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.
| CITY | SCORE | PRINCIPLE FEATURES | HONORABLE MENTIONS |
| BUENOS AIRES | 92.3 | Plaza de Mayo, Teatro Colón, Museo Evita | Cabildo, Casa Rosada, Palacio de Gobierno, Teatro Nacional Cervantes, Boca Juniors Stadium & El Museo de la Pasión Boquense |
| LONDON | 92.3 | Palaces -- Buckingham, Hampton Court, St. James, Kensington; Houses of Parliament; Royal Opera House | Royal National Theatre, Barbican Centre, Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, Waterloo Place (Numerous Monuments to Individuals) |
| WASHINGTON DC | 92.3 | White House, Washington Monument, Lincoln Memorial | Martin Luther King Jr. Monument, Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial, John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts |
| MELBOURNE | 84.6 | Parliament House of Victoria, The Arts Centre, Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) | Government House, National Sports Museum, Sidney Myer Music Bowl, Olympic Parks |
| BUDAPEST | 76.9 | State Opera House (Magyar Allami Operahaz), Parliament (Országház), Heroes' Square (Hosök tere) | Raoul Wallenberg Memorial Park (Raoul Wallenberg Emlékpark); Palace of Arts (Művészetek Palotája) |
| PRAGUE | 76.9 | Old 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 |
| SEOUL | 76.9 | Five Palaces (Changdeokgung, Changgyeonggung, Deoksugung, Gyeongbokgung, Gyeonghuigung); Cheongwadae (Blue House); Seoul Arts Center | Seoul Olympic Park & Museum, National Assembly, National Theater |
| BARCELONA | 69.2 | Olympic Park, Gran Teatre del Liceu, Nou Camp | Museu FC Barcelona |
| CAPE TOWN | 69.2 | Robben Island, Rhodes Memorial, Tuynhuis | Green Point Stadium, Baxter Theatre Complex |
| ISTANBUL | 69.2 | Topaki Palace, Süleymaniye Mosque and Complex (Süleymaniye Camii ve Külliyesi), Republic Monument (Cumhuriyet Anıtı) | Atatürk Cultural Center (Atatürk Kültür Merkezi), Imperial Pavillion(Hünkar Kasri) |
| KYOTO | 69.2 | Kyoto Imperial Palace (Kyoto Gosho), Katsura Imperial Villa, Shugakuin Imperial Villa | Minami-za and Other Kabuki Theaters, Karasu Sumo Wrestling and Choyo Ceremony at Kamogamo Shrine |
| PARIS | 69.2 | Hôtel des Invalides and Napoleon's Tomb, L'Arc de Triomphe, Opéra de la Bastille | National Assembly, Musée National du Sport |
| ST. PETERSBURG | 69.2 | Tsar 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 |
| ATHENS | 61.5 | Odeum of Herodes Atticus, Panathenaic (Olympic) Stadium, Parliament | Monument of Lysicrates, Hadrian's Arch, |
| CHICAGO | 61.5 | 200 Theaters--Goodman, Briar Street, Shakespeare, Factory, etc.; Sports Venues--Wrigley Field, Soldier Field, United Center, US Cellular Field; Chicago Symphony Center | City Hall, Hull House |
| JAIPUR | 61.5 | Chandra 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 |
| ROME | 61.5 | Palazzo del Quirinale, Piazza Colonna, Arch of Constantine, | Arch of Septimius Severus, Palazzetto dello Sport |
| AMSTERDAM | 53.8 | Royal Palace (Koninklijk Paleis), Concertgebouw, Music Building on the IJ (Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ) Including Bimhuis | Hôtel de Ville aka Stopera |
| HONG KONG | 53.8 | Dr. Sun Yat Sen Museum, Hong Kong Cultural Centre, Legislative Council Building | Government House, Hong Kong Arts Festival, Avenue of the Stars |
| JERUSALEM | 53.8 | Parliament (Knesset), Mt. Herzl National Memorial Park, The Jerusalem Theatre [Israel's largest centre for art and culture] | The Menachem Begin Heritage Center Museum |
| SAN FRANCISCO | 46.2 | Performing Arts - Ballet, Opera, Symphony, American Conservatory Theater, City Lights Bookstore | Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, Walt Disney Family Museum |
| SYDNEY | 46.2 | Sydney Olympic Park , Admiralty House and Kirribilli House, Parliament House | Kirribilli House and Admiralty House, Parliament House, National Rugby League Grand Final |
| VANCOUVER | 46.2 | Olympic Cauldron, Vancouver Olympic Centre, etc.; Vancouver City Hall | British Columbia Sports Hall of Fame and Museum |
| RIO DE JANEIRO | 38.5 | Paço Imperial, Palácio Tiradentes, Maracanã Stadium | Centro Cultural Justiça Federal |
| FEZ | 30.8 | Zaouia Moulay Idriss; Dar el-Makhzen (Royal Palace); Other Palaces -- Palais des Idrissides, El Mokri Palace, Glaoui Palace | [None] |
