Tours and activities in Europe

Tickets for the sights that sell out, guided tours, and day trips from every city we cover, country by country. Each city's page says which ticket to pick, how far ahead to book, and where to buy it.

By country

France

• Paris tours and tickets

  Sights: LouvreEiffel TowerSainte-Chapelle

  Day trips: VersaillesGivernyFontainebleau

• Nice tours and tickets

  Sights: Musée MatisseMusée Marc ChagallColline du Château

  Day trips: MonacoÈzeAntibes

• Lyon tours and tickets

  Sights: Basilica of Notre-Dame de FourvièreRoman theaters of FourvièreMusée des Beaux-Arts

  Day trips: BeaujolaisPérougesAnnecy

• Bordeaux tours and tickets

  Sights: Cité du VinBassins des Lumières

  Day trips: Saint-ÉmilionArcachon and the Dune du PilatMédoc châteaux

• Marseille tours and tickets

  Sights: MuCEMPalais Longchamp and the Beaux-Arts museumChâteau d'If and the Frioul islands

  Day trips: CassisAix-en-ProvenceL'Estaque

• Strasbourg tours and tickets

  Sights: Strasbourg CathedralPalais Rohan museums

  Day trips: ColmarRoute des Vins villagesBaden-Baden, Germany

• Annecy tours and tickets

  Sights: Château d'AnnecyCycling the lake pathOld town and canals walking tour

  Day trips: GenevaChamonixTalloires and Menthon-Saint-Bernard

• Avignon tours and tickets

  Sights: Palais des PapesPont Saint-BénézetPetit Palais

  Day trips: Pont du GardChâteauneuf-du-PapeArlesGordes and Roussillon

Spain

• Madrid tours and tickets

  Sights: Prado MuseumRoyal PalaceReina Sofía

  Day trips: ToledoSegoviaEl Escorial

• Barcelona tours and tickets

  Sights: Sagrada FamíliaPark GüellCasa Batlló

  Day trips: MontserratGironaSitges

• Palma de Mallorca tours and tickets

  Sights: Palma Cathedral (La Seu)Palau de l'AlmudainaEs Baluard

  Day trips: Sóller by the historic trainValldemossa and DeiàEs Trenc and the south coast

• Seville tours and tickets

  Sights: Real AlcázarPlaza de EspañaMetropol Parasol

  Day trips: CórdobaJerez de la FronteraRonda

• Valencia tours and tickets

  Sights: Church of San NicolásOceanogràficValencia Cathedral and the Miguelete

  Day trips: L'Albufera and El PalmarSaguntoXàtiva

• Málaga tours and tickets

  Sights: AlcazabaMálaga CathedralPicasso Museum

  Day trips: GranadaRondaNerja and the Caminito del Rey

• Granada tours and tickets

  Sights: Alhambra and the GeneralifeGranada Cathedral and the Royal ChapelMirador de San Nicolás

  Day trips: The AlpujarrasSierra NevadaGuadix and its cave houses

• San Sebastián tours and tickets

  Sights: San Telmo MuseoaTabakaleraMonte Urgull

  Day trips: HondarribiaGetariaBiarritz and Saint-Jean-de-Luz

• Bilbao tours and tickets

  Sights: Guggenheim Museum BilbaoBilbao Fine Arts MuseumVizcaya Bridge

  Day trips: San Juan de GaztelugatxeGetxo and PortugaleteSan SebastiánGernika

Turkey

• Istanbul tours and tickets

  Sights: Hagia SophiaTopkapı Palace and the HaremBlue Mosque

  Day trips: Princes' IslandsBursa

• Antalya tours and tickets

  Sights: Antalya MuseumKaleiçi old town walk

  Day trips: Perge and AspendosTermessos

• Cappadocia tours and tickets

  Sights: Göreme Open-Air MuseumZelve Open-Air MuseumDerinkuyu or Kaymaklı underground city

  Day trips: Ihlara Valley and Selime MonasteryDerinkuyu and KaymaklıSoğanlı Valley

• Bodrum tours and tickets

  Sights: Bodrum Castle and the Museum of Underwater ArchaeologyAncient theater and the Mausoleum site

  Day trips: Kos, GreeceGökova Bay and Orak Island

Italy

• Rome tours and tickets

  Sights: Colosseum, Roman Forum and PalatineVatican Museums and the Sistine ChapelSt Peter's Basilica and the dome

  Day trips: PompeiiTivoliOstia Antica

• Milan tours and tickets

  Sights: The Last SupperPinacoteca di BreraPinacoteca Ambrosiana

  Day trips: Lake ComoBergamoPavia and the Certosa

• Florence tours and tickets

  Sights: Uffizi GalleryAccademia GalleryPalazzo Pitti and Boboli Gardens

  Day trips: SienaPisa

• Venice tours and tickets

  Sights: St Mark's BasilicaDoge's PalaceGallerie dell'Accademia

  Day trips: PaduaVerona

• Verona tours and tickets

  Sights: Verona ArenaBasilica of San ZenoPiazza delle Erbe

  Day trips: Lake GardaValpolicella wine region

• Bologna tours and tickets

  Sights: Asinelli TowerArchiginnasio and the Anatomical TheatreSanto Stefano

  Day trips: ModenaRavenna

• Naples tours and tickets

  Sights: Cappella SanseveroNational Archaeological MuseumNaples Underground

  Day trips: PompeiiHerculaneumCapri

• Sorrento tours and tickets

  Sights: PompeiiHerculaneum

  Day trips: CapriPompeiiPositano and Amalfi

• Lake Como tours and tickets

  Sights: Villa del BalbianelloVilla CarlottaGreenway del Lago

  Day trips: MilanLugano, SwitzerlandBergamo

• Palermo tours and tickets

  Sights: Capuchin CatacombsPalazzo dei Normanni and the Palatine ChapelPalermo Cathedral

  Day trips: MonrealeCefalùMondello

• Siena tours and tickets

  Sights: Torre del MangiaSiena Cathedral and the Piccolomini LibraryMuseo dell'Opera and the Facciatone

  Day trips: San GimignanoMonteriggioniChiantiVal d'Orcia

• Turin tours and tickets

  Sights: Museo EgizioMole Antonelliana and the National Cinema MuseumMuseo dell'Automobile

  Day trips: Reggia di VenariaLanghe and AlbaSacra di San Michele

United Kingdom

• London tours and tickets

  Sights: Tower of LondonSky GardenBritish Museum

  Day trips: WindsorOxfordCambridgeBath

• Edinburgh tours and tickets

  Sights: Edinburgh CastleThe Royal Mile and St Giles' CathedralCalton Hill

  Day trips: St AndrewsStirling

• Bath tours and tickets

  Sights: Roman BathsThe Holburne MuseumBath Abbey tower tour

  Day trips: BristolLacockStonehenge

• Manchester tours and tickets

  Sights: John Rylands LibraryScience and Industry MuseumNational Football Museum

  Day trips: LiverpoolPeak DistrictChester

• York tours and tickets

  Sights: York MinsterJORVIK Viking CentreTreasurer's House

  Day trips: Castle HowardHarrogateWhitby

Greece

• Athens tours and tickets

  Sights: The Acropolis and the ParthenonAcropolis MuseumNational Archaeological Museum

  Day trips: Cape SounionDelphi

• Rhodes tours and tickets

  Sights: Palace of the Grand MasterArchaeological Museum of RhodesStreet of the Knights

  Day trips: LindosSymi

• Thessaloniki tours and tickets

  Sights: Church of Agios DimitriosRotunda and Arch of GaleriusWhite Tower of Thessaloniki

  Day trips: VerginaMount Olympus and Litochoro

• Santorini tours and tickets

  Sights: Oia at sunsetAncient AkrotiriFira to Oia walk

  Day trips: Nea Kameni and ThirassiaIosNaxos

• Mykonos tours and tickets

  Sights: Delos archaeological siteLittle Venice and the windmillsPanagia Paraportiani church

  Day trips: DelosTinosParos and Naxos

• Heraklion tours and tickets

  Sights: Palace of KnossosKoules fortressHeraklion Archaeological Museum

  Day trips: Archanes and the vineyardsPhaistos and MatalaSpinalonga

• Corfu tours and tickets

  Sights: Achilleion PalaceOld FortressNew Fortress

  Day trips: PaleokastritsaPaxos and AntipaxosAlbania

Germany

• Berlin tours and tickets

  Sights: Reichstag domeMuseum IslandBrandenburg Gate

  Day trips: PotsdamSachsenhausen Memorial

• Munich tours and tickets

  Sights: Munich ResidenzNymphenburg PalaceDeutsches Museum

  Day trips: Neuschwanstein and HohenschwangauSalzburg

• Frankfurt tours and tickets

  Sights: Main TowerRömerberg and the old townFrankfurt Cathedral

  Day trips: HeidelbergRheingau wine region

• Hamburg tours and tickets

  Sights: Miniatur WunderlandKunsthalle HamburgElbphilharmonie plaza

  Day trips: LübeckElbe beaches at Blankenese

• Cologne tours and tickets

  Sights: Cologne CathedralRomano-Germanic MuseumMuseum Ludwig

  Day trips: DüsseldorfBonnBrühl

• Dresden tours and tickets

  Sights: Historic Green VaultSemperoperZwinger and the Old Masters Picture Gallery

  Day trips: Saxon SwitzerlandMeissenMoritzburgPrague

Austria

• Vienna tours and tickets

  Sights: Schönbrunn PalaceHofburg and the Sisi MuseumSt Stephen's Cathedral

  Day trips: Wachau ValleyBratislava

• Salzburg tours and tickets

  Sights: Hohensalzburg FortressMirabell Palace and GardensMönchsberg and the lift

  Day trips: HallstattBerchtesgaden and the KönigsseeHallein salt mine

• Innsbruck tours and tickets

  Sights: Nordkette cable carBergisel ski jumpGolden Roof (Goldenes Dachl)

  Day trips: Hall in TirolStubai glacierMunich

Portugal

• Lisbon tours and tickets

  Sights: Jerónimos MonasteryCastelo de São JorgeBelém Tower

  Day trips: SintraCascaisSetúbal and Arrábida

• Porto tours and tickets

  Sights: Livraria LelloPalácio da BolsaClérigos Tower

  Day trips: Douro valleyGuimarãesAveiro

• Funchal tours and tickets

  Sights: Levada walkPico do Arieiro to Pico RuivoJeep tour

  Day trips: Câmara de Lobos and Cabo GirãoPico do Arieiro and Pico RuivoSantana and the north coast

• Lagos tours and tickets

  Sights: Ponta da PiedadePraia do CamiloOld town and fort

  Day trips: Sagres and Cabo de São VicenteSilvesPortimão and Praia da Rocha

Netherlands

• Amsterdam tours and tickets

  Sights: Anne Frank HouseVan Gogh MuseumRijksmuseum

  Day trips: HaarlemKeukenhof and the tulip fieldsZaanse Schans

• Rotterdam tours and tickets

  Sights: EuromastBoijmans DepotCube Houses

  Day trips: DelftKinderdijkThe Hague

• Utrecht tours and tickets

  Sights: Dom TowerRietveld Schröder HouseDomplein and the cathedral

  Day trips: AmsterdamAmersfoortKasteel de Haar

Switzerland

• Zurich tours and tickets

  Sights: GrossmünsterFraumünster and the Chagall windowsKunsthaus Zürich

  Day trips: LucerneRhine Falls at SchaffhausenRapperswil

• Geneva tours and tickets

  Sights: Palais des NationsCERNJet d'eau

  Day trips: LausanneChamonix and Mont BlancAnnecy

• Lucerne tours and tickets

  Sights: Mount PilatusSwiss Museum of TransportLion Monument

  Day trips: Mount PilatusRigiZurich

• Interlaken tours and tickets

  Sights: JungfraujochSchilthornHarder Kulm

  Day trips: LucerneBernBrienz and the Ballenberg open-air museum

• Zermatt tours and tickets

  Sights: Gornergrat railwayMatterhorn Glacier ParadiseMatterhorn Museum

  Day trips: Cervinia, ItalySaas-FeeBrig and the Rhone valley

Croatia

• Dubrovnik tours and tickets

  Sights: Dubrovnik city wallsDubrovnik cable carFort Lovrijenac

  Day trips: CavtatSton and the Pelješac peninsulaElaphiti IslandsKotor, Montenegro

• Split tours and tickets

  Sights: Diocletian's Palace walking tourPalace cellarsCathedral of St Domnius and bell tower

  Day trips: TrogirHvarKrka National ParkSalona

• Zagreb tours and tickets

  Sights: Zagreb CathedralMirogoj CemeteryMuseum of Broken Relationships

  Day trips: SamoborPlitvice Lakes National ParkTrakošćan and the Zagorje castlesVaraždin

• Hvar tours and tickets

  Sights: Spanjola fortressFranciscan monastery and the ArsenalStari Grad plain

  Day trips: Pakleni islandsStari Grad and the plainJelsa and Vrboska

• Zadar tours and tickets

  Sights: Plitvice LakesSea Organ and Greeting to the SunRoman forum and Church of St Donatus

  Day trips: Plitvice LakesKrka National ParkUgljan and PašmanKornati islands

Czechia

• Prague tours and tickets

  Sights: Prague CastleCharles Bridge TowerPetřín Hill lookout tower

  Day trips: Kutná HoraKarlštejn CastleČeský Krumlov

• Český Krumlov tours and tickets

  Sights: Castle guided toursBaroque TheatreRevolving auditorium

  Day trips: České BudějoviceHluboká CastleLipno Treetop Walk

Hungary

• Budapest tours and tickets

  Sights: Hungarian ParliamentBuda Castle and Fisherman's BastionSt Stephen's Basilica

  Day trips: SzentendreEsztergomEger

Ireland

• Dublin tours and tickets

  Sights: Book of KellsGuinness StorehouseKilmainham Gaol

  Day trips: HowthWicklow Mountains and GlendaloughNewgrange

• Galway tours and tickets

  Sights: Galway City MuseumSt Nicholas' Collegiate Church

  Day trips: ConnemaraCliffs of MoherAran Islands

Denmark

• Copenhagen tours and tickets

  Sights: Rosenborg CastleChristiansborg PalaceChurch of Our Saviour tower

  Day trips: Louisiana Museum of Modern ArtKronborg Castle, HelsingørMalmö, Sweden

Poland

• Kraków tours and tickets

  Sights: Schindler's FactoryWawel Castle and CathedralSt Mary's Basilica

  Day trips: Auschwitz-BirkenauWieliczka Salt MineZakopane

• Gdańsk tours and tickets

  Sights: Museum of the Second World WarEuropean Solidarity CentreMain Town Hall and Artus Court

  Day trips: Sopot and GdyniaMalbork CastleHel Peninsula

• Warsaw tours and tickets

  Sights: Warsaw Rising MuseumPOLIN Museum of the History of Polish JewsRoyal Castle

  Day trips: Żelazowa WolaŁódźKampinos National Park

Belgium

• Brussels tours and tickets

  Sights: AtomiumBelgian Comic Strip CenterHorta Museum

  Day trips: BrugesGhentAntwerp

• Bruges tours and tickets

  Sights: Groeninge MuseumChurch of Our LadyThe Belfry

  Day trips: GhentOstendDamme

• Ghent tours and tickets

  Sights: St Bavo's Cathedral and the Ghent AltarpieceGravensteenThe Belfry

  Day trips: BrugesBrusselsAntwerp

Sweden

• Stockholm tours and tickets

  Sights: ABBA The MuseumVasa MuseumFotografiska

  Day trips: Drottningholm PalaceUppsalaSigtuna

Norway

• Oslo tours and tickets

  Sights: Munch MuseumNational MuseumViking Ship Museum

  Day trips: The Oslofjord by boatFredrikstad old townDrøbak

• Bergen tours and tickets

  Sights: BryggenFløibanen and FløyenUlriksbanen and Ulriken

  Day trips: Norway in a NutshellHardangerfjordVoss

Iceland

• Reykjavík tours and tickets

  Sights: HallgrímskirkjaHarpa concert hallNational Museum of Iceland

  Day trips: Golden CircleSouth coastBlue Lagoon

Slovenia

• Ljubljana tours and tickets

  Sights: Ljubljana CastleTriple Bridge and the old town

  Day trips: Lake BledPostojna Cave and Predjama Castle

Estonia

• Tallinn tours and tickets

  Sights: St Olaf's Church towerSeaplane HarbourKadriorg Park and Palace

  Day trips: HelsinkiLahemaa National ParkPärnu

Malta

• Valletta tours and tickets

  Sights: St John's Co-CathedralGrand Master's PalaceCasa Rocca Piccola

  Day trips: Mdina and RabatGozoComino and the Blue LagoonMarsaxlokk

Finland

• Helsinki tours and tickets

  Sights: Temppeliaukio ChurchSuomenlinnaAteneum and Kiasma

  Day trips: Tallinn, EstoniaSuomenlinnaPorvoo

Latvia

• Riga tours and tickets

  Sights: Riga CathedralHouse of the BlackheadsRiga Art Nouveau Museum

  Day trips: JūrmalaSigulda and Gauja National ParkRundāle Palace

Lithuania

• Vilnius tours and tickets

  Sights: Hot air balloon flightGediminas Tower and the hillVilnius University and its courtyards

  Day trips: TrakaiKernavėKaunas

Slovakia

• Bratislava tours and tickets

  Sights: Bratislava CastleSt Martin's CathedralUFO observation deck

  Day trips: ViennaDevín CastleLittle Carpathians wine route

Romania

• Bucharest tours and tickets

  Sights: Palace of the ParliamentVillage MuseumNational Museum of Art of Romania

  Day trips: Sinaia and Peleș CastleBrașovMogoșoaia Palace

Bulgaria

• Sofia tours and tickets

  Sights: Alexander Nevsky CathedralBoyana ChurchMount Vitosha

  Day trips: Rila MonasteryPlovdiv

Montenegro

• Kotor tours and tickets

  Sights: Kotor old townFortress of San GiovanniCathedral of St Tryphon

  Day trips: Perast and RisanLovćen and NjegušiBudvaDubrovnik, Croatia

Cyprus

• Paphos tours and tickets

  Sights: Paphos Archaeological ParkTombs of the KingsPaphos Castle

  Day trips: Aphrodite's Rock and KoukliaThe Akamas peninsulaThe Troodos foothills

Luxembourg

• Luxembourg City tours and tickets

  Sights: Grand Ducal PalaceBock CasematesChemin de la Corniche

  Day trips: ViandenEchternach and the MüllerthalMoselle and Trier

Monaco

• Monaco tours and tickets

  Sights: Oceanographic MuseumJardin ExotiquePrince's Palace

  Day trips: NiceMentonÈze

Food tours and classes

Market tours, cooking classes and tastings are on The Euro Table, in each city's food guide.