Prague - cheap, historic, friendly easy to get around
Paris - easy to get to and around
Brussels - very clean and pleasant
Venice - superb for long weekend just walking and people/city watching
New York - it just buzzes

the list is endless. Maybe give us a clue as to what interests you. My wife and I can only do long weekends due to medical problems.

Good luck

krakow in poland is a must - we went there in may this year and both my wife and myself agreed it was the best city break we have been on.
travel there before the stag/hen parties spoil it
the prices are very cheap,excellent food ,good hotels and some wondeful sightseeing including the salt mines and auchwitz which is very emmotional but very interesting to visit
for further details se my report on the eastern european section or send a pm

richard

I'd recommend Berlin, we'll certainly go back there, it's a great combination of history, architecture (Sir Norman Foster's glass dome on the Reichstag is well worth going to the top of http://www.galinsky.com/buildings/reichstag/ cafe society, great restaurants and shopping (on the K'Dam). Also, depending on what you're into you've got the New National Gallery and the Bauhaus Archive.

It's also cheap to get there and to eat and drink!

I agree with you about Budapest, really enjoyed visiting but would probably not rush back. Paris is always a joy to visit, love it. Prague I enjoyed and am going back in November, but only as my other half couldn't make the first trip there. New York is great but you do need longer than a weekend there.

How about the new Ryanair routes to places like Riga in Latvia and Oslo(depends on where in the UK you're flying from of course).

Happy planning

I'd recommend Barcelona - if you liked Rome you'll love it.
There's loads to see and do - we need to go back at some point as we didn't get a chance to do all the things we wanted to.

Been to Prague too - but I feel the same way you about Budapest, I wouldn't go again.

Berlin is next on our list as reading on here it seems well worth a visit.

I knew I shouldnt have asked !! Now I have a dilemma !

Its a toss up between Berlin and Krakow, looks like I may have to go twice !
But, when I mentioned the shopping of Barcelona, the wifes eyes lit up !

Anyway, wherever it turns out to be a big thanks to all of you.

This is interesting. We now have a City Break every year. We have been to Paris, Amsterdam, Rome and this year we are off to New York. We are thinking of going to either Sorrento or Toronto next year. So many places to visit and not enough lifetime.

It can become a bit addictive as totp and myself know!! Its so much better than just lazing in the sun for two weeks so I still do like that too! Gives you a little taste of the country without too much hassle or time to get a bit tired of it. And the list is almost endless!! Krakow here I come!!

Too true Coininban It's so tempting with all the low cost carriers around! I'm only sorry I dithered on flights for £28.00 inlcuding taxes from Liverpool to Riga (Latvia), by the time (next morning) I went to book they'd gone to £75.00!

We're off to Toronto/Niagara Falls at the weekend!

When are you off to Krakow?