Personal Tour - Nature

 

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.

 

 

CITYSCOREPRINCIPLE FEATURESHONORABLE MENTIONS
LONDON100.0Regent's Park, Hyde Park + Kensington Gardens, Royal Botanic Gardens at KewSt. James Park + Green Park, Natural History Museum, London Zoo, Richmond Park, Hampstead Heath, Epping Forest
CHICAGO92.3Field Museum of Natural History; John G. Shedd Aquarium;  Zoos--Lincoln Park, BrookfieldLincoln Park, Botanic Garden, Alfred Caldwell Lily Pool Gardens, Chicago Park District (oldest & largest in USA)
CAPE TOWN84.6Table Mountain, Boulders, Kirstenbosch Botanical GardensTwo Oceans Aquarium, Company's Garden, Cape of Good Hope Nature Reserve, World of Birds, Tokai Arboretum
VANCOUVER84.6Stanley Park, UBC Botanical Garden, Nitobe Japanese GardenQueen Elizabeth Park, Beaty Biodiversity Museum, Vancouver Aquarium Marine Science Centre, Pacific Spirit Regional Park, Grouse Mountain
PARIS76.9Bois de Boulogne, Jardin du Luxembourg,  Jardin des TuileriesJardin des Plantes, Parc des Buttes Chaumont, Musée de la Chasse et de la Nature,  Bois de Vincennes
BUENOS AIRES69.2Jardín Botánico Carlos Thays, Parques Tres de Febrero,  Jardín JaponésPlaza San Martín,  Jardín Zoológico, Ecological Reserve
JAIPUR69.2Galta (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
PRAGUE69.2Petrín Hill; [Six] Gardens of  Prague Castle (Zahrady Pražského hradu), Botantical GardensPrague Zoo (Prahazoologická zahrada), Letná Park (Letenské sady), Vrtbovska garden (Vrtbovská zahrada), Divoka Sarka
ROME69.2Villa Borghese gardens , Villa Ada, Villa Doria Pamphili, Pincian Hill, Villa Lante, Parco Urbano dell'Appia Antica
BARCELONA61.5Parc Güell, Parc de la Ciutadella, L'Aquarium de BarcelonaJardí Botànic, Parc Zoològic 
BUDAPEST61.5Margaret Island (Margit-sziget), Botanical Garden (Füvészkert), City Park (Városliget)Tropicarium; Zoo and Botanical Gardens (Fõvárosi Állat és Növénykert)
KYOTO61.5Sogenchi 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)
MELBOURNE61.5 King's Domain Gardens (ncludes Queen Victoria Gardens, Alexandra Gardens, the Pioneer Women's Garden, and the Royal Botanic Gardens); Royal Melbourne Zoo, Fitzroy GardensBallarat Botanical Gardens, Healesville Sanctuary, Koala Conservation Centre, Phillip Island Penguin Reserve, Werribee Open Range Zoo
RIO DE JANEIRO61.5Tijuca National Park, Quinta da Boa Vista, Jardim BotânicoCampo de Santana, Jardim Zoológico, Parque Lage
SEOUL61.5Han-gahng (Han River) Parks, Namsan Park, Bukhansan National ParkOlympic Park, Seoul Forest, Hongneung Arboretum, Five Mountains (Inwangsan, Gwanaksan, Bukaksan, Naksan, Namsan);  Aquariums (63 Seaworld, COEX Mall) 
ST. PETERSBURG61.5Palace 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; 
SYDNEY61.5Royal Botanic Gardens, Centennial Park, Sydney AquariumRoyal National Park, Taronga Zoo, Sydney Wildlife World, Chinese Park, Centennial Park
WASHINGTON DC61.5National Zoological Park, The Tidal Basin, Theodore Roosevelt Island ParkUnited States Botanical Garden, Enid A. Haupt Garden, U.S. National Arboretum, Rock Creek Park
AMSTERDAM53.8Vondelpark; Royal Zoo, Aquarium, Insectarium, etc. (Artis); Botanical Garden (Hortus Botanicus)Amsterdamse Bos, Westerpark
ISTANBUL53.8Yildiz 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 KONG46.2Hong Kong Park, Kowloon Park, Victoria Park Zoological and Botanical Gardens, Tai Po Kau Nature Reserve
SAN FRANCISCO46.2Golden Gate Park including Japanese Tea Garden, Stowe Lake, Buffalo Herd, Etc.; GGNRA; San Francisco Zoo Sigmund Stern Recreation Grove
ATHENS38.5National Garden, Zappeion Park, Plain of Mars (aka Pedion tou Areos)Greek Reptile Center,Goulandris Museum of Natural History
JERUSALEM38.5The Tisch Family Zoological Gardens, Jerusalem Botanical Gardens, Independence ParkWohl Rose Park, “Mifletzet” (Monster) Park 
FEZ30.8Jnan Sbil (Bou Jeloud Gardens); Haras Régional (Horse Farm); Foret d'ain Chkef[None]