City break destination in March?

Amsterdam in Eurostar?
We're close to London so easy for us, but airport only 15mins from central Amsterdam.
Easy city to walk and cycle.
Not the history of Rome/Athens but museums and galleries galore.
My kids are much younger (9 and 11) but easily the best city break we've done, by a long way.

Should clarify that the sleaze and dope is easy to avoid. Amsterdam is much more than the stag do reputation!

Verona is pretty nice. Good food and wine. Plenty to see but not massive so easy to get around on foot.

We're doing Amsterdam in April. We did Prague in Jan 20, loved it, walked 40 miles over 5 days. Some fantastic little restaurants. Budapest is also great, ruin bars and the Markets - loads so see.

@fossy, we had discounted Prague as the stag capital of Europe. Is this not the case? Or easy to avoid the muppetry?

Im glad Amsterdam has easy to avoid sleaze...thats now back on the list!

You can often get very cheap flights to Vienna

I would suggest Naples. The weather should be ok by March and it ticks your boxes on things to do (you can easily spend a week) and on food.

I’ll even recommend taking the city e-fatbike tours.

We didn't see any - very easy to avoid the stag dos - you won't be out at silly o'clock so wo't see any. Yes, we could have found the clubs and bars but we were usually back at the Hotel - we stayed in the old town near the 'clock'. Budapest has more stag/hen do's but again you can avoid it - I was in Budapest on a stag, but we were all 40 plus, with a couple 60, so it was 'fairly' sensible of visiting the place, loads of walking, beer and food and TBH we were usually back before the place get's lively after midnight.

For Pompeii/Herc I recommend staying in Sorrento, very pleasant place to be. Most say Naples itself isn’t great to stay in. From Sorrento there is a recently upgraded commuter line into Pompeii, Herc and Naples. You could also do the boat trip over to Capri or coach trip down to the Greek temples at Paestum if you want a break from the Romans.

We did a week in Prague and loved it - stayed in the old town as above, under the castle and just a short walk from Charles bridge - no real issues with stag/hen parties (only saw a couple, and that was at the airport). We stayed at the Hotel Waldstein which was nice and quiet

Most say Naples itself isn’t great to stay in.

Naples itself is a fantastic place to stay in, vibrant and lively with loads of fascinating city centre sights to see and outstanding food (even for Italy). We really enjoyed being in an Air B&B on Piazza Dante - as part of a month touring Italy by train.

Herculaneum and Pompeii are in nearby suburbs and Versuvius and the pretty coastline towns like Sorrento are just an hour away on the Circumvesuviana train.

If you have more time to spare you could take a day or overnight trip to Ischia or Capri, about an hour by hydrofoil from Naples.

PS Florence is another excellent city destination for a long weekend to a week+ but maybe not quite such good weather in March as Naples. OTOH maybe not so heaving with tourists then as later in the year.

krakow? nice town square with bars all around it, easy to get around and plenty of history with trips out to auschwitz and the salt mines etc....

We’re off to Paris on Eurostar in March. But only because we were going to Bilbao but EasyJet cancelled our flights. Both great destinations.

Amsterdam or Seville, love both cities, loads to see and great food

I'll be watching this thread as I love city breaks, although not done many yet, but my kids are young adults now, and five days away seems a good compromise in a city.

Barcelona is great. The old town has lots of beautiful buildings, there are loads of good places to eat, interesting markets, Parc Guell, La Sagrada Familia and even beaches if the weather is good.

Riga is lovely, had a great weekend there.

Or, Malmö, which is a lovely town itself, plus you can get the train across the Oresund bridge for a day out in Copenhagen. Two cities and countries in one weekend, result.

I’m going to Reykjavik in March. They say it’s expensive but so is London

J-R is right, Naples is worth a look, but it wasn’t what we were after when me and some mates were doing a trip based on long days hitting loads of historic sites as the focus of the trip. At the end of the day we were happy to go back to a small quiet hotel and chill.

Porto is fantastic for a weekend break. cheap as chips, great food, wine, port and lovely for walking and exploring.

Marrakech, live in a Riad within the Medina. Perfect temperature in March

Venice, before the heat brings the tourists and smell.

We're going to Seville tomorrow for a few days. Been researching places to visit.
Looking forward to wandering around the city and sampling a few restaurants and bars.
Also booked two tickets to see Real Betis play Barcelona game on Wednesday.

Much prefer Utrecht to 'dam. Have you considered Copenhagen, can day trip to Malmo for a bit of variety.

We went to Berlin last year, that was fab. 🙂

Some suggestions -

https://singletrackmag.com/forum/topic/things-to-go-in-berlin/

Another vote for Krakow. Lots to do and a visit to Auschwitz Birkenau should be compulsory, particularly as we're seeing the growth of the extreme right, Holocaust deniers,and Russian expansionism. Food and booze is cheap. Easy to get around via foot or tram.

Otherwise Prague is a good shout, and one not suggested yet Bordeaux, particularly if you are into your wines.

another vote for Barcelona been twice really enjoyed it.

Barcelona and Seville are both great for a city break.

Malaga is a suprisingly nice city

A big vote for Berlin, hugely interesting and very relevant city. Plenty of info on the thread above.
For a warmer place, Seville's good, I much preferred it to Barcelona.

Malaga again, also Cordoba, Seville and Granada are easy to get to by train from there. Weather's not so warm in March so a bit more comfortable for walking etc.

Barcelona, Verona, Copenhagen.

Naples Bay area of Italy is lovely.  I don't see any recommendations above I've either not enjoyed or would like to try.

As a left field suggestion for anyone on here, Nuremburg is a bloody brilliant place to visit, and cheap to fly to from Manchester.  Or was pre-covid. Might be cold in March mind.

Lisbon or Berlin

Berlin or London. The coolest cities in Europe.

York was pretty decent, plenty of history and associated buildings containing historic things to look at. Quirky architecture, tonnes of places to eat/drink/shop and bonus STW points for not requiring a flight abroad.

Girona, Berlin or Nice. Venice can be busy from April onwards. It smells early in the year too and can be dank and foggy or flooded.
Vienna and Munich can also be good for a city break.

+1 for Seville

Andalucia has a number of awesome cities, as mentioned by others, but that was the pick of the crop for me.

Do not miss the Alcazar.

bonus STW points for not requiring a flight abroad

This is a reasonable point, UK-based you'd have a great weekend in Brizzle or Edinburgh (and, I'm sure, other cities, but they are two I know fairly well)

I’m going to Reykjavik in March. They say it’s expensive but so is London

We live near London and visit most weekends. We've also been to Reykjavik and while we had a great time we also found it to be considerably more expensive than London. I do recommend hiring a car for a day or two in order to explore Iceland though, it's a truly amazing place.

Where are you travelling from and how long (long weekend or a week)? All the places listed have plenty to see and do. The weather further south is likely to be reliably warmer, the inland areas might have a cold snap or might be warm in March.

My partner works from home but their main office is in Prague so he visits regularly. Very easy to ignore the stag dos, very good public transport and good simple beer and very affordable. I prefer smaller cities or places you can get out of the city (would you be willing to hire a car?), I liked Nice at that time of year, very pleasant weather; Seville, Malaga for Granada would equally be nice. Florence is very pretty, might not have 'enough' to see over a week but equally trains are very good in Italy to visit different places. We're due to go to Naples in April, looking forward to it, although I expect it will be busy. I'll add the more rural Lake Como from Milan. Or Kotor in Montenegro (March is before peak season when the cruise ships start).

Krakow is brilliant

That or lubijana the capital or Slovenia

2 of my favourite cities

No flights required for the destinations that I gave all are achievable by rail. The Man in Seat61 is your friend for this.

Prague, Lille, Paris, Budapest and Bergamo were all great city breaks. I find Amsterdam too busy and not that great, in fact I don’t like it, the locals are also fairly sick of tourists iirc. Hope to go to Derry for next city break.

Vienna, Verona or Valencia.

Lisbon was great in February so should be even better in March. One of the cheaper Western Europe cities too.

Bilbao for nibbling and civilised drinking plus art galleries and general wandering. Great relaxed evening bar life, though not great if you’re gluten intolerant or a vegetarian. Very easy to get to from the airport, everything shuts on a Sunday so worth considering a Thu/Fri/Sat trip.

How long for @breninbeener? If it's short - Florence is absolutely gorgeous. Stunning.

Fly into Piza, get the train. (Piza's a bit crap - but you see the leaning tower, and the station is right there).

Im pretty sure the girls have 3 or 4 day at the destination