3. Venice
In its hey day, Venice was the capital for culture in the world. It’s also one of the loveliest cities ever built by human hands. A beautiful relic of the old world, Venice is filled with grand palaces, churches, clock towers and estates that are simply waiting to be explored. Venice is an extremely pleasant city to traverse (provided you don’t mind some close quarters), and your travel life isn’t complete until you’ve taken a slow gondola ride down one of its famous canals. Sadly, flooding is all to common in this sinking city, and Piazza San Marco is often knee-deep today. It’s only a matter of time before all its glory is underwater.