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 CHRONICLE.
| CITY | SCORE | PRINCIPLE FEATURES | HONORABLE MENTIONS |
| ATHENS | 92.3 | Theater of Dionysos, Temple of Olympian Zeus, Keramikos Cemetery | Ancient Agora, Roman Forum, Athens City Museum, National History Museum, First Cemetery of Athens |
| ISTANBUL | 92.3 | Istanbul Archeology Museums (İstanbul Arkeoloji Müzeleri), Hippodrome, Column of Constantine | Valens Aqueduct (Bozdogan Kemeri), Mosaic Museum (Büyük Saray Mozaikleri Müzesi), Street of the Cold Fountain (Sogukçesme Sokagi), Church of St. Mary of the Mongols (Kanlı Kilise) |
| LONDON | 92.3 | Westminister Abbey, Tower of London, National Portrait Gallery | Museum of London & Museum of London Docklands; Guildhall.; Brompton Cemetery; Historic Houses--Apsley House, Spencer House, Banqueting House, Ham House, Fenton House, Kenwood House, Osterley Park, Kew Palace (Dutch House) |
| FEZ | 84.6 | Medina -- including Fes el Bali (oldest)and Fes el Djedid (13th century) ; Andalusian Mosque- This mosque was built in AD 859…;Seffarine Medersa - Built in 1270 and still in use today… | Bab Fettouh Cemetery; Funduq Tastawniyine - housed merchants coming from Tetouan to do business in Fez; Medersa Cherratine dates back from 1670, built by the founder of the Alaouite dynasty Moulay Rachid; Habs Kara (Prison of the Christian Slaves) |
| PRAGUE | 84.6 | Charles Bridge (Karlův most), Vysehrad, Cemeteries--Old Jewish, Olšany , Vyšehrad, New Jewish, | The Clementinum (Klementinum), Museum of the City of Prague (Muzeum hlavního města Prahy), Golden Lane (Zlatá ulička) |
| SEOUL | 84.6 | Royal Tombs (Seolleung Park etc.), National Palace Museum of Korea, Namsangol Hanok Village, | Bukchon Hanok Village & Bukchon Traditional Culture Centre, Seoul Museum of History, Unhyeon Palace (especially the interior exhibits), Seodaemun Prison History Hall |
| ROME | 76.9 | Roman Forum/Palatine Hill/Circus Maximus, Campidoglio (Capitoline Hill), Basilica di San Clemente | Santa Maria in Trastevere, Museum of the Roman Civilization (Museo della Civiltà Romana) |
| SYDNEY | 76.9 | The Rocks, Cockatoo Island, Museum of Sydney; Sydney Jewish Museum; Chinese Garden of Friendship | Hyde Park Barracks, Sydney Hospital, National Art School, Cadman’s Cottage, Elizabeth Farm, Waverley Cemetery |
| VANCOUVER | 76.9 | Gastown, Museum of Vancouver, Heritage Village a.k.a. Burnaby Village Museum | Gulf of Georgia Cannery, Old Hastings Mill Store, Roedde House, Britannia Shipyard, Gaoler's Mews, Byrnes Block, |
| AMSTERDAM | 69.2 | Amsterdam History Museum, Beguine Community (Begijnhof), Period Homes -- Museum Willet-Holthuysen, Museum Van Loon, Herengracht, n° 475*, Herengracht, n° 476*, The Cromhout Houses (Cromhouthuizen) | Allard Pierson Museum; The Canal House (Museum Het Grachtenhuis ), Madame Tussaud's - Recreated History Scenes |
| BUENOS AIRES | 69.2 | Cementerio de la Recoleta, El Museo Histórico Nacional, Museo Etnográfico Juan B. Ambrosetti | El Zanjón de Granado, Museo de la Ciudad, Pasaje de la Defensa |
| SAN FRANCISCO | 69.2 | Presidio Including National Cemetery, Fort Point, Civil War Era Housing, Cemetery, Etc.; Maritime National Historical Park; Haas-Lilienthal House | California Historical Society Museum, Barbary Coast Trail, Chinese Historical Society Museum, Jackson Square |
| ST. PETERSBURG | 69.2 | Alexander Nevsky Monastery and Cemetery (Lavra Aleksandra Nevskogo), State Museum of the History of St. Petersburg, Museum of Political History in the Kchessinskaya Townhouse | Historical Squares -- Palace, Senate (Senatskaya), Trinity; Menshikov Palace --the first large stone building erected in St. Petersburg, and only private city structure from the beginning of the 18th century; Gostiny Dvor -- not only the city's oldest (1785) and largest shopping centre, but also one of the first shopping arcades in the world; Cabin of Peter the Great |
| WASHINGTON DC | 69.2 | National Archives, National Portrait Gallery, Ford's Theater | Old Stone House, Heurich House Museum, Historic Congressional Cemetery |
| CAPE TOWN | 61.5 | District Six Museum, Slave Lodge, South African Maritime Centre | Groote Schuur Estate, Heritage Museum, Koopmans-de Wet House |
| HONG KONG | 61.5 | Hong Kong Museum of History, Hong Kong Heritage Museum, Lung Yeuk Tau Heritage and Ping Shan Heritage Trails | Kat Hing Wai [500 Year Old Village], Sam Tung Uk Museum [Historic Walled Village] |
| MELBOURNE | 61.5 | Sovereign Hill, (Captain James) Cook's Cottage, Golden Mile Heritage Trail | Melbourne General Cemetery, Como Historic House, Overnewton Castle, LaTrobe's Cottage, Point Gellibrand Coastal Heritage Park |
| CHICAGO | 53.8 | Chicago History Museum, Historic Homes-- Driehaus Museum, Glessner House Museum, Clarke House Museum; Cemeteries--Graceland, Rosehill, Mt. Carmel | Old Water Tower; Historic Districts--Pullman, Printers Row, Prairie Avenue, Astor Street, etc.; |
| JERUSALEM | 53.8 | Jerusalem Archaeological Park and Davidson Center; Tower of David Museum, Beit Ticho (Ticho House) | Herodian Quarter and Wohl Archaeological Museum; Rock Hewn Tombs -- Kidron Valley, Sanhedrian Tombs, Tombs of the Kings, Garden Tombs |
| PARIS | 53.8 | Basilique de St-Denis, Père Lachaise Cemetery & Cimetière du Montparnasse, Musée Carnavalet-Histoire de Paris | Pavillon de l’Arsenal, History Walks (http://www.historywalksparis.com/) |
| RIO DE JANEIRO | 53.8 | Museu do Indio, Museu Histórico Nacional, Museu Histórico da Cidade, | Casa de Benjamin Constant, Museu Histórico e Diplomático |
| BUDAPEST | 46.2 | Hungarian National Museum (Magyar Nemzeti Múzeum), Kerepesi Cemetery (Kerepesi úti temető), Aquincum (Aquincumi Múzeum) | Castle Museum a.k.a.Budapest History Museum (Budapesti Toreneti Muzeum) |
| KYOTO | 46.2 | Museum of Kyoto (Kyoto Bunka Hakubutsukan), "Festival of the Ages" (Jidai Matsuri), Kyoto Costume Museum | Daigo-ji Temple [Oldest Structure in Kyoto], Ujigami - jinja Shrine [Oldest Shrine in Japan] |
| BARCELONA | 30.8 | Museu d'Història de la Ciutat and Palau Reial Major, Museu d'Història de Catalunya, Poble Espanyol | [None] |
| JAIPUR | 30.8 | City Palace Museums including Maharaja Sawai Man Singh Ji Museum; Amer Jaipur Archaeological Museum; Philatelic Bureau & Museum | [None] |
