The most beautiful cities in the world

The most interesting big cities in the world

Petr Liška
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The most beautiful cities in the world
Updated: 29.10.2021
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There are many cities in the world that will captivate you with historical or modern architecture. Many of them are laid in the breathtaking landscape. In some of them you will be fascinated of their amazing atmosphere. We tried to choose the most beautiful of them

1.
Praha / Prague

Capital of Czech Republic

Rating:
| Altitude: 192 m / 630 ft

Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. It has about 1.3 million inhabitants. Thanks to… continue reading

2.
Rome

The capital of Italy

Rating:
| Altitude: 22 m / 72 ft

The city of Rome, also called the Eternal City, is the capital and largest city of Italy. Of course, it was… continue reading

3.
New York

The most populous American city

Rating:
| Altitude: 10 m / 33 ft

The city of New York is considered to be a global metropolis and is therefore one of the most visited places… continue reading

4.
Istanbul

Gate of the Orient

Rating:
| Altitude: 40 m / 131 ft

Istanbul, formerly Constantinople, is the largest city in Turkey. Because of its location it is called the… continue reading

5.
Venice

The most beautiful city of Italy

Rating:
| Altitude: 1 m / 3 ft

Venice is one of the most beautiful cities in the world. They spread on the islands in a shallow lagoon. The… continue reading

6.
Barcelona

Capital of Catalonia

Rating:
| Altitude: 10 m / 33 ft

Barcelona is Spain's second largest city after Madrid and one of the country's major tourist pulls. You will… continue reading

7.
Yazd

The most beautiful city of Iran

Rating:
| Altitude: 1 215 m / 3 986 ft

The ancient city of Yazd (1 215m asl) is located on the border of two giant Iranian deserts surrounded by… continue reading

8.
Salamanca

University town

Rating:
| Altitude: 807 m / 2 648 ft

Salamanca is remarkable from a distance thanks to its mighty cathedral overlooking all the other buildings in… continue reading

9.
Cuzco

The most beautiful city of Peru

Rating:
| Altitude: 3 247 m / 10 653 ft

Cuzco (often also written as Cusco) has almost half a million inhabitants. It is, in fact, the largest… continue reading

10.
Sydney

The largest city of Australia

Rating:
| Altitude: 25 m / 82 ft

Sydney is not only Australia's largest city, but also of Oceania. It has about 4.5 million inhabitants. It is… continue reading

11.
Hong Kong

City of skyscrapers

Rating:
| Altitude: 47 m / 154 ft

Hong Kong is a city and state in one. The city center lies on the island of the same name with a many of… continue reading

12.
Esfahan

The most visited Iranian city

Rating:
| Altitude: 1 571 m / 5 154 ft

Esfahan is the third largest city in Iran, and it is one of the most visited places in the country. In the… continue reading

13.
San Francisco

The most beautiful city of California

Rating:
| Altitude: 23 m / 75 ft

San Francisco is the most important city in northern California. It's part of a large agglomeration,… continue reading

14.
Budapest

The capital of Hungary

Rating:
| Altitude: 108 m / 354 ft

Budapest is not only the main but also the largest city of Hungary. Similarly to nearby Vienna or Bratislava… continue reading

15.
St. Petersburg

The northernmost city in the world

Rating:
| Altitude: 12 m / 39 ft

St. Petersburg has over 5,000,000 inha­bitants and is the second largest city in Russia. Of the cities over a… continue reading

16.
Porto

The most beautiful Portuguese city

Rating:
| Altitude: 87 m / 285 ft

Porto is the second largest, but the most beautiful portuguese city, with a picturesque location above the… continue reading

17.
Amsterdam

The capital of the Netherlands

Rating:
| Altitude: 9 m / 30 ft

Amsterdam is the capital of the Netherlands. It is now the largest Dutch city and its financial and cultural… continue reading

18.
Tokyo

Capital of the country of the rising sun

Rating:
| Altitude: 37 m / 121 ft

The capital of Japan, Tokyo, has two faces that offer tourists and locals to explore. Here we find historic… continue reading

19.
Moscow

The capital of Russia

Rating:
| Altitude: 152 m / 499 ft

Moscow is the largest city in Europe. It has almost 12 million inhabitants. It has nine main railway stations… continue reading

20.
Beijing

北京

Rating:
| Altitude: 52 m / 171 ft

Beijing, the third most populous city in the world, is in its own way a state in the middle of an even larger… continue reading

21.
Marrakech

The Royal Town under Atlas Mountains

Rating:
| Altitude: 468 m / 1 535 ft

Marrakech is the fourth largest city in Morocco. Thanks to its location under the slopes of the High Atlas… continue reading

22.
La Paz

The largest city of Bolivia

Rating:
| Altitude: 3 652 m / 11 982 ft

The city of La Paz is the largest and, in fact, the capital of Bolivia (but by the constitution is the… continue reading

23.
Shanghai

The most populous Chinese city

Rating:
| Altitude: 15 m / 49 ft

Shanghai is one of the world's largest cities. The most attractive part of the city is undoubtedly the Bund,… continue reading

24.
Kyoto

The city of the geishas

Rating:
| Altitude: 45 m / 148 ft

Kyoto, as the former capital of Japan, still deserves its privileged position. The city is full of historical… continue reading

25.
Hanoi

The capital of Vietnam

Rating:
| Altitude: 16 m / 52 ft

Hanoi is the capital of Vietnam, but the second largest city. It is a good starting point for the mountains… continue reading

26.
Puebla

One of Mexico's most beautiful cities

Rating:
| Altitude: 2 154 m / 7 067 ft

Puebla is a large historic city with approximately 2.5 million inhabitants. It is situated on a plateau at 2… continue reading

27.
London

The capital city of England and the United Kingdom

Rating:
| Altitude: 8 m / 26 ft

London, with more than eight million inhabitants, is one of the largest cities in Europe. You will also find… continue reading

28.
Sevilla

The largest city in Andalusia

Rating:
| Altitude: 10 m / 33 ft

Seville is the capital of Andalusia with more than a million inhabitants. Together with Cordoba and Granada,… continue reading

29.
Krakow

The second largest Polish city

Altitude: 211 m / 692 ft

Krakow is a beautiful historic and former royal city. Today, it has about three-quarters of a million… continue reading

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