Do you dream of driving an adventure away?
Make it a reality by visiting one of these breathtaking channel cities – which looks like water.
In some of these spectacular destinations, it is actually easier to travel with water than on the road.
Although many also have beautiful streets.
Roll these beautiful photos of ports guaranteed to flare your wanderer for an aqueous getaway, with the eye-opening portfolio, including a British hotspot with more channels than Venice and a place in France, so picturesque it is often with painters and painters and Ezelle.
In which one do you want to be best in the way?
Pictured is Ghent, a port city in northern Belgium. Ghent’s network of channels has been ‘the city’s life blood’ for centuries, according to Visit gent. The Tourism Board recommends taking by boat to the water for ‘absolutely charming’ views of the historic city
Birmingham (photo) has 35 miles channels, which Birmingham City Council Say ‘is said to be more than Venice’, adding that the system is a ‘reminder of a unique industrial history’. Nowadays, the waterways make the ‘ideal escape’ in the ‘middle of a busy city’ says the Canal & River Trustwith ‘live pubs to the waterfront and restaurants and historical architecture to admire’
Pictured is Delft, a city in the Netherlands, between Rotterdam and The Hague. It is ‘known for its charming channels and historical facades’, says Visit Holland. The Tourism Board adds ‘This is a living museum for Dutch history and culture’
In eastern China lies Suzhou (in the photo), an ancient water city described as the ‘Venice of the East’. Lonely planet Explain: “If there is any place for Venice anywhere, it can be Suzhou, and adds that the city is” all bow bridges and wooden balconies, hanging above the drop, cracked channels “
Pictured is Annecy, in southeastern France, a picturesque old city built around channels. The city’s tourism council Say: ‘Channels animate the old term and bring it a freshness and life. It is not uncommon to see artists who set up their Eassels there ‘
Pictured is Bruges, in northwestern Belgium, a city that has ‘beautiful’ channel views around every bend, says Visit is used. The tourism team explains that ‘the channels have been the veins of the city for centuries’, and tourists recommended ‘take a walk or a boat trip and discover secret gardens, romantic bridges and medieval facades that are reflected in the water’
Perhaps the world’s most famous Canal City, Venice (in the photo), consists of 118 islands linked to a ‘fairy tale, linked by 400 bridges’, says, says, say Lonely planet. The travel guide recommends that visitors from the Italian destination to the water take on a Gondola tour or save money with a water taxi
Kurashiki (in the photo) is a historic channel city in the Seto Inland Sea of Japan. The Japan National Tourism Organization says: ‘Channel lined, white tumor and stone tiles, the streets of the Kurashiki Bikan Historical Quarter are typically Japanese’
Pictured is Speicherstadt in Hamburg, Germany. The Warehouse District is a UNESCO heritage site brought by a network of channels. Hamburg travel Explain that ‘the best way to experience the maritime charm of the city is to take a speed along its channels’, which describes the waterways as an integral part of the German city’s identity
Above is the Nyhavn channel, a popular photo spot in Copenhagen, Denmark. Visit Copenhagen says: ‘It doesn’t take much more than a few sun rays before the waterfront of Copenhagen is filled with renewed energy and joyful faces not’
Aviero (pictured), a city in the West Coast of Portugal, sits on the ‘edge of an extensive lagoon system’, explains Lonely planet. The travel guide adds: ‘Where (Venice) has gondolas, Aveiro Moliceiros-colorful boats traditionally used for seaweed crop, but now used for channel sailing’. A Moliceiro can be seen in the photo above
EmpuriaBrava (pictured) is a town in the Costa Brava of Spain with a 22km/13.6 mile network of channels and was built on fungal pland in the 1960s and 70s. Although not a historical destination, Empuriabrava ‘has a lot to offer for those looking for a relaxed beach holiday’ Costa Brava Lifestyle
Pictured is Bangkok, Thailand. It has over 300 km/186 miles of waterways, with Lonely planet Describe the city as a jade-tinted mosiac of flooded paddy fields, filed with the silver veins of channels “
Pictured is Amsterdam, where, Holland.com claim, no visit was completed ‘without seeing the beautiful, iconic channels’. Amsterdam’s channel system is described as the ‘symbol of the city’.
