Cities most worth visiting in 'Eastern' Europe?

Doshwaster

phatbear wrote: »

Oddly i was recently in Prague and during a tour it was highlighted that Prague isnt in Eastern Europe, well not in their eyes anyway and it wasnt until i bothered to look at a map and realised that vienna and bari are more eastern than Prague.

Amazing ehhh?

Yes, you have to be careful in places like Prague and Warsaw about referring to them as "Eastern European" as they don't tend to like it.

For those of us who grew up in the Cold War days, it's easy to think of Europe as still being East and West. As you say, if you look at a map, Prague is just about the dead centre of the continent.

PompeyPete

Me and the cook stayed in a hostel in Prague a few years ago that used to be the old Secret Police HQ. Our room was a cell, albeit with no lock on it.

DigForVictory

Tallinn in Estonia - glorious Hanseatic league Old City, with great beaches and walks (formerly Russian officers R&R resort & some of that still visible in the rocket climbing frames in old playgrounds etc) and glorious pseudo-Viennese coffeehouses with sticky-pastry-treats and hot drinks...

PoppyTaylor

Thank you for your suggestion discat11, we've decided we definitely want to visit Krakow and can't miss out on Auschwitz while we're so close by!

PoppyTaylor

camelot1001 you and you're friends have travelled to some great places, we'll take a look at all of those cities, thank you!

PoppyTaylor

Wow, daveyjp that area looks lovely! That's definitely worth adding to our list, thank you for your suggestion!

PoppyTaylor

phatbear that is interesting, it is further west than I thought it was! And thank you for your suggestions

PoppyTaylor

Thank you eDicky, I didn't know that! We will definitely take a look at Kalmykia!

PoppyTaylor

Thank you PompeyPete, your itinerary looks great!

Enjoy your trip!

PoppyTaylor

Thank you prenton01, we are open to visiting anywhere in Europe really so we may actually start in Germany, thank you for your suggestion!