Top 5 European Cities For Architecture

It’s summer time! That means it’s time to take a well-deserved break from your 9-5 and go on holiday. Some of us want to visit a city with a little more to it than stretches of coastline and bronzed babes in bars. So we've put together a list of the best European cities for architecture so you can go away and soak up some culture over the summer holidays.

5. Athens, Greece

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If you’re something of a history buff as well as a fan of architecture then pay a visit to the heart of ancient civilisation. See the ruins of ancient Greco-Roman architecture which inspired the large majority of the architecture we see all around us today.

4. Oxford, England

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The city was once described as the ‘city of the dreaming spires’ by poet Matthew Arnold. Oxford is indeed defined by its mid-19th-century Gothic Revival skyline based on earlier Medieval stonework. Radcliffe Camera and Christchurch Cathedral are just a couple of the many great buildings that are worth a visit.

3. Florence, Italy

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Florence is a stunning city known for being the birthplace of the renaissance. What better place to catch some renaissance architecture than where it came from! The Duomo and Basilica of Santa Maria Novella are key spots not to be missed.

2. Berlin, Germany

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More and more culture/architecture fanatics are paying trips to Berlin to take in the awe-inspiring buildings. There are classic buildings that have been preserved as in the Altes Museum and Das Rotes Rathaus. But the true splendour can be seen in the buildings that had to be transformed after the national socialist period such as the Reichstag.

1. Barcelona, Spain

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Barcelona is the best place to visit for variety, seeing as the city’s architectural highlights feature modern Gothic and oriental pieces as well as urban landscapes and 19th Century Catalan architecture. Every visitor has to see La Sagrada Família.