What would Europe be like without tourists? Impossible! Autumn is one of the greatest times to visit Europe if you enjoy touring cities with few other people and taking in the beauty of the leaves changing color to vivid oranges, reds, and yellows.

The mornings in Europe are crisp, the afternoons are sunny, the lines are shorter, and the costs are lower in October. When you visit Europe in the autumn, the local school children have returned to class and the foreigners have returned home after a long summer of seeing Europe.

Autumn is the ideal time to visit Europe, and I’ve compiled a list of the finest places to go in October in Europe.

Malaga, Spain

Sintra, Portugal

Tuscany, Italy

Gdansk, Poland

Barcelona, Spain

Hannover, Germany

Rome, Italy

Venice, Italy

Meteora, Greece

Vienna, Austria

Slovenia

Luxembourg

Bruges, Belgium

Belgrade, Serbia

Svaneti, Georgia