Personal Tour - Self-Fulfillment

Your answers to the psychometric questions at the RANKING TEST tab reveal your personal favorites among the 15 Beautiful Facets.  You can then prioritize your visits to beautiful places in CitiesBeautiful.org’s 25 cities, by focusing on your favorite Beautiful Facet.  Clicking on any Beautiful Facet below will take you to a table that has all 25 cities’ Principle Features and Honorable Mentions that have been classified by that specific Beautiful Facet.  Each table is sorted by the highest scoring city for that Beautiful Facet down to the lowest scoring city. 

 

This webpage is the personalized tour of all the beautiful places that have the Beautiful Facet classification of SELF-FULFILLMENT.

 

 

CITYSCOREPRINCIPLE FEATURESHONORABLE MENTIONS
BUENOS AIRES92.3Plaza de Mayo, Teatro Colón, Museo Evita  Cabildo, Casa Rosada, Palacio de Gobierno, Teatro Nacional Cervantes, Boca Juniors Stadium & El Museo de la Pasión Boquense
LONDON92.3Palaces -- Buckingham, Hampton Court, St. James, Kensington; Houses of Parliament; Royal Opera HouseRoyal National Theatre, Barbican Centre, Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, Waterloo Place (Numerous Monuments to Individuals)
WASHINGTON DC92.3White House, Washington Monument,  Lincoln MemorialMartin Luther King Jr. Monument, Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial, John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts
MELBOURNE84.6Parliament House of Victoria, The Arts Centre, Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG)Government House, National Sports Museum, Sidney Myer Music Bowl, Olympic Parks
BUDAPEST76.9State Opera House (Magyar Allami Operahaz), Parliament (Országház), Heroes' Square (Hosök tere)Raoul Wallenberg Memorial Park (Raoul Wallenberg Emlékpark); Palace of Arts (Művészetek Palotája)
PRAGUE76.9Old Royal Palace (Starý královský palác),  National Theatre (Národní divadlo, Estates Theatre (Stavovské divadlo)State Opera (Státní opera), Antonín Dvořák Museum in Vila Amerika, Franz Kafka Museum
SEOUL76.9Five Palaces (Changdeokgung, Changgyeonggung, Deoksugung, Gyeongbokgung, Gyeonghuigung); Cheongwadae (Blue House); Seoul Arts Center Seoul Olympic Park & Museum, National Assembly, National Theater
BARCELONA69.2Olympic Park, Gran Teatre del Liceu, Nou CampMuseu FC Barcelona
CAPE TOWN69.2Robben Island, Rhodes Memorial, TuynhuisGreen Point Stadium, Baxter Theatre Complex
ISTANBUL69.2Topaki Palace, Süleymaniye Mosque and Complex (Süleymaniye Camii ve Külliyesi), Republic Monument (Cumhuriyet Anıtı)Atatürk Cultural Center (Atatürk Kültür Merkezi), Imperial Pavillion(Hünkar Kasri)
KYOTO69.2Kyoto Imperial Palace (Kyoto Gosho), Katsura Imperial Villa, Shugakuin Imperial VillaMinami-za and Other Kabuki Theaters, Karasu Sumo Wrestling and Choyo Ceremony at Kamogamo Shrine
PARIS69.2 Hôtel des Invalides and Napoleon's Tomb, L'Arc de Triomphe, Opéra de la BastilleNational Assembly, Musée National du Sport
ST. PETERSBURG69.2Tsar Palaces -- Winter, Summer, Peterof, Tsarskoye Selo, etc.;  Performance Venues -- Mariinsky Theatre, Mikhailovsky Theatre of Opera and Ballet, Alexandrinsky Theatre, , Shostakovich Philharmonic, State Academic Kapella, St. Petersburg Conservatory (Rimsky-Korsakov St. Petersburg State Conservatory), etc.; Famous People's Homes --Dostoyevsky [Home] Museum**, Anna Akhmatova [Home] Museum**, Nabokov  [Home] Museum*, National Pushkin   [Home]Museum*Tombs of the Tsars in Peter and Paul Cathedral
ATHENS61.5 Odeum of Herodes Atticus, Panathenaic (Olympic) Stadium, ParliamentMonument of Lysicrates, Hadrian's Arch,  
CHICAGO61.5200 Theaters--Goodman, Briar Street, Shakespeare, Factory, etc.; Sports Venues--Wrigley Field, Soldier Field, United Center, US Cellular Field; Chicago Symphony CenterCity Hall, Hull House
JAIPUR61.5Chandra Mahal (Moon Palace), Amber Palace (within Amber Fort), Sisodia Rani Palace (separate from the gardens, built by a queen)Diggi Palace, Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur Riding and Polo Club
ROME61.5Palazzo del Quirinale, Piazza Colonna, Arch of Constantine, Arch of Septimius Severus, Palazzetto dello Sport
AMSTERDAM53.8Royal Palace (Koninklijk Paleis), Concertgebouw, Music Building on the IJ (Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ) Including Bimhuis Hôtel de Ville aka Stopera
HONG KONG53.8 Dr. Sun Yat Sen Museum, Hong Kong Cultural Centre, Legislative Council BuildingGovernment House, Hong Kong Arts Festival, Avenue of the Stars
JERUSALEM53.8Parliament (Knesset), Mt. Herzl National Memorial Park, The Jerusalem Theatre [Israel's largest centre for art and culture] The Menachem Begin Heritage Center Museum
SAN FRANCISCO46.2Performing Arts - Ballet, Opera, Symphony, American Conservatory Theater, City Lights BookstoreYerba Buena Center for the Arts,                                 Walt Disney Family Museum
SYDNEY46.2Sydney Olympic Park , Admiralty House and Kirribilli House, Parliament HouseKirribilli House and Admiralty House, Parliament House, National Rugby League  Grand Final
VANCOUVER46.2Olympic Cauldron, Vancouver Olympic Centre, etc.; Vancouver City HallBritish Columbia Sports Hall of Fame and Museum  
RIO DE JANEIRO38.5Paço Imperial, Palácio Tiradentes,  Maracanã StadiumCentro Cultural Justiça Federal 
FEZ30.8Zaouia Moulay Idriss; Dar el-Makhzen (Royal Palace); Other Palaces -- Palais des Idrissides, El Mokri Palace, Glaoui Palace[None]