Top 10
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Top 10 rankings
Best cities to visit

This top 10 list ranks visitor appeal. Compare it with the one that ranks visitor count. Click Top 10 Most Visited Cities to view it.

Paris
Rome
New York
Hong Kong
London
Florence
Kyoto
Prague
Dubai
St Petersburg

Criteria: A city's travel wonders count a great deal. But I also consider a city's:  Quality and variety of cultural events,restaurants, and hotels. Spark and energy. Hospitality. And other facets that make a city appealing to sophisticated world travelers.

Hillman Wonders in the
top 10 best travel cities

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Paris

Arc de Triomphe
Beaubourg
Eiffel Tower
Fontainebleau
Latin Quarter
Louvre Museum
Museum d'Orsay
Notre Dame Cathedral
Opera Garnier
Sainte-Chapelle
Versailles

France

Rome

Borghese Gallery
Castel Sant'Angelo
Catacombs of St Callixtus
Colosseum of Rome
Pantheon
Roman Forum & Palatine
Spanish Steps
Trevi Fountain

Italy

New York

American Museum of Natural History
Guggenheim Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Museum of Modern Art
New York Skyline View
Statue of Liberty
Times Square at Night
United Nations

AMERICA

Hong Kong

Hong Kong Harbor & City Scapes
Hong Kong Restaurants & Shops
Tian Tan Buddha of Po Lin

CHINA

London

Big Ben & House of Parliament
British Museum
Buckingham Palace & Guards
Imperial War Museum
National Gallery
Tate Britain/Modern
Tower Bridge
Tower of London

ENGLAND

Florence

Accademia Gallery
Bargello Palace Museum
Doges' Palace
Florence Old Town Cityscape
Medici Chapels
Museum of St. Mark
Piazza de Duomo Complex
Piazza della Signoria Complex
Pitti Palace & its Palatine Gallery
Ponte Vecchio
Uffizi Gallery

Italy

Kyoto

Chion-in Temple
Fushimi-Inari Shrine
Golden Pavilion
Kiyomizu Temple
Kyoto National Museum
Nijo Castle
Ryoan-ji Rock Garden
Sanjusangen Hall

Japan

Prague

Charles Bridge
Kutna Hora
Prague Castle
Prague Old Town

Czech

Dubai

Burj Al Arab
Burj Khalifa
Palm Islands
Ski Dubai
World Islands

Dubai

St Petersburg

Catherine Palace
Hermitage Museum
Our Savior of the Spilt Blood Church
Peter and Paul Fortress
Peterhof
St Petersburg's Palace Square

Baltic Cruise

 

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