Which city have you visited the most or the longest cumulative days?

Paris is in the lead for me. When I started back to International travel in 2013 I did Paris for about 2 weeks in 2014 (including the end of the 21 Day Best of Europe tour and a 7-day RS Best of Paris tour + a week with a friend) and just fell in love. I've been back for several weeks at a time each year since. It's an awesome place for a solo woman! I have extremely poor foreign language skills and do not speak French but it's still easy to manage.

London is 2nd although I spent longer in London back in the 80's due to the travel companion at the time (now ex-husband, lol) and the fact that my aunt was working there and we could stay in her flat. Still I do enjoy London!

Have been to Berlin 5 times and would enjoy going back again. Santiago de Compostella is my next most visited city, having also been there 5 times. Usually for 2-3 days each time in both cities.

We've been all over Europe and tend not to do repeats. That said, I've been in Paris at least 5 times, Rome, Amsterdam and Vienna twice. For me, and perhaps others, much depends on airline hubs. I'm typically a Delta flyer, hence its convenient to tack on days in Paris and Amsterdam. (I'm only counting a visit as leaving the airport for overnights.)

Technically, it would probably be Munich, since it was the nearest city to the town we lived in for 3 years. We would go for the day, as a couple or with a small group, at least monthly. And we've been back for short stays 3 times since then.

Otherwise it would be London, where we've spent on average a week each time we've visited the UK. So around 6 weeks altogether.

So far Rome has the most cumulative days over 3 visits. It's also the city I've visited the most frequently, although I suspect London and Paris might take the leads in a few years.

It's an awesome place for a solo woman!

Happy to hear this about Paris, Pam!

Florence —- 10 + 35 + 35 = 80 nights (with a plan for another month in a couple of years)

I've been to a few cities twice - Amsterdam, Paris, Florence, Vienna, Munich, and Frankfurt. Longest in one city was Paris for a month and Budapest for 6 days, those were my two favorite cities.

I’ve spent the most time in smaller German towns. As far as cities, Salzburg with 3 visits for 15 days, London 4 visits for 14 days, Paris 4 visits for 10 days with another 5 days coming up.

Pat, fun question! London is where I have had the longest stay and the most trips (7 nights 1996, 3 nights 1999, 5 nights 2024 and 10 nights this year - total of 25 nights).

I've been to Berlin for 6 nights, Istanbul 7 nights, and Amsterdam 7 nights. So those are probably my top ones, although maybe not Berlin. I enjoy it but love the other 3.

Rome - 6 visits (4 days, 5 days, 7 days, 4 days, 3 days)

Paris - 5 visits (3 days, 10 days, 7 days, 10 days, 10 days) + 12 more days planned for October 2025

London - 5 visits (7 days, 4 days, 12 days, 7 days, 12 days)

Venice - 4 visits ( 3 days, 7 days, 12 days, 3 days)

Florence - 3 visits (3 days, 5 days, 3 days)

Barcelona - 3 visits (3 days, 7 days, 5 days)

Madrid - 3 visits (3 days, 6 days, 5 days)

Amsterdam - 2 visits (4 days, 11 days)

Lisbon - 2 visits (3 days, 5 days)

London for me - both most number of nights as well as most number of visits. Fun question, looking forward to the other answers too!

Paris, 9 visits totalling several months
London, 7 visits totalling several weeks
Norway, my dad’s hometown, several visits totalling several weeks, over 55 years

Paris is a no brainer for me, as is London. Endless possibilities.

in order of cumulative time

London - on and off frequently since I was about 9

Frankfurt

Köln

Salzburg or Seefeld in Tirol - I haven't kept count

maybe Luxembourg or Trier

guessing

I've been to Amsterdam something like 20 times (maybe more), Barcelona 10 or 12 times, San Antonio / Ibiza Town maybe 8 times and I stayed in Leiden, NL for nigh on a month many years ago.

Without checking my notes and records for the most cumulative stays in terms of an exact count of total nights in a city, it is a toss-up between PARIS and BERLIN, longest stay of consecutive nights is 15 straight in Berlin.

Bottom line: every trip has to include staying in either Paris or Berlin or simply both.

Rome would be our top with 3 visits. Partly because we can get direct flights there, but also because we enjoy it more each time we go. Lisbon gets an honourable mention. Only twice, but I would go again if I could get there as fast as Rome.

Great topic! I have hopes when retired to spend a month in one city, so love these ideas.

I went to Nairn, Morayshire, Scotland every year as a child for about 7 or 8 years straight, a week or two in a static caravan (trailer / mobile home in US English?) at a time. I've been back as an adult 3 or 4 times, last time was June 2024.

Budapest arrival at the airport or train station 35 +/- maybe 2.5 years total time here as a tourist before stsying here. .

3 or 4 visits each (probably averaged 5 days each visit) to;
Kyiv (5), Odesa, Paris. Rome, Vienna, Perast, Budva, Zabljak, Kljuc, Sarajevo, Bucharest, London.

The highlighted ones will be visit 4 or 5 later this year.

The list of 2 returns is pretty long.

Paris, by a lot...in more than 40 years of European travel, most of the travel occurring in the last 20+ years, I counted up 15 visits to Paris. Shortest stay was 4 nights in 1985, longest was 3 weeks in 2023. Average stay 10 nights...so 150 nights, +/-.

London is a distant 2nd place, 7 visits, average stay 6 nights...say 42 days +/- cumulatively.

Want to guess where I will go next, later this year? You got it, Paris and London...plus other destinations as yet undetermined. Berlin and Budapest are favorites, too.

Excluding the time I lived in Spain, probably London, Madrid, Rome, and Sevilla; not necessarily in that order. Now we tend to visit smaller town and villages rather than large cities. Including that time, Sevilla and Madrid would easily top the list.

For the last 25 years, my wife and I have traveled to Europe essentially yearly, and I went for work frequently.

For me, London probably tops the list, the group I worked with was based there, so easily 1 1/2 to 2 months total there.

Amsterdam, and surrounding area, probably second. I often start and/or end my trips there, so easily a month or more.

Tied for third are Rome and Madrid at 3-4 weeks.

Lots of other places at 1-2 weeks. (Paris, Sorrento, Nerja, Munich, Bruges, Berlin, Lisbon, and more.

Munich for me, with maybe Brienz or Geneva Switzerland second.

Paris-about 23 days total over 3 visits.
It is the only city I have gone back to.
I will keep going back.

I’m an infrequent traveler, but Paris is by far the winner for me. I visited it 5 times between 1992 and 2007. Haven’t been back since—I’m obviously overdue!

London....50+ visits and over 300 nights. Dundee about 200 night and Manchester around 90.

On the continent I've been to Vienna 3 times and about 35 nights, Berlin 4 times and about 25 nights, Paris 3 times about 30 nights, and a whole lot of return visits all over the place.

Antalya: 4 visits (2 days + 7 days + 14 days + 14 days) = 37 days (I didn't like it on the first visit but grew to like it)

Venice: 3 visits (2 days + 14 days + 14 days) = 30 days (love at first sight)

Not a city but the tiny Alpine village of Gimmelwald leads the way with 20 nights.

Hi Pat, thanks for asking the question! It’s been fun to think through the past trips & favorites that were repeated.

I don’t keep track of total days, but I have stayed in several cities more than once. Ones in Italics will have another stay to count this year:

5
Paris
”Rome”

4
”Venice”

3
”Stresa, Italy”
”Verona, Italy”
Vienna, Austria
Florence
Amsterdam
Sevilla, Spain
Malaga, Spain

2
Wengen/Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland
Cordoba, Spain
Estepona, Spain
Madrid, Spain
Salzburg, Austria
Munich, Germany
London
Oxford, England
Laren, The Netherlands
Siena, Italy
Parma, Italy

7 more cities in Italy that will become repeats this year:
Bari, Caserta, Polignano a Mare, Torino, Ferrara, Mantova & Bergamo

Paris is in the lead for me. First trip was in 2001, for 6 days with my husband, mom and sister, shortly after my dad passed away. Next was in 2003 for 4 nights with my husband, our baby and 4 of my husband’s family members. Next was in 2018 for 5 nights with our two teens. And in 2024 for 5 nights with a different sister. And I’d go back in a heartbeat.

Next is Salzburg, where we spent 5 nights in 2000 with my mom and dad. Then again in 2018 for 5 nights with our teens. Such a gorgeous part of the world.

There are so many places I still want to see, after about 13 trips to Europe. But sometimes it’s nice to return to a place you know you love, and to see it through the eyes of first time visitors.

Besides places I have lived -- Scotland, Budapest, Paris -- or done longish work assignments to - Madrid - I guess mine would be London. Although I still don't get there as often as I would like to.