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 NATURE.
| CITY | SCORE | PRINCIPLE FEATURES | HONORABLE MENTIONS |
| LONDON | 100.0 | Regent's Park, Hyde Park + Kensington Gardens, Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew | St. James Park + Green Park, Natural History Museum, London Zoo, Richmond Park, Hampstead Heath, Epping Forest |
| CHICAGO | 92.3 | Field Museum of Natural History; John G. Shedd Aquarium; Zoos--Lincoln Park, Brookfield | Lincoln Park, Botanic Garden, Alfred Caldwell Lily Pool Gardens, Chicago Park District (oldest & largest in USA) |
| CAPE TOWN | 84.6 | Table Mountain, Boulders, Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens | Two Oceans Aquarium, Company's Garden, Cape of Good Hope Nature Reserve, World of Birds, Tokai Arboretum |
| VANCOUVER | 84.6 | Stanley Park, UBC Botanical Garden, Nitobe Japanese Garden | Queen Elizabeth Park, Beaty Biodiversity Museum, Vancouver Aquarium Marine Science Centre, Pacific Spirit Regional Park, Grouse Mountain |
| PARIS | 76.9 | Bois de Boulogne, Jardin du Luxembourg, Jardin des Tuileries | Jardin des Plantes, Parc des Buttes Chaumont, Musée de la Chasse et de la Nature, Bois de Vincennes |
| BUENOS AIRES | 69.2 | Jardín Botánico Carlos Thays, Parques Tres de Febrero, Jardín Japonés | Plaza San Martín, Jardín Zoológico, Ecological Reserve |
| JAIPUR | 69.2 | Galta (Monkey) Temples; Elephant Parks -- Elefantastic, Elefun, Elefantasy, Elemaison, etc.; Sisodia Rani Palace Garden | Kanak Vrindavan Gardens, Dil-e-aaram Gardens (at the Entrace to Amber Fort), Jaipur Zoo, Central Park |
| PRAGUE | 69.2 | Petrín Hill; [Six] Gardens of Prague Castle (Zahrady Pražského hradu), Botantical Gardens | Prague Zoo (Prahazoologická zahrada), Letná Park (Letenské sady), Vrtbovska garden (Vrtbovská zahrada), Divoka Sarka |
| ROME | 69.2 | Villa Borghese gardens , Villa Ada, Villa Doria Pamphili, | Pincian Hill, Villa Lante, Parco Urbano dell'Appia Antica |
| BARCELONA | 61.5 | Parc Güell, Parc de la Ciutadella, L'Aquarium de Barcelona | Jardí Botànic, Parc Zoològic |
| BUDAPEST | 61.5 | Margaret Island (Margit-sziget), Botanical Garden (Füvészkert), City Park (Városliget) | Tropicarium; Zoo and Botanical Gardens (Fõvárosi Állat és Növénykert) |
| KYOTO | 61.5 | Sogenchi Garden of Tenryu-ji Temple, Koinzan Saiho-ji Temple [a.k.a. Moss Temple], Bamboo Forest at Honen-in Temple | Maruyama Park), Hakusasa Son-so Garden, Kyoto Botanical Garden (Kyōto Furitsu Shokubutsuen) |
| MELBOURNE | 61.5 | King's Domain Gardens (ncludes Queen Victoria Gardens, Alexandra Gardens, the Pioneer Women's Garden, and the Royal Botanic Gardens); Royal Melbourne Zoo, Fitzroy Gardens | Ballarat Botanical Gardens, Healesville Sanctuary, Koala Conservation Centre, Phillip Island Penguin Reserve, Werribee Open Range Zoo |
| RIO DE JANEIRO | 61.5 | Tijuca National Park, Quinta da Boa Vista, Jardim Botânico | Campo de Santana, Jardim Zoológico, Parque Lage |
| SEOUL | 61.5 | Han-gahng (Han River) Parks, Namsan Park, Bukhansan National Park | Olympic Park, Seoul Forest, Hongneung Arboretum, Five Mountains (Inwangsan, Gwanaksan, Bukaksan, Naksan, Namsan); Aquariums (63 Seaworld, COEX Mall) |
| ST. PETERSBURG | 61.5 | Palace Gardens -- Summer (Letny Sad),Yusupov (Yusupov Sad), Taurida (Tavrichesky Sad), Michael (Mikhaylovskiy Sad)Three Islands -- Krestovsky (including Victory Park), Elgin (including Kirov Park), and Yelagin; Zoological Museum (Zoologichesky Muzey) | Botanical Garden -- one of the oldest Botanical Gardens in the country; Planet Neptune Oceanarium; |
| SYDNEY | 61.5 | Royal Botanic Gardens, Centennial Park, Sydney Aquarium | Royal National Park, Taronga Zoo, Sydney Wildlife World, Chinese Park, Centennial Park |
| WASHINGTON DC | 61.5 | National Zoological Park, The Tidal Basin, Theodore Roosevelt Island Park | United States Botanical Garden, Enid A. Haupt Garden, U.S. National Arboretum, Rock Creek Park |
| AMSTERDAM | 53.8 | Vondelpark; Royal Zoo, Aquarium, Insectarium, etc. (Artis); Botanical Garden (Hortus Botanicus) | Amsterdamse Bos, Westerpark |
| ISTANBUL | 53.8 | Yildiz Palace and Park (Yildiz Sarayi ve Parki), Emirgan Park (Emirgan Korusu), Gülhane Park (Gülhane Parkı) | Miniature Park of Turkey (Miniatürk), Istanbul Aquarium, Turkuazoo Aquarium |
| HONG KONG | 46.2 | Hong Kong Park, Kowloon Park, Victoria Park | Zoological and Botanical Gardens, Tai Po Kau Nature Reserve |
| SAN FRANCISCO | 46.2 | Golden Gate Park including Japanese Tea Garden, Stowe Lake, Buffalo Herd, Etc.; GGNRA; San Francisco Zoo | Sigmund Stern Recreation Grove |
| ATHENS | 38.5 | National Garden, Zappeion Park, Plain of Mars (aka Pedion tou Areos) | Greek Reptile Center,Goulandris Museum of Natural History |
| JERUSALEM | 38.5 | The Tisch Family Zoological Gardens, Jerusalem Botanical Gardens, Independence Park | Wohl Rose Park, “Mifletzet” (Monster) Park |
| FEZ | 30.8 | Jnan Sbil (Bou Jeloud Gardens); Haras Régional (Horse Farm); Foret d'ain Chkef | [None] |
