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 SELFHOOD.
| CITY | SCORE | PRINCIPLE FEATURES | HONORABLE MENTIONS |
| PARIS | 84.6 | Bastille Day Parade/Festival, Champs-Elysées, Institut de France | Place Vendôme, Statues of Liberty at Jardin du Luxembourg and Grenelle Bridge, Galeries Lafayette, Musée Galliera de la Mode de la Ville de Paris, Paris Fashion Week |
| SAN FRANCISCO | 69.2 | The Castro (Gay "Coming Out" Mecca), Shopping -- Union Square and Vicinity, Angel Island (Ellis Island West) | Fort Mason Center, Fringe Festival |
| CAPE TOWN | 61.5 | Grand Parade, Guga S’Thebe Arts & Cultural Centre, Gold Museum of Africa | Infecting The City Festival; Crafts Markets -- Kirstenbosch, Africa Nova, etc.; Victoria Mxenge Women’s Group |
| CHICAGO | 61.5 | Magnificent Mile, Chicago Cultural Center, Emerging Artists -- Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art, ETA Creative Arts Foundation, Bridgeport Art Center, etc.; | More Established Art Districts--Pilsen, River North, West Loop |
| SEOUL | 61.5 | Tapgol Park, National Folk Museum of Korea, Sejong Cultural Center | Independence Gate, Chongdong Theater, National Gugak Center, Seoul Global Cultural Center, Emerging Artists (Seoul Art Space Sindang , Arko Art Centre, KT&G SangsangMadang, etc.) |
| BUENOS AIRES | 53.8 | Casa Nacional del Bicentenario, Centro Cultural de Borges and Galerías Pacífico (shopping); Emerging Artists -- Braga Menendez Arte Contemporaneo, Zavaleta Lab, Hollywood in Cambodia), etc. | Pajcha - Museo de Arte Étnico Americano, Museo de Arte Popular José Hernández |
| ISTANBUL | 53.8 | Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts (Türk ve İslam Eserleri Müzesi), Galata Mevlevihanesi [Whirlng Dervis Lodge], Istanbul Handicrafts Center (Kabasakal Medresi) | Caferaga Medresesi [cultural center for traditional Turkish crafts], Garajistanbul [center for experimental arts], Hodjapasha Dance Theater and Cultural Center |
| LONDON | 53.8 | Trafalger Square, Marble Arch, Wellington Arch | Regent Street, Speakers Corner |
| PRAGUE | 53.8 | National Memorial on the Vítkov Hill (Národní památník na Vítkově), Bethlehem Chapel (Betlémská kaple), Memorials to Patriots--Jan Žižka; Jan Hus, Jan Palach, Jan Zajíc, etc. | National Memorial to the Heroes of the Heydrich Terror, Manes Association of Fine Artists (Spolek výtvarných umělců Mánes) |
| VANCOUVER | 53.8 | Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art, Vancouver Fringe Festival, Robson Street | Millennium Gate, Hill's Native Art, Holt Renfrew |
| ATHENS | 46.2 | Syntagma and Kolonaki Squares (including shopping districts), Foundation of the Hellenic World aka Hellenic Cosmos, Museum of Greek Folk Art | Technopolis, City of Athens Centre for Popular Arts and Traditions |
| BARCELONA | 46.2 | La Diada Nacional de Catalunya (National Day of Catalonia), Passeig de Gràcia, Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona | CaixaForum,Foment de les Arts Decoratives i del Disseny (FAD), Arc de Triomf |
| FEZ | 46.2 | Centre Artisanale; Ensemble Artisanal; Slam&Klam Festiv | Baghdadi Square (area for nightlife); Rug Shopping -- Aux Merveilles du Tapis |
| HONG KONG | 46.2 | Shopping -- Nathan Road, Hollywood Road, Cat Street, etc.; Hong Kong Arts Centre, Hong Kong Planning and Infrastructure Exhibition Gallery | Emerging Artists -- Fringe Club, Cattle Depot Artist Village |
| JAIPUR | 46.2 | Jaipur Heritage International Festival (India’s leading community-based arts festival); Surajkund International Crafts Mela; Jawahar Kala Kendra (multi arts centre built by government for preserving Rajasthani arts and crafts) | Top Five Shopping Places -- Anokhi , Kripal Kumbh, Art Chill (Juneja Art Gallery), Gem Palace, Hot Pink |
| JERUSALEM | 46.2 | L. A. Mayer Memorial Museum of Islamic Art, Sir Isaac and Lady Edith Wolfson Museum, Jerusalem Artists' House and Old Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design | Nahon Museum of Italian Jewish Art, Bezalel Art Fair |
| KYOTO | 46.2 | Nishijin-ori Textile Center, Kyoto Handicraft Center, Kyoto Ceramics Center | Shijo-dori Street [Principal Shopping District] |
| RIO DE JANEIRO | 46.2 | Museu Internacional de Arte Naif do Brasil, Centro Cultural do Banco do Brasil, Praça Floriano a.k.a. Cinelândia | Museu de Folclórico Edson Carneiro, Centro de Referência do Artesanato Brasileiro |
| ROME | 46.2 | Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Via Veneto, Via Giulia, | Esposizione Universale Roma (EUR) [Originally called E42] |
| SYDNEY | 46.2 | Speakers’ Corner, Queen Victoria Building, Sydney Running Festival | Sydney Running Festival, Mercedes-Benz Fashion Festival |
| WASHINGTON DC | 46.2 | Dumbarton Oaks. Hillwood Estate Museum & Gardens, Tudor Place | Capital Fringe Festival, Source Festival |
| BUDAPEST | 38.5 | Statue of Liberty (Szabadság Szobor), Zsigmond Kun Folk Art Museum (Kun Zsigmond Lakásmúzeuma), Váci Street (Váci utca) | Festival of Folk Arts (Mesterségek Ünnepe) |
| MELBOURNE | 38.5 | Ian Potter Centre, Art Gallery of Ballarat, Koorie Heritage Trust | Collingwoods Art Precinct; Street Art - Hosier Lane, Rutledge Lane, etc. |
| ST. PETERSBURG | 38.5 | Victory Monuments -- Alexander Column[tallest in the world], Monument to the Heroic Defenders of Leningrad, Narva Triumphal Arch; Nikolayevsky Palace/Art Center -- traditional dances; Loft Project ETAGI | Nevsky Prospekt -- Shopping |
| AMSTERDAM | 30.8 | Westergasfabriek (Cultural Center); The National Monument; Lifestyle Museums -- Hash Marihuana & Hemp Museum, Sexmuseum, Erotic Museum | Emerging Artist Venues -- SMBA, De Appel, De Ateliers, etc. |
