#1Japan · Culture, Cities, Food · Asia
Kyoto
Temples, wooden streets, and the version of Japan people hope is still real.
9.5/10 · 4 ratings
World rankings
Places are ranked by their average traveler rating out of 10. Filter by theme, region, or country, then open a destination to rate it.
#1
#2United Kingdom · Cities, Culture, Food · Europe
London
Parks, pubs, museums that are actually free, and a city that keeps changing its mind.
9.3/10 · 3 ratings
#3Italy · Culture, Cities, Food · Europe
Rome
Two thousand years of city, still lived in, still delicious.
9.3/10 · 3 ratings
#4Indonesia · Beaches, Culture · Asia
Bali
Rice terraces, temple days, and a coastline that still stops people cold.
9.3/10 · 3 ratings
#5China · Cities, Culture, Food · Asia
Beijing
Hutongs, imperial courtyards, and a capital that still eats wheat and lamb.
9.3/10 · 3 ratings
#6Peru · Nature, Culture · South America
Machu Picchu
The citadel in the clouds, earned by train, trail, or both.
9.3/10 · 3 ratings
#7Turkey · Cities, Culture, Food · Europe
Istanbul
Two continents, a working strait, and a city that feeds you constantly.
9.3/10 · 3 ratings
#8Italy · Cities, Culture · Europe
Venice
A city with no cars, a fragile calendar, and evenings that still work.
9.3/10 · 3 ratings
#9Austria · Cities, Culture · Europe
Vienna
Coffee, concert halls, and a capital that still believes in a long afternoon.
9.3/10 · 3 ratings
#10Greece · Cities, Culture · Europe
Athens
The Acropolis above a noisy, modern city that eats late and well.
9.3/10 · 3 ratings
#11United Kingdom · Cities, Culture · Europe
Edinburgh
A stone capital on ridges, with a festival city hidden inside it.
9.3/10 · 3 ratings
#12China · Cities, Culture, Food · Asia
Xi'an
A walled city with an ancient capital's appetite and the warriors outside it.
9.3/10 · 3 ratings
#13Israel · Cities, Culture · Middle East
Jerusalem
A stone city of holy sites, markets, and neighborhoods with long memories.
9.3/10 · 3 ratings
#14India · Cities, Culture · Asia
Jaipur
A pink planned city of forts, courtyards, and a desert-edge light.
9.3/10 · 3 ratings
#15France · Cities, Culture, Food · Europe
Paris
Still the city people measure other cities against.
9.0/10 · 4 ratings
#16Spain · Cities, Culture, Food · Europe
Barcelona
Gaudí, grid streets, a real beach, and a food culture that still leads.
8.7/10 · 3 ratings
#17Czech Republic · Cities, Culture · Europe
Prague
A stone city that is magical at 8 a.m. and crowded at noon.
8.7/10 · 3 ratings
#18Spain · Cities, Culture, Food · Europe
Seville
Orange trees, late nights, and a southern city built for spring.
8.7/10 · 3 ratings
#19Thailand · Cities, Culture, Food · Asia
Bangkok
Heat, river boats, palaces, and a food city that does not know how to be average.
8.0/10 · 3 ratings
#20Italy · Cities, Culture, Food · Europe
Florence
A small city that invented a way of looking, and still charges for the view.
8.0/10 · 3 ratings
#21Morocco · Culture, Cities, Food · Africa
Marrakech
Pink walls, spice-scented alleys, and riads that make the medina make sense.
8.0/10 · 3 ratings
#22Egypt · Cities, Culture, Food · Africa
Cairo
A Nile capital of minarets, traffic, and the pyramids out on the plateau.
8.0/10 · 3 ratings