New research reveals that Budapest is Europe’s favourite UNESCO site!

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In 2023, there are over 1,100 UNESCO heritage sites in the world and Europe is home to 503 of them. In fact, searches for “UNESCO sites Europe” went up by +129 % in the past 12 months. With so many options to visit in every corner of the continent, online travel agent loveholidays has released a new ranking of Europe’s most popular UNESCO heritage sites to visit this spring.
By analysing data from Twitter and TripAdvisor, each UNESCO site was ranked based on the number of total five-star reviews and the number of online posts mentioning the sites.
- The Budapest-based Banks of the Danube, the Buda Castle Quarter and Andrássy Avenue was named Europe’s most popular UNESCO heritage site in a new ranking by online travel agent loveholidays.
- Overall, sites in Germany and Spain are especially popular, with both countries appearing twice in the top 10.
Check out the top 30 UNESCO sites in Europe below:
| Rank | Site | Location | Twitter posts | TripAdvisor 5* reviews | Total score |
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1 |
Budapest, inc. Banks of the Danube, the Buda Castle Quarter & Andrássy Avenue | Hungary | 124763 | 4393 | 53.7543 |
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2 |
Hanseatic City of Lübeck | Germany | 127602 | 1355 | 51.5011 |
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3 |
Tower of London | UK | 2090 | 45133 | 50.8190 |
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4 |
Works of Antoni Gaudí | Spain | 29 | 41382 | 45.8559 |
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5 |
Alhambra, Generalife & Albayzín, Granada | Spain | 40 | 34912 | 38.6925 |
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6 |
Palace and Gardens of Schönbrunn | Austria | 2 | 28539 | 31.6173 |
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7 |
Acropolis, Athens | Greece | 598 | 27080 | 30.2345 |
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8 |
La Grand-Place, Brussels | Belgium | 12 | 25651 | 28.4218 |
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9 |
Archaeological Areas of Pompei, Herculaneum & Torre Annunziata | Italy | N/A | 21916 | 24.2794 |
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10 |
Cologne Cathedral | Germany | 14216 | 16293 | 23.6204 |
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11 |
Monastery of the Hieronymites and Tower of Belém in Lisbon | Portugal | N/A | 19413 | 21.5064 |
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12 |
Cathedral, Alcázar and Archivo de Indias in Seville | Spain | N/A | 18486 | 20.4795 |
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13 |
Paris, Banks of the Seine | France | 66 | 16714 | 18.5422 |
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14 |
Palace and Park of Versailles | France | 283 | 14768 | 16.4714 |
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15 |
Historic Centre of Vienna | Austria | 2 | 14839 | 16.4400 |
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16 |
Historic Centre of Brugge | Belgium | 0 | 14067 | 15.5839 |
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17 |
Old City of Dubrovnik | Croatia | 19 | 13793 | 15.2878 |
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18 |
Auschwitz Birkenau | Poland | 5710 | 11666 | 15.1615 |
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19 |
Archaeological Area of Agrigento | Italy | 0 | 13427 | 14.8749 |
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20 |
Plitvice Lakes National Park | Croatia | 74 | 12412 | 13.7795 |
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21 |
Old and New Towns of Edinburgh | United Kingdom | 2 | 11859 | 13.1386 |
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22 |
City of Verona | Italy | 31536 | 0 | 12.3572 |
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23 |
Historic Centre (Old Town) of Tallinn | Estonia | 0 | 11093 | 12.2892 |
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24 |
Mont-Saint-Michel and its Bay | France | 1473 | 9854 | 11.4938 |
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25 |
Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites | United Kingdom | 7727 | 7486 | 11.3210 |
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26 |
Bauhaus and its Sites in Weimar, Dessau and Bernau | Germany | 26826 | 208 | 10.5116 |
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27 |
Mount Etna | Italy | 231 | 8712 | 9.7420 |
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28 |
Wieliczka and Bochnia Royal Salt Mines | Poland | 0 | 8733 | 9.6747 |
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29 |
Historic Centre of Warsaw | Poland | 0 | 8706 | 9.6448 |
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30 |
Old Town of Segovia and its Aqueduct | Spain | 0 | 8331 | 9.2294 |





