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It boasts landmarks, such as Clifton Suspension Bridge , by top-hatted engineering discount on disney cruise genius Isambard Kingdom Brunel, and a modern arts and music scene that has given us the likes of Banksy , Massive Attack and Portishead .
Why: Parisians are less rude these days but still seem strangely annoyed by the fact that the whole world is in love with their city and is willing to splash big euros on tiny meals, tinier hotel rooms and appalling service.
Unless you're hellbent on following in the Vespa fumes of Audrey Hepburn, Bologna should tick all the Roman holiday boxes. There's great cuisine , cherished ancient architecture and reasonably discount on disney cruise priced gelato .
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Less so in Bilbao, which has spent the past two decades reinventing itself from decaying industrial center to tourist playground, replete with shining Guggenheim outpost, stylish new metro system and a scrubbed-up old city center.
Yes, we've got canals ... or at least one. Boaters crowd in during Utrecht's "Inflatable Boat Mission" discount on disney cruise festival this year. Where? Charming university town enviably sited at the heart of Dutch transport networks.
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Not only is Brno blessed with citadels and cathedrals to rival the Czech capital, it has a great tradition of modernist architecture . Plus it's generally cheaper, and hosts an incendiary international fireworks competition .