The World's 50 Most Beautiful Cities

Fifty cities - just the right number to do one a year for a lifetime? two a year if you are over fifty.  On a round the world air ticket?

Do you agree with their list?

Paris comes first. French wine and French food add to the enchantment. Yes, I love to return to Paris. 'Je ne regrette rien,' (I don't regret anything) as Edith Piaf sang.


In Europe, London is high up the list.

 Prague sneaks in at the end.

Italy- Venice
Yes, Venice is there.


German flag.

Germany
The Romantic Road has several photo to die for places, but many are tiny villages, Rothenburg, stop, snap, move on.

Belgium
The beautiful city is Bruges. Known for chocolates. And lace. And little bridges over the water.

Poland
If you were to take only the old town of a city, you might have a different list. I would rate old Warsaw which has been rebuilt from paintings. Cracow has a stunning main square, but too small to count as a city.








Switzerland
I loved the cities in Switzerland such as Zurich with its Chagall windows in the cathedral, and also Lucerne with the covered bridge, but you could do them in a weekend, a day if you picked the right day and were fast.



Britain
In England London is definitely a city. But what about Cambridge? You could fill the list with American or British cities alone. But what if you had to pick one city from every country?



The USA
Yes, San Francisco had to be in the list.

What about Canada?
I would hardly call Toronto a beautiful city. I prefer Montreal.

Asia
In Asia I would certainly rate Singapore.






 I choose to live there much of the year. The giant waterfall in the mall next to terminal two at the airport.































The flower filled drive from the airport. Stunning modern architecture. Chinatown, Little India, Gardens by the Bay

Let's just suppose you are compiling a travel agency brochure, or in this case a flight and destination guide.

How do you define a city? By size?

By enough to do for a week's holiday?

What will you do while you are there? In Canada enjoy the maple syrup and bring some back.

In New Zealand and Australia, hunt down some manuka honey.
 In Britain look for marmalade.

Useful Websites
The World's 50 Most Beautiful Cities
Australian Manuka Honey
https://www.comvita.com.au/purest-source/manuka-honey/rangeAU
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C4%81nuka_honey
Singaporeair.com

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Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, author and speaker. Please share links to your favourite posts.