VacationSelector

Ranking

Best for culture & sights

All 187 cities we cover, ranked on culture & sights. Every score is our editorial verdict, placed against the same fixed benchmark cities, so it means the same thing on every page. How the scores are built.

  1. 1RomeItaly99
  2. 2ParisFrance97
  3. 3CairoEgypt96
  4. 4KyotoJapan96
  5. 5FlorenceItaly94
  6. 6LondonUnited Kingdom94
  7. 7VeniceItaly94
  8. 8BeijingChina93
  9. 9IstanbulTürkiye90
  10. 10New YorkUnited States89

The rest of the ranking

  1. 11.Vienna89
  2. 12.Athens88
  3. 13.Mexico City88
  4. 14.Naples87
  5. 15.Barcelona86
  6. 16.Berlin86
  7. 17.Madrid86
  8. 18.Tokyo84
  9. 19.Washington DC84
  10. 20.Prague83
  11. 21.Amsterdam82
  12. 22.Kathmandu82
  13. 23.Seville82
  14. 24.Cordoba81
  15. 25.Cusco81
  16. 26.Bangkok80
  17. 27.Budapest80
  18. 28.Granada80
  19. 29.Palermo80
  20. 30.Varanasi80
  21. 31.Dresden79
  22. 32.Munich79
  23. 33.Toledo79
  24. 34.Chicago78
  25. 35.Lisbon78
  26. 36.Milan78
  27. 37.Siena78
  28. 38.Turin78
  29. 39.Bologna77
  30. 40.Krakow77
  31. 41.Lyon77
  32. 42.Stockholm77
  33. 43.Genoa76
  34. 44.Marrakech76
  35. 45.Valletta76
  36. 46.Verona76
  37. 47.Bruges75
  38. 48.Edinburgh75
  39. 49.Seoul75
  40. 50.Brussels74
  41. 51.Antwerp73
  42. 52.Thessaloniki73
  43. 53.Boston72
  44. 54.Copenhagen72
  45. 55.Dubrovnik72
  46. 56.Ghent72
  47. 57.Hanoi72
  48. 58.Philadelphia72
  49. 59.Salzburg72
  50. 60.Shanghai72
  51. 61.Buenos Aires71
  52. 62.Quebec City70
  53. 63.Santiago de Compostela70
  54. 64.Strasbourg70
  55. 65.Warsaw70
  56. 66.York70
  57. 67.Avignon69
  58. 68.Nuremberg69
  59. 69.Bath68
  60. 70.Bordeaux68
  61. 71.Gdansk68
  62. 72.Pisa68
  63. 73.Porto68
  64. 74.Rio de Janeiro68
  65. 75.San Francisco68
  66. 76.Tallinn68
  67. 77.Valencia68
  68. 78.Cologne67
  69. 79.New Orleans67
  70. 80.Lima66
  71. 81.Los Angeles66
  72. 82.Oslo66
  73. 83.Plovdiv66
  74. 84.Riga66
  75. 85.Split66
  76. 86.The Hague66
  77. 87.Vilnius66
  78. 88.Malaga65
  79. 89.Dublin64
  80. 90.Liverpool64
  81. 91.Nice64
  82. 92.Sarajevo64
  83. 93.Toulouse64
  84. 94.Marseille63
  85. 95.Osaka63
  86. 96.Bilbao62
  87. 97.Cadiz62
  88. 98.Catania62
  89. 99.Glasgow62
  90. 100.Hamburg62
  91. 101.Macau62
  92. 102.Ottawa62
  93. 103.Paphos62
  94. 104.Singapore62
  95. 105.Stuttgart62
  96. 106.Aarhus61
  97. 107.Cape Town60
  98. 108.Frankfurt60
  99. 109.Helsinki60
  100. 110.Hong Kong60
  101. 111.Maastricht60
  102. 112.Montpellier60
  103. 113.Montreal60
  104. 114.Sao Paulo60
  105. 115.Sofia60
  106. 116.Sydney60
  107. 117.Bucharest58
  108. 118.Cardiff58
  109. 119.Geneva58
  110. 120.Heidelberg58
  111. 121.Innsbruck58
  112. 122.Lucerne58
  113. 123.Rotterdam58
  114. 124.Ubud58
  115. 125.Zurich58
  116. 126.Kuala Lumpur57
  117. 127.Melbourne57
  118. 128.Miami57
  119. 129.Skopje56
  120. 130.Zagreb56
  121. 131.Antalya55
  122. 132.Atlanta55
  123. 133.Belfast55
  124. 134.Bergen55
  125. 135.Brasov55
  126. 136.Doha55
  127. 137.Izmir55
  128. 138.Kotor55
  129. 139.Ljubljana55
  130. 140.Monaco55
  131. 141.Yokohama55
  132. 142.Zadar55
  133. 143.Manila54
  134. 144.Mostar54
  135. 145.Baden-Baden52
  136. 146.Belgrade52
  137. 147.Como52
  138. 148.San Sebastian52
  139. 149.Santiago52
  140. 150.Manchester50
  141. 151.San Diego50
  142. 152.Seattle50
  143. 153.Toronto50
  144. 154.Jakarta48
  145. 155.Alicante46
  146. 156.Bodrum45
  147. 157.Bratislava45
  148. 158.Goreme45
  149. 159.Tampa42
  150. 160.Tirana42
  151. 161.Vancouver42
  152. 162.West Palm Beach42
  153. 163.Cork40
  154. 164.Dubai40
  155. 165.La Spezia40
  156. 166.Annecy38
  157. 167.Cannes38
  158. 168.Limassol38
  159. 169.Portland38
  160. 170.Rovinj38
  161. 171.San Jose36
  162. 172.Calgary35
  163. 173.Faro35
  164. 174.Biarritz33
  165. 175.Galway33
  166. 176.Sorrento32
  167. 177.Fort Lauderdale28
  168. 178.Killarney28
  169. 179.Inverness27
  170. 180.Tromso27
  171. 181.Las Vegas25
  172. 182.Reykjavik25
  173. 183.Bled22
  174. 184.Orlando22
  175. 185.Rovaniemi22
  176. 186.Cancun15
  177. 187.Interlaken8

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