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 SENSATION.
| CITY | SCORE | PRINCIPLE FEATURES | HONORABLE MENTIONS |
| BARCELONA | 69.2 | Mercat de La Boqueria, Mercat de Santa Caterina, Barceloneta Beach and Many Other Beaches | Museu de la Xocolata, Mercat de la Revolució, Mercat de la Llibertat |
| BUDAPEST | 61.5 | Public Baths -- Rudas, Király, Gellért, etc.; House of Terror (Terror Háza); Great Market Hall (Nagycsarnok) | Zwack Unicum Museum & Visitor Centre, Dreher Brewery & Beer Museum |
| CAPE TOWN | 61.5 | Beaches -- Noordhoek, Clifton, Llandudno, and many others; Wineries-- Klein Constantia, Buitenverwachting, Groot Constantia, etc., Outdoor Markets -- Greenmarket Square, Church Street Arcade, etc. | Panoramas --Table Mountain, Lion's Head, Signal Hill, etc. |
| HONG KONG | 61.5 | Victoria Peak [Views]; Symphony of Lights; Markets -- Temple Street Night Market, Ladies' Market, Flower Market and Yuen Po Street Bird Garden, etc. | Beaches: Cheung Sha Beach , Deep Water Bay, Repulse Bay, etc. |
| JERUSALEM | 61.5 | Panoramas -- Tower of David, Mount. of Olives; Machaneh Yehuda Shuk [open air market area], Old City Shuk [market located near the Jaffa Gate] | Mahane Yehuda Market, Farmers and Artists Market in the German Colony |
| SAN FRANCISCO | 61.5 | Fisherman's Wharf; Panoramas -- Top of the Mark, Twin Peaks, Golden Gate Bridge Toll Plaza, etc.; Ocean Beach | Innumerable World-Class Restaurants [Most Restaurants Per Capita in the World] |
| VANCOUVER | 61.5 | Granville Island Public Market; Panoramas -- Vancouver Lookout, Grouse Mountain Eye of the Wind, Prospect Point, Stanley Park Seawall, etc.; Beaches - Kitsilano, English Bay, Jericho, Spanish Banks, etc. | Music Festivals -- Vancouver International Jazz Festival, MusicFest Vancouver, Vancouver Folk Music Festival, etc. |
| KYOTO | 53.8 | Open Air Markets | Kyo-ryori ["Kyoto Cuisine", e.g., at the 100-year-old Minokou restaurant], Chion-in Temple Bell [one of the world's largest] |
| PARIS | 53.8 | Outdoor Markets -- Rue Montorgueil, Rue Mouffetard, etc.; Panoramas -- From Top of Eiffel Tower, Notre Dame, Arc de Triomphe, Tour Montparnasse, etc.; Gourmet Stores: Fauchon, Hediard, La Grande Epicerie au Bon Marché, La Chocolaterie Jacques Genin | Eiffel Tower Lit Up at Night |
| RIO DE JANEIRO | 53.8 | Beaches -- Copacabana, Ipanema, Praia do Flamengo, etc.; Panoramas -- ugarloaf Mountain (Pao de Acucar), Mirante do Pasmado, Mirante de Canoas, etc. ; Flea Markets -- Feira Hippie de Ipanema, Avenida Atlântica, Feira do Rio Antigo etc. | [None] |
| SYDNEY | 53.8 | Panoramas --Sydney Tower Skywalk, Harbor Bridge Pylon; The Rocks Markets; Beaches -- Tamarama, Bronte, Bondi, etc. | Beaches: Tamarama, Bronte, Bondi; Manly International Jazz Festival; Sydney Fish Market |
| BUENOS AIRES | 46.2 | San Telmo Antiques Market (Plaza Dorrego), Recoleta Fair (Feria de Plaza Francia), Feria de Mataderos | Plaza Serrano Fair (Plazaleto Jorge Cortazar) |
| CHICAGO | 46.2 | Panoramas--360 Chicago (Hancock Building), Skydeck (Willis Tower); Beaches--Oaks Street, North Avenue, Ohio Street; Smith Museum of Stain Glass Windows | Open Air Markets--Green City Marke, Randolf Street, etc.; Restaurants--24 Michelin Star Restaurants, etc. |
| AMSTERDAM | 38.5 | Open Air Markets -- Albert Cuypmarkt, Nieuwmarkt, Vlooienmarkt, Antiekmarkt, Noordermarkt, etc.; Panoramas from Church Towers -- Westerkerk, Zuiderkerk, Oude Kerk; Tulip Museum | Amsterdam Cheese Museum |
| ATHENS | 38.5 | Panoramas --- Mt. Lycabettus, Filopappou Hill; Central Market; Beaches - Agios Kosmas, Asteras Glyfada, Voula, Astir Beach, etc.; | Flea Market at Plateia Avissynias |
| ISTANBUL | 38.5 | International Istanbul Tulip Festival (Istanbul Lale Festivali), Waterfront Promenades (e.g., from Kabatas to Ortaköy), Restaurants with panoramic views -- 360 Istanbul, Mikla, NuTeras, Topaz, etc. | Eminonu Pier |
| MELBOURNE | 38.5 | Restaurant Streets -- Acland Street, Lygon Street, Brunswick Street, Victoria Street, etc.; Queen Victoria Market; Eureka Skydeck 88 | Beaches -- St. Kilda, Brighton, etc. |
| PRAGUE | 38.5 | Panoramas--Petrin Tower, Žižkov Television Tower, Old Town Hall, St. Henry's Tower; Gastronomy Museum Prague (Muzeum gastronomie); Prague Beer Museum (Praha Pivovarské muzeum | Open Air Markets--Holesovice,Pankrac,Havelska, etc. |
| SEOUL | 38.5 | Panoramas (N Seoul Tower, 63 City, Five Mountains); Open Air Markets (Gwangjang, Namdaemun, Dongdaemun, etc. ); Noryangjin Fish Market | Kimchi Field Museum |
| WASHINGTON DC | 38.5 | Panoramic views -- from Washington Monument, Lincoln Memorial, Hay Adams Roof, W Hotel Roof, Old Post Office (etc.); Farmers Markets (40 in D.C.) -- Dupont Circle, USDA on Independence Avenue, Eastern Market (Etc.); Music Festivals -- D.C. Jazz Festival, Summer Music Festival at the National Cathedral (etc.) | [None] |
| JAIPUR | 30.8 | Jaipurs Bazaars -- Bhindon ka Rasta (Marble Statue Carving), Chameli Bazaar (Silver), Ghatgate Bazaar ( Iron Work), etc.; Panoramas from the tops of -- "Hawa Mahal" Palace of the Winds, Ishwari Minar Swarga Sal tower, Nahargarh Fort, Surya Mandir (Temple of the Sun God,above Galta Temple); Food Tours | [None] |
| LONDON | 30.8 | Borough Market, Camden Markets, Panorama from the Shard | Beer Tasting Tours |
| ST. PETERSBURG | 30.8 | Panoramas -- Strelka, Cathedral of the Resurrection in Smolny - the highest viewing point in the city, "Panorama of the Neva" Ramparts Walkway in Peter and Paul Fortress, Top of the World of Water Museum; Eliseyev Emporium - most famous food shop in city for 100+ years, Museum of Russian Vodka | Museum of Bread (Muzey Khleba) - there are only twelve others in the world |
| FEZ | 23.1 | Panoramas -- Marinides Tombs Overlook, South Borj Overlook, North Borj Overlook; Dyers' Souk (Souk es Sebbaghin in Arabic, Rue des Tanneries in French); Culinary Art Festival | [None] |
| ROME | 23.1 | Open Air Markets: Campo de’ Fiori, etc. http://www.inromenow.com/site%20templates/FoodMarkets.html; Panoramas (views from the top of): Monumento Nazionale a Vittorio Emanuele II, Cupola of St. Peter’s, Palatine Hill, Pincio Gardens; Food Tours [e.g., see www.eatingitalyfoodtours.com] | [None] |
