The world's
greatest cities

USA New York The city that never sleeps 40.71°N 074.01°WExplore USA Los Angeles Sun, stars & endless culture 34.05°N 118.24°WExplore USA Chicago Architecture, deep dish & the Blues 41.88°N 087.63°WExplore Canada Toronto The great multicultural capital 43.65°N 079.38°WExplore Canada Vancouver Mountains meet the Pacific ocean 49.28°N 123.12°WExplore Mexico Mexico City Ancient Aztec capital meets ultra-modern 19.43°N 099.13°WExplore Canada Montréal French flair & jazz festivals 45.50°N 073.57°WExplore USA Washington D.C. Power, history & free museums 38.91°N 077.04°WExplore USA New Orleans Jazz, Creole cuisine & America's most distinctive city. 29.95°N 090.07°WExplore Canada Quebec City North America's only walled city — French Canada at its most c... 46.81°N 071.21°WExplore USA Savannah Spanish moss, antebellum mansions & the Deep South's most beau... 32.08°N 081.09°WExplore USA Charleston Pastel mansions, Lowcountry cuisine & the soul of the American... 32.78°N 079.93°WExplore USA Sedona Red rocks, energy vortexes & Arizona's most spiritual landscape. 34.87°N 111.76°WExplore USA Asheville Blue Ridge mountains, craft beer capital & America's coolest s... 35.60°N 082.55°WExplore USA Santa Fe Adobe architecture, Native art & 400 years of New Mexican soul. 35.69°N 105.94°WExplore Canada Banff Canadian Rockies, turquoise lakes & North America's most beaut... 51.18°N 115.57°WExplore Canada Victoria Vancouver Island's capital — afternoon tea, wild Pacific & Bri... 48.43°N 123.37°WExplore

Brazil São Paulo South America's cultural megacity 23.55°S 046.63°WExplore Brazil Rio de Janeiro Carnival, Christ & Copacabana 22.91°S 043.17°WExplore Argentina Buenos Aires The Paris of South America 34.60°S 058.38°WExplore Peru Lima South America's food capital 12.05°S 077.04°WExplore Colombia Bogotá High-altitude city of art & coffee 04.71°N 074.07°WExplore Chile Santiago Andes at the city's doorstep 33.45°S 070.67°WExplore Colombia Cartagena Caribbean coast, walled city & Colombia's most colourful streets. 10.39°N 075.51°WExplore Peru Cusco Inca capital, Machu Picchu gateway & high-altitude Andean magic. 13.53°S 071.97°WExplore Colombia Medellin City of Eternal Spring — Colombia's reinvention story & paisa ... 06.24°N 075.58°WExplore Chile Valparaiso Chile's bohemian port — painted hills, funiculars & Pacific vi... 33.05°S 071.62°WExplore Argentina Ushuaia End of the World — Patagonia's frontier town & gateway to Anta... 54.80°S 068.30°WExplore

England London Royal capital, world city 51.51°N 000.13°WExplore France Paris Art, romance & the finest cuisine 48.86°N 002.35°EExplore Germany Berlin History, art & the world's best nightlife 52.52°N 013.40°EExplore Spain Madrid Sun, art & the city that never sleeps 40.42°N 003.70°WExplore Italy Rome The Eternal City — 2,700 years of history 41.90°N 012.50°EExplore Netherlands Amsterdam Canals, golden age art & freedom 52.37°N 004.90°EExplore Austria Vienna Imperial grandeur & coffee house culture 48.21°N 016.37°EExplore Turkey Istanbul Where East meets West 41.01°N 028.98°EExplore Scotland Aberdeen Granite city by the North Sea 57.15°N 002.09°WExplore Scotland Dundee Scotland's waterfront design capital 56.46°N 002.97°WExplore England Manchester Music, football & industrial heritage 53.48°N 002.24°WExplore England Liverpool Beatles, docks & maritime history 53.41°N 002.99°WExplore Scotland Edinburgh Castles, closes & world-class whisky 55.95°N 003.19°WExplore Scotland Glasgow Scotland's beating cultural heart 55.86°N 004.25°WExplore Spain Barcelona Gaudí's masterpieces, tapas till midnight & Mediterranean beac... 41.39°N 002.17°EExplore Czech Republic Prague Gothic spires, baroque palaces & Europe's best beer. 50.08°N 014.44°EExplore Italy Venice A floating city of canals, masks & Renaissance wonders. 45.44°N 012.32°EExplore France Lyon France's gastronomic capital, between two rivers. 45.76°N 004.84°EExplore Portugal Porto Port wine cellars, blue-tiled churches & a riverside soul. 41.16°N 008.61°WExplore Italy Cinque Terre Five cliff-perched villages on the Italian Riviera. 44.13°N 009.71°EExplore Spain Seville Flamenco, tapas & Moorish grandeur in Andalusia. 37.39°N 005.99°WExplore Iceland Reykjavik Northern lights, geysers & Europe's coolest small capital. 64.15°N 021.94°WExplore Greece Santorini Whitewashed villages, blue domes & the world's best sunsets. 36.39°N 025.46°EExplore Spain Granada The Alhambra, Albaicín tapas & flamenco in Andalusian caves. 37.18°N 003.60°WExplore Spain Valencia Paella's birthplace, futuristic architecture & golden beaches. 39.47°N 000.38°WExplore Portugal Sintra Fairy-tale palaces, misty forests & Portugal's romantic hilltop. 38.80°N 009.39°WExplore France Annecy Alpine lake, medieval canals & the 'Venice of the Alps'. 45.90°N 006.13°EExplore France Colmar Fairy-tale Alsace — half-timbered houses, canals & Christmas m... 48.08°N 007.36°EExplore France Nice French Riviera capital — pebble beaches, palms & Provençal charm. 43.71°N 007.26°EExplore Italy Bologna Italy's food capital, ancient university & 38 km of arcades. 44.49°N 011.34°EExplore Italy Matera Cave city carved into stone — one of the world's oldest human ... 40.67°N 016.61°EExplore Italy Turin Italy's first capital — royal palaces, chocolate & alpine eleg... 45.07°N 007.69°EExplore England York Medieval walls, Viking history & England's most atmospheric city. 53.96°N 001.08°WExplore England Bath Roman baths, Georgian crescents & England's prettiest small city. 51.38°N 002.36°WExplore England Bristol Banksy's birthplace, harbourside foodie scene & creative capital. 51.45°N 002.59°WExplore Scotland Inverness Capital of the Highlands — Loch Ness, castles & wild Scotland. 57.48°N 004.22°WExplore Scotland Oban Seafood capital of Scotland & gateway to the Hebridean islands. 56.42°N 005.47°WExplore Scotland Portree Capital of the Isle of Skye — dramatic landscapes & pastel har... 57.41°N 006.20°WExplore

Egypt Cairo Pyramids, pharaohs & the Nile 30.04°N 031.24°EExplore Nigeria Lagos Africa's most vibrant city 06.52°N 003.38°EExplore South Africa Cape Town Table Mountain & two oceans 33.92°S 018.42°EExplore Kenya Nairobi Safari gateway & startup capital 01.29°S 036.82°EExplore Morocco Casablanca Morocco's modern Atlantic capital 33.57°N 007.59°WExplore Morocco Marrakech Riads, souks, snake charmers & the Atlas Mountains beyond. 31.63°N 007.99°WExplore Morocco Chefchaouen Morocco's blue city — Rif Mountain medina painted entirely in ... 35.17°N 005.27°WExplore Morocco Essaouira Morocco's Atlantic windy city — fortified medina, kitesurfing ... 31.51°N 009.77°WExplore Tanzania Zanzibar City Spice Island capital — Stone Town, white beaches & Swahili-Ara... 06.16°S 039.20°EExplore Rwanda Kigali Africa's cleanest capital — gorilla gateway & a story of remar... 01.94°S 030.06°EExplore

UAE Dubai Futuristic skylines & desert luxury 25.20°N 055.27°EExplore UAE Abu Dhabi Culture, heritage & grand mosques 24.45°N 054.38°EExplore Saudi Arabia Riyadh Rapid transformation in the desert 24.71°N 046.68°EExplore Qatar Doha Museums, souqs & the Gulf 25.29°N 051.53°EExplore Israel Tel Aviv Mediterranean cool & innovation 32.08°N 034.78°EExplore

India Mumbai Bollywood & the city of dreams 19.08°N 072.88°EExplore India Delhi Seven cities of history 28.61°N 077.21°EExplore India Bangalore India's Silicon Valley 12.97°N 077.59°EExplore Sri Lanka Colombo Island city of spice & culture 06.93°N 079.85°EExplore India Jaipur The Pink City — Rajasthan's royal capital of palaces & bazaars. 26.91°N 075.79°EExplore India Udaipur The City of Lakes — Rajasthan's most romantic palace city. 24.59°N 073.71°EExplore India Varanasi India's holiest city — Ganges ghats, ancient temples & raw spi... 25.32°N 082.97°EExplore India Mysore City of palaces — sandalwood, silk & southern Indian royal her... 12.30°N 076.64°EExplore India Pondicherry India's French Riviera — colonial streets, cafés & seaside calm. 11.94°N 079.81°EExplore India Shillong Scotland of the East — pine forests, waterfalls & India's rock... 25.58°N 091.89°EExplore

Japan Tokyo Tradition meets the future 35.68°N 139.69°EExplore Japan Osaka Japan's kitchen & comedy capital 34.69°N 135.50°EExplore South Korea Seoul K-culture, tech & street food 37.57°N 126.98°EExplore China Beijing Imperial capital of the Middle Kingdom 39.90°N 116.41°EExplore China Shanghai Global finance meets old China 31.23°N 121.47°EExplore China Hong Kong East-West fusion, unmatched skyline 22.32°N 114.17°EExplore Taiwan Taipei Night markets & mountain temples 25.03°N 121.57°EExplore Japan Kyoto Where 1,200 years of imperial culture lives in every alley. 35.01°N 135.77°EExplore South Korea Busan South Korea's second city — beaches, seafood & coastal charm. 35.18°N 129.08°EExplore Japan Nara Japan's first imperial capital — giant Buddhas & 1,200 sacred ... 34.69°N 135.81°EExplore Japan Kanazawa 'Little Kyoto' — samurai houses, gold leaf & Japan's finest ga... 36.56°N 136.66°EExplore South Korea Jeju City Korea's Hawaii — volcanic island, black-sand beaches & UNESCO ... 33.50°N 126.53°EExplore South Korea Jeonju Korea's food capital — bibimbap's birthplace & best-preserved ... 35.82°N 127.15°EExplore Japan Sapporo Hokkaido's capital — snow festivals, beer, ramen & alpine wild... 43.06°N 141.35°EExplore Japan Hakone Mount Fuji views, volcanic onsen & Tokyo's perfect weekend esc... 35.23°N 139.11°EExplore

Singapore Singapore The lion city — spotless & spectacular 01.35°N 103.82°EExplore Thailand Bangkok Temples, street food & tuk-tuks 13.76°N 100.50°EExplore Indonesia Jakarta Southeast Asia's dynamic megacity 06.21°S 106.85°EExplore Philippines Manila Pearl of the Orient Seas 14.60°N 120.98°EExplore Malaysia Kuala Lumpur Petronas Towers & street food 03.14°N 101.69°EExplore Vietnam Ho Chi Minh City Motorbikes, pho & history 10.82°N 106.63°EExplore Indonesia Bali Rice terraces, temples & the world's most photographed beaches. 08.41°S 115.19°EExplore Thailand Chiang Mai Thailand's spiritual northern capital — temples, mountains, ma... 18.79°N 098.99°EExplore Vietnam Hoi An Lantern-lit ancient port, tailors & central Vietnam beaches. 15.88°N 108.34°EExplore Laos Luang Prabang Saffron-robed monks, French colonial charm & the Mekong River. 19.89°N 102.14°EExplore Malaysia George Town Penang's UNESCO heart — street art, hawker food & colonial soul. 05.41°N 100.34°EExplore Indonesia Ubud Bali's spiritual heart — rice terraces, yoga retreats & artist... 08.51°S 115.26°EExplore

Australia Sydney Harbour, beaches & sunshine 33.87°S 151.21°EExplore Australia Melbourne Coffee, art & laneways 37.81°S 144.96°EExplore Australia Brisbane Subtropical river city 27.47°S 153.03°EExplore New Zealand Auckland City of sails 36.85°S 174.76°EExplore New Zealand Wellington Coolest little capital 41.29°S 174.78°EExplore New Zealand Queenstown World's adventure capital — bungy jumping, lakes & Lord of the... 45.03°S 168.66°EExplore New Zealand Wanaka Queenstown's quieter sibling — lake, mountains & 'that' lone w... 44.70°S 169.14°EExplore Australia Hobart Tasmania's harbour capital — MONA art museum, wilderness & con... 42.88°S 147.33°EExplore Australia Byron Bay Surf, sunshine & Australia's most easterly bohemian beach town. 28.64°S 153.61°EExplore