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Last updated: 21 September 2026 · 4 guides published
Every town here passes the same five points: it feels like Europe without a passport, you can walk everywhere, the rooms have charm instead of chains, the dinners are worth dressing for, and the plan is already made. The full standard, and all 80 towns we have tested, are on the Feels Like Europe Index.
Pick by season if your dates are fixed, or by region if the drive is what decides it.
Chelan, Washington
Lake Chelan is 50 miles long and very deep, and the hills that come down to it are planted with vines. In autumn the water goes...
Autumn · West
Lynden, Washington
Lynden was settled by Dutch farmers and never let go of it. There is a windmill on Front Street, brick storefronts along it, and a...
Year round · West
New Glarus, Wisconsin
New Glarus is a Swiss village in southern Wisconsin. The hills around it, the Driftless, roll the way the land does below the Alps,...
Spring · Midwest
Ely, Minnesota
Ely sits at the edge of the Boundary Waters, far enough north that in midwinter the days are short and the dark is genuinely dark....
Winter · Midwest
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