Europe Tourism - Travel to Europe
Destinations in Europe include:
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Sections of Europe
- Western Europe - the cultural and economic heart of Europe
- British Isles - the UK and Ireland
- Benelux - Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg
- Iberia - Spain and Portugal form this southern peninsula
- Scandinavia - from Norwegian fjords and Icelandic geysers to Finnish spas
- Baltic States - throwing off the Soviet legacy to join the EU
- Central Europe - but east of the former 'Iron Curtain'
- The Balkans - a troubled recent past, but fast opening up to tourism
- Former Soviet Union - including European Russia
- Mediterranean Europe
See also: European Union, 25 European states in various stages of economic and political union.
Countries in Europe
- Albania
- Andorra
- Austria
- Belarus
- Belgium
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Bulgaria
- Croatia
- Cyprus
- Czech Republic
- Denmark
- Estonia
- Finland
- France
- Germany
- Greece
- Hungary
- Iceland
- Ireland
- Italy
- Latvia
- Liechtenstein
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
- Malta
- Moldova
- Monaco
- Netherlands
- Norway
- Poland
- Portugal
- Romania
- European Russia
- San Marino
- Serbia and Montenegro
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Spain
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Turkey
- Ukraine
- United Kingdom
Other Territories in Europe
Note: Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia are sometimes considered being part of Europe.
Get around in Europe
There are no border controls between countries that have signed the Schengen Agreement. Likewise, a visa granted for any Schengen Agreement signatory country is valid in all other countries that signed the treaty.
These countries are: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Finland, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain and Sweden. Note that not all EU members have signed the Schengen treaty and not all Schengen treaty countries are members of the European Union.
At some airports, airlines will still insist on seeing your id-card or passport. Travel to and from a Schengen Agreement country to any other country will result in the normal border checks.
