, I know how it works. Even more, I don't feel like Belgium is a state that should exist, yet I'm pro-European. If you don't respect Europe's diversity, the people of Europe won't respect you; try to then keep them all together. Within the EU it is of utmost importance to preserve European heritage, which includes lingual and cultural diversity. "Historically" these differences weren't always respected, but the historical climate was also completely different.
I am also really surprised not to see the castle of the Teutonic Order in Malbork Poland which is the largest medieval castle in the world measured by land area and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Poland also has well-preserved medieval towns of Torun, Frombork, not to mention bigger cities like Krakow, Wroclaw or Gdansk.
York, Chester, Edinburgh, Salisbury, Corbridge, Carlisle, Canterbury, Southwell, Newark, Lincoln and many more across the UK.
Britain’s smaller towns are gorgeous
Breathtaking towns beautifully imaged with just the right amount of narration.
Nice list of old towns! I visited few of them myself but personaly I miss Kilkenny with it's medieval mile here.
agree with Sienna #1, incredible, beautiful place, every corner and street
Tallinn has 438 thousands inhabitants, Florence - 383,000. So if Tallinn is on the list (which it definitely deserves), then Florence should also be included.
If visiting Malta, don't forget to visit the medieval town of Mdina!
Yes, highly recommended
Carcassone est magnifique!
Toulon semble un ville content, je m'excuse
Great Video,....but I'd like to throw Sintra Portugal in there as well. Europe is awesome
Amazing towns, so much beauty and history! ❤️
The medieval town of Rhodes is missing. It's completely intact and conserved most medieval buildings authentically and the complete walls.
hah I just posted the same thing! Rhodes is a perfect example of medieval architecture. The streets paved with rocks in patterns alone is a masterpiece.
@@oz.o politically Rhodes is considered a part of Europe. It's a Greek island and lies within the European Union.
@@oz.o even geographically rhodes hardly has anything to do with asia, let alone ethnically/culturally, from both aspects being the epitome of Europe
Sana ne...... Ναι ναι ναι!!!
Always amazed with the beauty and characters of european towns.
Beautiful cities. This video makes me want to get back to Europe and visit all these old towns. 💜💜
Totally mind blowing, what a fantastic travel guide. I've been to a few of these locations, but want to visit them all!
Thanks for adding a few new places to see. I've also enjoyed visiting a few cities in Germany, such as Aachen and Trier. The Roman Empire was ruled from both of these cities at points in the past. I also really loved Bamburg in eastern Germany.
A few of my own favourite towns and cities are Maastricht (my own town!), Monschau, and Nideggen, Bolzano, Perugia, Freiburg, Ancona, Florence (obviously), Zadar, Innsbruck, Rovereto, Merano, Rhodes, Den Bosch... there's just so much to see in my continent, I've really gained a lot of appreciation for traveling around Europe even after seeing a lot of the world. Traveling far has its merits for sure, but there is so much to see in Europe you couldn't do it in a lifetime.. and a lot more sustainable to travel locally by train, bus and ferry if you live here :)
Nice. I would recommend my town Edinburgh Scotland, Vitoria and San Sebastian Basque Country, Malaga Spain, Verona Italy, Durham and Bath England, Antalya Turkey, Kotor Croatia, Salzburg Austria.
so true, there's too much beauty, in every country and of every kind.
it's so sad that we can't visit the whole world and some can't even leave their countries
Mestreech! 🧡
So much history everywhere 😍
Veliko Tarnovo in Bulgaria is amazing. I highly recommend the visit.
There are plenty of beautiful medieval towns in Europe. It's difficult to talk about which are the top 25, because there quite many other(Coimbra, Bologna, Krakow etc.).
Porgos palanakis..?
Is that your name..?
I'm from India. I don't know greek.
I just spell the first letter of every greek alphabets in your name..
Am i close enough..?
Brasov....a beautiful medieval town!
Heritage of Hungary,
@@eberhardwaltz9043never
20 years ago I spent 6 weeks in Tuscany going from medieval city to medieval city with a couple of buddies. One of the best 6 weeks of my life.
I have been to Tallinn and every word is true about it, it is literally a castle town.
RitooRitu it was founded by germans.
@@leolange4417 And a lot of it is built by swedes
May be I am old...
Old things make me happy...
They have something more human...
becouse the old things were build to last centuries and to be beautiful, not to wash some money and to impress design critics :)
Im proud to be from the old world, Im from Sapin and I love our culture
i don´t think this type of lists should be made. There are just so many beautiful places across europe that if
you pick just 25 its ALWAYS going to be wrong because other marvelous towns are going to be missing.
Still great video overall i loved all of them
It doesn't matter if you miss some, you still propose at least a few of them for the viewers to discover. This on itself is not wrong.
Thanks for the list, a bit disappointed there is no polish cities on this ( it is a really big part of Europe !) But also Vilnius is my grandmother's birth place and she could talk about it for days.
I'm surprised that Bamberg in eastern Germany isn't on the list. It's an amazing city. I also loved Prague. Amsterdam and Barcelona are two of my favorite cities. Four years ago I rode a bicycle from Tangier to Copenhagen. One of my mistakes was missing Toledo, but spending a week in Madrid.
It’s an amazing city but it’s actually in Bavaria and not in eastern Germany😊
Annecy
It’s no wonder this destination is also called “the pearl of French Alps” or “Venice of the Alps‘”(yes, there are canals that criss-cross the town) Annecy may not be the first city you think of when you think of France, but this hidden gem will not disappoint you. Mostly famous for its lake that is full of tourists in the summertime, this idyllic town has plenty of attractions to keep you busy; for instance, do not miss out on the Château d’Annecy that towers over the town.
Annecy, France © milosk50/Shutterstock
Annecy, France
It is not really hidden. It is famous at least in France and there are many tourists.
Sighisoara Romania, a UNESCO world heritage is also beautiful.
Yes, Segesvár is a beautiful city and heritage of the Kingdom of Hungary, built and governed by Saxons and Hungarians of Hungary.
Loooved Èze. Looks amazing! It's going straight to my bucket list.
The small medieval cities of Britanny in western France are lovely : Dinan , Treguier , Malestroit , Locronan , Rochefort en Terre , Vitré..
I am from Bulgaria and we have some really beautiful medieval villages like Veliko Tarnovo and Koprivshtica
And Plovdiv
25 Gérone, Espagne
24 Mostar, Bosnie-Herzégovine
23 Delft, Pays-Bas
22 Braşov, Roumanie
21 Assise, Italie
20 Berne, Suisse
19 Èze, France
18 Tallinn, Estonie
17 Heidelberg, Allemagne
16 Český Krumlov, Républilque tchèque
15 Rovinj, Croatie
14 York, Royaume-Uni
13 Carcassonne, France
12 Ronda, Espagne
11 Colmar, France
10 Óbidos, Portugal
09 Dubrovnik, Croatie
08 Hallstatt, Autriche
07 San Gimignano, Italie
06 Bruges, Belgique
05 Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Allemagne
04 Mont-Saint-Michel, France
03 Kotor, Monténégro
02 Tolède, Espagne
01 Sienne, Italie
Nie, nicht "Allemagne" sondern Deutschland!
:-)
Timestamps?
Merci beaucoup !
Sou fascinado por construções e cidades antigas. É muita arquitetura bela para desfrutar e muita história. Belo vídeo!
You forgot 1213 Italian villages...
And many German towns
Italian towns can't compare to any of these shown and all the others not here mentioned __there is no Bella italia all run down , old very old dirty and graffiti strewn __clean and cleanse first
@@rob5197 True... That's why Italy is the country with more UNESCO sites in the world... And that's why in Italy there is from 60 to 75% (depends on definition) of the storical/cultural heritage of the entire world and Roma alone have 16% of it...
...True, old dirty and ugly places....
Alessandro Mancuso ..Who is this troll? 🙉🙈
1312👮🏻♂️
There many in Spain beside Ronda and Toledo...Granada, Segovia, Carmona,Ubeda,Baeza,Cadiz..etc..
Agree. They forget Granada. Maybe they don't know Alhambra The most beautiful moorish Palace in the world
@@sentailover1 Not moorish..it is an Arab palace as Nasrid Dynasty was descended from Arab Banu Khazraj tribe., the chief of that tribe was Sad Ibn Ubadah one of the companions of the islamic prophet Muhammad
@@sentailover1 while the moors empire may have reached Spain, it was mostly occupied by Arabs at the time (the high class at least).
Avila, Segovia, Cuenca, Burgos, Cordoba, Granada, Chinchon, Tarragona, Jativa, Dalt Vila (Ibiza Town) so many. Don't they realise that Castile (Castilla), the main region of Central Spain gets its name because of all its castles?
Come on, give Erfurt some love!😁
Quite funny that no other comment mentioned it so far. Erfurt is just such a marvelous place
Just check the medieval castle villages built by the Genovese in the Greek island of Chios. Check the villages of Mesta, Pyrgi, Olympoi, Vessa, Kalamoti and many more which are still resided and if you have the chance to travel there you will feel like you travel back in time. Amazing experience!
I have visited the beautiful island of Chios some years ago, and I have been to the village of Pyrgi. And also one abandoned and delapidated village at the mountain top with a monastery nearby. It was an eerie experience and very very beutiful one, too! The tragic history of the people there, as well. Unfortunately I have forgotten the name of the abandoned mountain village.
It is good to see that modernism hasn't destroyed everything.
i don't like 'the top of the world' observatory- in switzerland: that should be taken down. Otherwise, i am a fan of switzerland
It‘s Europe, not China.
Split - Croatia - and 20km west Trogir, 20km east Omiš....Must see ;)
also 50 km south City of Hvar
Man Europe rocks!!!!! What history!!!!!
Been to several recently. Gorgeous.
Nice. All the towns mentioned here deserve a visit, though many of them feature more Renaissance buildings than medieval ones. But the absence of Russia is highly conspicuous. Has no one heard of Veliki Novgorod, Vladimir or Suzdal ?
Those three cities all look beautiful and should be included but the makers of the video are presumably suggesting we visit and Russia's Byzantine visa rules make it very difficult for most nationalities to get there. Maybe that's why no Russian cities were included.
@@pedrapgwilym1341 On the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia welcomed millions of foreign visitors who were given a warm welcome. Don't you think the current Cold War atmosphere fostered by Western governments and media might be a better explanation?
@@troiscarottes Western governments would not foster it if Russia did not, like, occupy part of Ukraine?
@@dondzik9690 a) The US government fostered the 2014 Nazi-inspired coup in Ukraine, it was natural for Russian-speaking Ukranians to take up arms to defend their rights, and, b) Russia DID NOT occupy part of the Ukraine.
@@troiscarottes Nazi - inspired? And Russia does not occupy Ukraine? So, like, what are they doing in the Crimean peninsula again?
With family on almost all continents, I can safely say that Europe is uncomparable. The whole world is beautiful. For "towns", it's definitely Europe.
Love love love Dubrovnik and Toledo and Siena!
Thank you so much for highlighting these unfamiliar cities.
As an European, I am, after all this years, still in love with it.
Pity that there is no time in a movie, for every country could easily give 100 medieval cities to the list.
Why I like things related to medieval period? Am I an old soul☺
Then you must take a day trip to Rothenburg.
All you see everywhere you look and go is beauty, pictures of the town, medieval attractions, and natural wonders! Every step you'll take in Europe is worth it!
In Spain: Ávila, Segovia, Granada, Toledo, Salamanca, Cuenca, Besalú, Olite, Sigüenza, Pedraza, Frías, Peratallada, Trujillo, Peñafiel, Sepúlveda, Rupit... and so on
I've been to Granada and Salamanca and they are truely beautiful.
Y Calatańazor, Trujillo y Ciudad Rodrigo, etc, etc, etc
Lugo.
Guadalupe!
Si tubiera que elegir una de esa lista Besalú o Siguenza
I have only been to York and I loved it. I was supposed to have been on a Baltic cruise (which was cancelled) in May and we would have stopped at Tallin. It'll probably be two years before we can try again. Fingers crossed we get through this pandemic.
Perfect!!!
+ Monevasia Greece
Of course, this kind of limited list may only be slammed for not including such town or another one. On my side I just wonder that, among the Romanian ancient towns, they chose Brașov, in place of Cluj or Sibiu, but more especially in place of the little medieval pearl that is Sighișoara.
"Romanian ancient towns"? Show me one! All mentioned are the heritage of Hungary, built by Hungarians and/or Saxons in the Kingdom of Hungary. Are there anything outside Transylvania (that is the heritage of Hungary) that you could show off? Borrowed eggs is what you have.
@@eberhardwaltz9043 Fact that a part of actual Romania was Hungarian during certain periods doesn't make you right. Cluj, Sibiu, Brasov are in Transylvania and always were. And, sorry, but Transylvania was never completely a part of Hungary. This is very clear on this gif in the Wikipedia (French) article: upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/89/AnimatieGraniteRomania_1859-2010.gif
After that, I'm pretty sure out of the official moving frontline, populations were more or less mixed, especially in cities, most of the time.
If killing innocent people wasn't enough to discourage war, just think of all the beautiful architecture that's been lost due to mans insatiable greed for power and control.
This is our history and when destroyed by parasitic war criminals it leaves a emptiness which can not be replaced. When one travels the path of our ancestors, be it a cobblestone road or a granite staircase, it's that wonderment of who was here before walking this path or climbing these stairs. It's a special feeling and one that cannot simply be described, but needs to come from your heart and mind . All are magnificent, but Bruggs is special for me....the place , yes , but especially the folks ...I realized I had been born into the wrong era minutes after arriving in Bruggs. Been looking for a time machine ever since I departed .
Long live Europe and its people 😘!
I guess this video should be at least 120mins long, so it can meet the expectations of all Europeans :D
As a Bulgarian, I can recommend Nessebar(simply unbelievable-some of the buildings there are 1500years old) and Veliko Tarnovo(The capital of the Second Bulgarian Empire)
Vidin and Belogradchik are worth a visit too!
Nice to see some spanish cities in this list. Also, if you have the opportunity of visiting Spain, don't miss Ávila. I think is one of the lesser known examples of medieval city for the foreigners (and even for spaniards), but it has the best preserved and most complete medieval defensive walls in all Spain, and it also have very special churches. Also, we cannot forget the islamic medieval architecture and urbanism in Spain with amazing examples as Granada and Córdoba. Worth the visit!
Sighisoara, Romania
i was there! is beautiful
Tallin looks like Fairyland. But all the others are exquisite too.
Thanks. Wonderful video!👍
Sibiu is gorgeous too.
Stunning Town
These are fantastics snd Wanderfull , in Tenerifeeee Flipadaaaaaa we say . 💝😍🌷🐵