Which city in the world is most beautiful? - Page 5

Draconion · 12-11-2006, 04:30 AM

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Originally Posted by MarquezRazor

Where the hell is Paris?

She might be getting married right this moment if the paparatzi is to be believed!!!

So god knows wheres paris..

Jay · 12-11-2006, 22:32 PM

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Originally Posted by BFD15

Banff,Alberta. Only been there once, but

I hear ya, Banff is prolly one of the best places to visit, but it wouldnt be the top choice to live, unless you are some adventure freak. I mean in winter, pretty much the whole town is hosed down with snow and ice.

OTOH Vancouver is much more pleasant with some job opportunities.

cape_royds · 12-13-2006, 02:49 AM

Vancouver is overrated. The setting is splendid, but the built environment disappoints. What redeems the place is not what's been built, but what's not been built. Over time, even that negative virtue will be lost.

I think the prize should go to Paris. I know that's the conventional answer, but the conventional answer happens to be right.

Cairo isn't pretty, but once you learn how to cross the street, you can sort of get to like the place. It grows on you.

Amman in Jordan can be strikingly beautiful. I'll never forget my first sight of the city, approaching from the south on a sunny afternoon. Perched on hills, all the buildings finished with white brick or cement, Amman looks like the proverbial City of Light.

Arcane Quinze · 12-13-2006, 20:15 PM

Rome, all the way.

It's my hometown, I had to go with it.

S-2 · 12-13-2006, 23:32 PM

Venice and Vancouver. Nothing quite like either.

Aranthus · 02-21-2007, 12:59 PM

Paris, Vancouver, and San Francisco.

Samudra · 02-22-2007, 20:36 PM

No town can be beautiful! :angry:

xerxes · 02-22-2007, 22:09 PM

where is Tokyo...

**Parihaka** · 02-24-2007, 17:43 PM

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Originally Posted by xerxes

where is Tokyo...

It's in Japan mate.

glyn · 02-24-2007, 19:20 PM

Well-travelled friends whose opinions we value returned from Russia saying that St. Petersberg was the most beautiful city they had ever visited. It is of course mere co-incidence that my wife and I will be there in September this year

T_igger_cs_30 · 02-24-2007, 20:18 PM

Bath is an old historic city and for me one of the most beautiful in the world I have seen so far.......It has so much history to offer.....

American Museum in Bath.jpg American Musuem

Bath Abbey Heritage Vaults.jpgBath Abbey Heritage Vaults

Holburne Museum of Art.jpgHolbourne Museum of Art

Museum of East Asian Art.jpgMuseum of East Asian Art

Roman Baths.jpgRoman Baths

snc128 · 02-25-2007, 16:35 PM

1st Mekke
2nd Istanbul
3rd Mardin
sig:history lover...

The Chap · 03-05-2007, 04:03 AM

With the exception of Rome I refuse to vote. Thank God for late mentions of Paris, Tokyo (personal fav.) Barcelona and Bath. Oh, and Venice.

For aesthetic education ( by the way Cairo - c'mon man ) I feel obliged to nominate the following ...

Kyoto
Florence
Vienna
Prague
Cape Town
Copenhagen ain't bad.

For beauty, which is after all the criterion, I think Vatican City.

Beat that per square yard of pretty

Bigfella · 03-05-2007, 04:50 AM

What idiot compiled this list. No Sydney, no Paris, and Moscow gets in ahead of St Petersburg. Personally I refused to vote.

Even though I am from melbourne, and thus a blood enemy of the harbour city, Sydney on a sunny day takes a world of beating.

Venice & Florence are gorgeous & leave Rome for dead (though I do take the point on the Vatican.

Hue in Vietnam is beautiful in a strange way. Wedged in between the mountains & the sea with a lovely river running through it, yet enclosed (the old bit anyway) by a giant crumbling fortress. Quite the setting.

Kanchanaburi in Western Thailand is more a town than a river, but it has setting to burn. It stretches out along the Kwae River (yes, thats the Kwai to us [i]farangs[i]) with spectacular mountains seeming to hug the far bank

I'll also pitch in a vote for Paris, even if those lovely wide boulevards were primarily to ensure that any potential revolutionaries would be shredded by grapeshot without any damage to the nice buildings.

In the US I think New York is stunning, especially if approached by sea. San Francisco did the same trick as Sydney & grabbed a great location (though not as good visually). My one out of the hat is Washington D.C. The monumental architecture is everywhere and it is brilliantly laid out.

Lots of pretty places I haven't seen yet, but I'm off to Phnom Penh in 3 weeks, so I'll tell you how it stacks up.

The Chap · 03-05-2007, 06:08 AM

Bigfella sir! Top call.

I adore D.C. . It may well be the stentch of money and power.

I'm not quite sure that it qualifies as "beautiful". Impressive, yes.

I cannot help but think of St. Petersberg as a Stockholm wannabee.

In the UK I really should have mentioned the centre of York and without reservation Cambridge. Edinburgh is quite dramatic but not beautiful. I would say the same of NYC. San Francisco is charming, but again ...

I must wear out indulgence by adding Madrid and Monaco. I'm not sure if the latter gets extra kudos due to the inhabitants being simultaneously beautiful and ugly.

View Poll Results: Which is the most beautiful city in the world?
Moscow	15	14.71%
Rome	22	21.57%
Istanbul	17	16.67%
Isfahan	2	1.96%
New York	11	10.78%
Oslo	7	6.86%
Jerusalem	3	2.94%
Cairo	1	0.98%
Alexandria	1	0.98%
Athens	7	6.86%
Baghdad	2	1.96%
Beijing	5	4.90%
Delhi	8	7.84%
Twizel	1	0.98%
Voters: 102. You may not vote on this poll

12-13-2006, 20:15 PM	#64 (permalink)
Arcane Quinze New Member Join Date: 12-12-06 Location: Geneva Posts: 9 Country:	Rome, all the way. It's my hometown, I had to go with it. __________________ The Devil is in the details.

12-13-2006, 23:32 PM	#65 (permalink)
S-2 *Military Professional* Join Date: 09-11-06 Location: Portland, Oregon Posts: 2,110 Country:	Two Vs Venice and Vancouver. Nothing quite like either.

02-22-2007, 22:09 PM	#68 (permalink)
xerxes Padishah Shahanshah *Senior Contributor* Join Date: 01-23-07 Location: Canada Posts: 950 Country:	where is Tokyo... __________________ If we contrast the rapid progress of this mischievous discovery of gunpowder with the slow and laborious advances of reason, science, and the arts of peace, a philosopher, according to his temper, will laugh or weep at the folly of mankind. - Edward Gibbon

02-24-2007, 19:20 PM	#70 (permalink)
glyn *Military Professional* Join Date: 09-15-06 Location: Penzance, Cornwall UK Posts: 6,529	Well-travelled friends whose opinions we value returned from Russia saying that St. Petersberg was the most beautiful city they had ever visited. It is of course mere co-incidence that my wife and I will be there in September this year __________________ Semper in excretum. Solum profunda variat.

12-13-2006, 02:49 AM	#63 (permalink)
cape_royds Patron Join Date: 12-13-06 Location: Vancouver Posts: 167 Country:	Vancouver is overrated. The setting is splendid, but the built environment disappoints. What redeems the place is not what's been built, but what's not been built. Over time, even that negative virtue will be lost. I think the prize should go to Paris. I know that's the conventional answer, but the conventional answer happens to be right. Cairo isn't pretty, but once you learn how to cross the street, you can sort of get to like the place. It grows on you. Amman in Jordan can be strikingly beautiful. I'll never forget my first sight of the city, approaching from the south on a sunny afternoon. Perched on hills, all the buildings finished with white brick or cement, Amman looks like the proverbial City of Light.

02-21-2007, 12:59 PM	#66 (permalink)
Aranthus Regular Join Date: 12-31-06 Posts: 45	Paris, Vancouver, and San Francisco.

02-22-2007, 20:36 PM	#67 (permalink)
Samudra *Senior Contributor* Join Date: 09-01-04 Location: North London Posts: 4,310 Country:	No town can be beautiful! :angry:

02-24-2007, 20:18 PM	#71 (permalink)
T_igger_cs_30 *Military Professional* Join Date: 01-04-07 Location: Canada Posts: 1,943 Country:	The City of BATH in England Bath is an old historic city and for me one of the most beautiful in the world I have seen so far.......It has so much history to offer..... American Museum in Bath.jpg American Musuem Bath Abbey Heritage Vaults.jpgBath Abbey Heritage Vaults Holburne Museum of Art.jpgHolbourne Museum of Art Museum of East Asian Art.jpgMuseum of East Asian Art Roman Baths.jpgRoman Baths __________________ $<img src=http://C:\Documents and Settings\Wayne Smith\My Documents\002...My Pictures border=0 alt= />$ FEAR NAUGHT I don't work here ...I am an analyst!

02-25-2007, 16:35 PM	#72 (permalink)
snc128 Contributor Join Date: 11-03-06 Posts: 645 Country:	1st Mekke 2nd Istanbul 3rd Mardin sig:history lover... __________________ action speaks louder than words

03-05-2007, 04:03 AM	#73 (permalink)
The Chap *Senior Contributor* Join Date: 08-18-04 Location: UK Posts: 1,181 Country:	Yuk. With the exception of Rome I refuse to vote. Thank God for late mentions of Paris, Tokyo (personal fav.) Barcelona and Bath. Oh, and Venice. For aesthetic education ( by the way Cairo - c'mon man ) I feel obliged to nominate the following ... Kyoto Florence Vienna Prague Cape Town Copenhagen ain't bad. For beauty, which is after all the criterion, I think Vatican City. Beat that per square yard of pretty __________________ Where's the bloody gin? An army marches on its liver, not its ruddy stomach.

03-05-2007, 04:50 AM	#74 (permalink)
Bigfella *Senior Contributor* Join Date: 01-12-07 Location: Melbourne Posts: 785 Country:	What idiot compiled this list. No Sydney, no Paris, and Moscow gets in ahead of St Petersburg. Personally I refused to vote. Even though I am from melbourne, and thus a blood enemy of the harbour city, Sydney on a sunny day takes a world of beating. Venice & Florence are gorgeous & leave Rome for dead (though I do take the point on the Vatican. Hue in Vietnam is beautiful in a strange way. Wedged in between the mountains & the sea with a lovely river running through it, yet enclosed (the old bit anyway) by a giant crumbling fortress. Quite the setting. Kanchanaburi in Western Thailand is more a town than a river, but it has setting to burn. It stretches out along the Kwae River (yes, thats the Kwai to us [i]farangs[i]) with spectacular mountains seeming to hug the far bank I'll also pitch in a vote for Paris, even if those lovely wide boulevards were primarily to ensure that any potential revolutionaries would be shredded by grapeshot without any damage to the nice buildings. In the US I think New York is stunning, especially if approached by sea. San Francisco did the same trick as Sydney & grabbed a great location (though not as good visually). My one out of the hat is Washington D.C. The monumental architecture is everywhere and it is brilliantly laid out. Lots of pretty places I haven't seen yet, but I'm off to Phnom Penh in 3 weeks, so I'll tell you how it stacks up.

03-05-2007, 06:08 AM	#75 (permalink)
The Chap *Senior Contributor* Join Date: 08-18-04 Location: UK Posts: 1,181 Country:	Dc! Bigfella sir! Top call. I adore D.C. . It may well be the stentch of money and power. I'm not quite sure that it qualifies as "beautiful". Impressive, yes. I cannot help but think of St. Petersberg as a Stockholm wannabee. In the UK I really should have mentioned the centre of York and without reservation Cambridge. Edinburgh is quite dramatic but not beautiful. I would say the same of NYC. San Francisco is charming, but again ... I must wear out indulgence by adding Madrid and Monaco. I'm not sure if the latter gets extra kudos due to the inhabitants being simultaneously beautiful and ugly.

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