What's the most beautiful city in the world?

[Giancarlo]

Originally posted by paiktis22
The most beautiful city has got to be in Europe.

Everyone who is not talking about a european city makes himself look silly or he hasn't been to Europe

I have to agree.

Madrid is a nice city... has one hell of a history too. Not one city in North America even stacks up to it.

I got some more pictures:



(Communications Building)









As you can see, Madrid has kept most of its old buildings, and has a mix of new ones too.

[Goingonit]

I must admit that Florence and Madrid surprised me. Sure, Madrid has the palacio real, but it's not really that great, it's stuffy and stodgy. Florence has great stuff in it, but taken as a whole, it's not that nice.

Siena is a good choice.

[Hueij]

Originally posted by paiktis22
The most beautiful city has got to be in Europe.

Everyone who is not talking about a european city makes himself look silly or he hasn't been to Europe

BS... I'm a Euro...

Take a short drive up into the Blue Mountains (about 20 minutes will do if the road is still there ), stop your car, get out and look down. Right below you, creeping up the mountains, is beautiful Kingston at the shore of the Caribean Sea. Can you be homesick of a place you've only been once in your life?

[ThePantaloonDog]

I honestly must admit that on a whole Canada has better looking cities than the US.

Cities like Houston and Philly are bringing down the average. We need more cities like San Diego and Boston and less DC's and Hosuton's if we're going to beat the dirty Canadians.

[Jaakko]

Carcosa

[Provost Harrison]

ROTHERHAM!!!

(not)

[Zylka]

Originally posted by Juggernaut
Lately, I've started to fancy Toronto a helluva lot.


Must....go...there...now.

Yes, Toronto is absolutely amazing... and in its own way beautiful. I'm not too fond of the birds eye shots which reveal a lot of open concrete spaces, they do not do the city justice. I will never forget the day I spent walking the streets of downtown... Young st., Queen st., Sidena, etc - All the while with the ominous CN tower blinking in a humid haze of a summer day... from the ground it looks so sinister, so assertive, like something out of Akira. Amazing

[Lonestar]

North America

It's a Three-Way Tie!
1. San Antonio
2. Boston
3. Quebec City

Europe

Have to run with Stockholm. Sure it's cold, wet, and windy. But it's nice.

[Sikander]

I have to say I was pleasantly surprised by how beautiful Amsterdam was. It definitely makes my short list.

In the U.S. I am really fond of San Francisco. A city that has it's own style, and that style is really nice. Unusual in the U.S. As Transcend says, there are a lot of very pretty small cities in the U.S., and two of my favorites are Boulder Colorado and Pacific Grove California.

I haven't been to Vancouver since the 1960s, but I do remember it being very pretty.

It's been so long since I've been to Asia that I can't imagine anything being the same, so I'll have to refrain from comment. I was really impressed with Hong Kong and Tokyo when I was a kid though.

Paris is a blast, but I can't just give it a free pass on two counts.

1) Baroque architecture, it looks good up close, but it looks like sh!t from across the street. There is simply so much ornamentation that it's at first distracting and finally annoying. Amsterdam doesn't make this mistake.

2) The smell of urine and feces both human and canine is strong in many parts of the city. I would often take my chances crossing the highway rather than using the convenient but extraordinarily rank pedestrian tunnels.

[RedFred]

Old Canadian saying: first prize - a weekend in Toronto, second prize - two weeks in Toronto.

Originally posted by Zylka
Yes, Toronto is absolutely amazing...

- All the while with the ominous CN tower blinking in a humid haze of a summer day...

Those picking Toronto for anything greatly surprise me. Not only would I regard it as not at all in the running for the most beautiful in the world, I figure it is even pretty dumpy compared to other Canadian cities. The architecture is often okay, but like many cities in North America, an inconsistant mishmash of different styles.

The summer haze is air pollution. The golden horseshoe is one of the most polluted regions in the whole country. I had a lot of problems with my tonsils when I lived there on account of all the pollution.

The hot sticky humidity in the summer is not a pleasant phenomena. Not for me at least.

For me, great beauty consists of beautiful architecture with a consistant theme, a good layout, and beautiful surroundings.

The most beautiful cities I have visited have been in Europe. But if I was forced to pick a Canadian city it would be a smaller centre: Quebec City, Lunenburg, Elora, Niagra on the Lake, and Nelson spring to mind.

[Cairo_East]

My Personal List of Most Beautiful Spots in Cities:

-By the statue of Presernov in Ljubljana, Slovenia.

-Entering Times Square from the Theatre District in New York City.

-Walking on one of the streets from the Via dei Coronari to the Piazza Navona in Rome.

-Driving out of the Fort Pitt tunnel and onto the Boulevard of Allies in Pittsburgh.

-Walking in central Madrid at 1 a.m. and seeing the incredible buzz of people.

-Deep in the Khan el-Khali in Cairo, Egypt.

-Walking west on the Meir to the River Schelde in Antwerp, Belgium.

Each of these spots gave me goosebumps each time I visited them.