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Lonely Planet Top 200 Cities

Lonely Planet compiled a book of the top 200 cities for travelers. How many can you name?
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First submittedFebruary 27, 2012
Times taken196,482
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Rating4.64
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City
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Paris
2
New York City
3
Sydney
4
Barcelona
5
London
6
Rome
7
San Francisco
8
Bangkok
9
Cape Town
10
Istanbul
11
Melbourne
12
Hong Kong
13
Kathmandu
14
Prague
15
Vancouver
16
Buenos Aires
17
Rio de Janeiro
18
Berlin
19
Jerusalem
20
Montreal
21
Edinburgh
22
Venice
23
Hanoi
24
Amsterdam
25
Singapore
26
Tokyo
27
Florence
28
Dublin
29
Mexico City
30
Krakow
31
Toronto
32
Cairo
33
Budapest
34
Chicago
35
Havana
36
Madrid
37
Munich
38
Athens
39
New Orleans
40
Vienna
41
Ho Chi Minh City
42
Marrakech
43
Sarajevo
44
Seville
45
Kyoto
46
Las Vegas
47
Perth
48
Shanghai
49
Los Angeles
50
Lisbon
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City
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Stockholm
52
Kuala Lumpur
53
Damascus
54
Luang Prabang
55
Seattle
56
Phnom Penh
57
St. Petersburg
58
Cuzco
59
Dubrovnik
60
Delhi
61
Moscow
62
Salvador da Bahia
63
Beijing
64
Helsinki
65
Kolkata
66
Santiago de Chile
67
Fes
68
Auckland
69
Manila
70
Puerto Vallarta
71
Chiang Mai
72
Varanasi
73
Cartagena
74
Zanzibar
75
Innsbruck
76
York
77
Mumbai
78
Hamburg
79
Oaxaca
80
Galway
81
Siena
82
Isfahan
83
Wellington
84
Ljubljana
85
Seoul
86
San Cristobal
87
Taipei
88
Tallinn
89
Lhasa
90
Bled
91
Hobart
92
Jaipur
93
Brussels
94
La Paz
95
Quebec City
96
Valparaiso
97
Naples
98
Memphis
99
Heidelberg
100
Dhaka
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City
101
Amman
102
Monaco
103
Washington D.C.
104
Quito
105
Christchurch
106
Glasgow
107
Muscat
108
Panama City
109
Dakar
110
Bratislava
111
San Sebastian
112
Bern
113
San Juan
114
Aleppo
115
Dubai
116
Riga
117
Asmara
118
Kabul
119
Bath
120
Copenhagen
121
Macau
122
Sofia
123
Hoi An
124
Marseille
125
Zagreb
126
Manchester
127
Antigua
128
Reykjavik
129
Yogyakarta
130
Carcassonne
131
Lubeck
132
Tel Aviv
133
Hiroshima
134
Mendoza
135
Nairobi
136
Beirut
137
Vilnius
138
Montevideo
139
Yangon
140
Arequipa
141
Bucharest
142
Apia
143
Belgrade
144
Dar es Salaam
145
Kyiv
146
Bukhara
147
Male
148
Caracas
149
Tirana
150
Suva
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City
151
Tbilisi
152
Agadez
153
Ushuaia
154
Kampala
155
Bogota
156
Bridgetown
157
Ulaanbaatar
158
Abuja
159
Christiansted
160
Sanaa
161
Livingstone
162
Alexandria
163
Belfast
164
Savannah
165
Nuuk
166
Jeddah
167
Johannesburg
168
Kairouan
169
Austin
170
San Salvador
171
Cardiff
172
Minsk
173
Thimphu
174
Khartoum
175
Anchorage
176
Mecca
177
Aswan
178
Yerevan
179
Luxembourg
180
Georgetown
181
Maputo
182
Baku
183
Belize City
184
Essaouira
185
Santo Domingo
186
Addis Ababa
187
Pyongyang
188
Lahore
189
Cayenne
190
Almaty
191
Mombasa
192
Valletta
193
Antananarivo
194
Miami
195
Bamako
196
Saint-Denis
197
Granada
198
Beira
199
Madang
200
Ashgabat
IsleAuHaulte
+1
Level 89
Jul 27, 2018
Sydney. Third best city to visit on the planet. Cool, 60s-ish looking opera house and an Erector Set bridge. Fly all the way around the world, bypassing all there is to see on the globe for that. Come on.
bezz
+2
Level 69
Mar 19, 2019
And when you look at quizzes that say the places that get the most tourists, it sure isn't Australia. The general thinking is that it is a long way to go to nowhere.
Findlay
+3
Level 82
May 11, 2022
I'm no great lover of Sydney, but I think this comment misses the point. It's easy to reduce a city to the big sights, but city tourism is, or at least should be, about so much more than that. Sydney is built around the world's greatest harbour, has a good climate year round (except for a few days in January or February), an absolute myriad of restaurants and bars offering immense variety, different cultural enclaves throughout the city, world-class beaches (and I'm not just talking the overcrowded Bondi) and a short trip to the Blue Mountains. Is it my favourite city in the world? No. It's not even my favourite in Australia, but I can see why people would like it, especially if they're coming from somewhere very different.
TravelingMama
+1
Level 73
Oct 12, 2018
I have to thank my preschooler's Lonely Planet Kid's book of cities for helping me get a lot of these. Although it also includes cities that aren't on here, like Samarkand.
bezz
+3
Level 69
Mar 19, 2019
Damascus? Really? I can see the tour packages now: "See the horrors of war close and up front! Become a victim of terrorism! See how easily a crooked, corrupt dictatorship can throw you in jail and torture you! Damascus awaits!"
FatePattern
+3
Level 46
Mar 21, 2019
ive got 6 jokes for you:

Aleppo, Damascus, Muscat, Kabul, Pyonyang, Ulanbaatar

really?

JonOfKent
+2
Level 56
Feb 8, 2021
Damascus. Oldest city in the world. Has to be worth visiting, surely?
WackyAnagramDude
+7
Level 63
Aug 29, 2021
Maybe once upon a time, but certainly not right now.
dhyeypatel
+8
Level 30
Jan 23, 2024
Muscat is fine isn't it? Sanaa is the joke you're thinking of
ChefBoyarB
+4
Level 50
Feb 26, 2024
Correct. Oman is actually a pretty safe country (from my understanding). Yemen is one you'd naturally want to avoid.
Devvik2
+1
Level 70
Apr 2, 2024
Oman is actually a super cool place. It's nothing like Yemen.
LukeLamoreaux15
+2
Level 45
Apr 7, 2024
Ulaanbaatar is the only one that would be cool. And you wouldn't be killed.
Lemonminer
+1
Level 52
Apr 10, 2024
Muscat's perfectly safe too
Blaugrana92
+5
Level 65
Apr 1, 2019
Have to say that I'm surprised that neither Bruges, Ghent, Antwerp or Kraków was on here.
kalbahamut
+1
Level 82
Apr 8, 2019
I was a little let down by Krakow. I felt my stay there was largely ruined by the large number of drunken backpackers from Western Europe (mostly Ireland). Though the day trip to nearby Auschwitz was unforgettable.
overtired
+3
Level 84
Feb 12, 2020
Krakow is there, in 30th place.
JonOfKent
+1
Level 56
Feb 8, 2021
Me too. Lonely Planet may be the only people in the world who think none of those Belgian cities is as much worth visiting as "ming-pit" Johannesburg.
NKpride
+1
Level 59
Apr 8, 2019
Damascus?
JackintheBox
+2
Level 79
Apr 8, 2019
Is Memphis the one in Tennessee or the one in Egypt?
JackintheBox
+1
Level 79
Apr 8, 2019
Also, is Granada the one in Spain or Nicaragua?
JackintheBox
+1
Level 79
Apr 22, 2019
Does anyone know?
JackintheBox
+1
Level 79
Apr 28, 2019
I'm guessing the US, and Spain.
AbiA
+1
Level 83
Mar 8, 2024
Also which San Cristobal and which Georgetown is it referring to?
CardinalSin
+11
Level 77
May 15, 2019
There are so many bizarre choices in this Lonely Planet list that it's hard to know where to start. I'll just mention Switzerland. Bern is a fairly ordinary sort of place but there are other beautiful cities with the backdrop of stunning lakes and mountains, so it's hard to understand why Geneva and Zurich are out but Bern in.
JonOfKent
+1
Level 56
Feb 8, 2021
I agree. I can think these cities might be left out because Switzerland is SO expensive, but then to include Bern... it's very odd.
bluebear
+1
Level 52
Aug 3, 2019
Could you please add in the description the year this is from, to put it into context? Thinking it was recent, I would have never guessed Aleppo or Damascus.
tomwinkler95
+1
Level 70
Sep 25, 2019
I've been to 47 of these
geogerno1
+1
Level 44
Nov 16, 2019
I am pretty sure Damascus is not one of these cities. I might of just read the wrong book. Great Quiz!
IsleAuHaulte
+2
Level 89
Dec 6, 2019
I came back to this quiz as a challenge, but...

Phnom Penh and no Siem Reap / Angkor, Calcutta and no Agra, Toronto and no Niagara Falls, Bern and nothing else Swiss, no Brugges, Wuhan, Osaka or Harbin. New Zealand is beautiful, but Auckland and Wellington are just cities, nothing special. I just stopped and took it for a typical lazy travel writer's list.

IrisIris
+1
Level 60
Dec 18, 2019
i've been to 35 of these. i think the list is very weird
WackyAnagramDude
+5
Level 63
Feb 3, 2020
I was thinking about going to Milan, Geneva, and Cologne. But this list has convinced me to book my trip to Khartoum, Damascus, and Kabul. Can't wait!
kalbahamut
+1
Level 82
Mar 2, 2020
Finally got 5 points on this. Just wanted to reiterate that this is an absolute bollocks list with many inexplicable inclusions and omissions, obviously printed to make money without much research or thought put in to it, and I could write a better top 200 cities travel guide in an afternoon.
marez
+1
Level 62
Mar 22, 2020
I think they were trying their best to be politically correct, that's why the list has places like San Salvador, Bamako, Khartoum, Abuja, Dhaka or Belize City..

I mean come on Kabul is better place to visit than Valletta or Copenhagen?!

filiphoset
+3
Level 60
May 7, 2020
how come Pyongyang is on the list and not any cities from Norway?
rainman787
+1
Level 42
Sep 3, 2020
Literally any city in Norway or Canada would be a better choice.
IsleAuHaulte
+1
Level 89
Oct 11, 2022
Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump, Canada is a great place to visit any day.
Heliopixie
+1
Level 55
May 27, 2023
Also... St Louis du Ha-Ha....
wilyparrot
+3
Level 55
May 21, 2020
Finally got a perfect score after numerous tries! This quiz is very good as memory test :)

Also, some of the comments are hilarious - a lot of people completely missed the point. This is a list for travellers who are interested in culture, history, exploration, and adventure, not travellers who just want to lie on a beach. Why on earth would Cancun or Honolulu be on this list?! There's nothing wrong with wanting to relax on the beach, but that's not what this list is about.

We can quibble about the ranking and there are a few notable omissions, but it feels like every city on this list belongs on it (yes, including places like Pyongyang - if you're a serious traveller, aren't you at least a little bit curious to see what it's like?). I've learned of a few places I did not know about that seem very interesting, like Agadez, Essaouira, and Ashgabat - which is pretty much the point of the list.

kalbahamut
+3
Level 82
Jul 13, 2020
still a crap list
JackintheBox
+2
Level 79
Jul 21, 2020
Okay
Splodgylodgyy
+1
Level 62
Jun 13, 2020
Some places like warsaw, lima and jakarta should be on here
timwvisser
+1
Level 58
Jun 17, 2020
Rotterdam, Dublin, Berlin, Porto, Bilbao. For anyone going to Europe
JackintheBox
+1
Level 79
Jul 21, 2020
I believe 'Carcasonne' is spelt wrong. It should be 'Carcassone', with a double 's'.
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Jul 21, 2020
Fixed
EliotSkyrll
+1
Level 55
Aug 19, 2020
I answered Nuuk just for fun, but yeah. I guess its great in greenland
damienloc
+1
Level 28
Aug 19, 2020
lol, heaps of these cities I knew but didn't bother entering because I was certain they wouldn't be there... e.g. Pyongyang, Maputo, Asmara etc.
rainman787
+2
Level 42
Sep 3, 2020
Aleppo and Pyongyang yes. Medellin and Milan no. Makes a lot of sense.
marjobro
+2
Level 66
Sep 5, 2020
My very favorite city of any I've visited is Bruges, Belgium. I LOVED Bruges.

Also San Miguel de Allende and Guanajuato.

Cuenca, Ecuador is charming. Guayaquil is awful. (Personal opinion obviously.)

Also agree that a big drawback to cities like San Antonio and Austin is the lack of public transportation. They are the two most interesting cities in Texas, but you have to have a car and fight the traffic. I've lived in Dallas (yuk) and now live near Houston (double yuk).

Actually had a great visit to Honduras, including the Mayan ruins of Copan and the capital, Tegucigalpa, but that was many years ago. Don't think I'd opt for camping out there these days.

kalbahamut
+1
Level 82
Oct 26, 2020
My personal list of 100 best cities for Lonely Planet-type tourists in no particular order: 1. Jerusalem 2. Haifa 3. Amman 4. Petra 5. Jerash 6. Aqaba 7. Beirut 8. Byblos 9. Tel Aviv 10. Cairo 11. Alexandria 12. Luxor 13. Mecca 14. Dubai 15. Agra 16. Jaipur 17. Varanasi 18. Tbilisi 19. Kutaisi 20. Yerevan 21. Konya 22. Antalya 23. Istanbul 24. Thessaloniki 25. Fira 26. Athens 27. Delphi 28. Sofia 29. Varna 30. Vama Veche 31. Constanta 32. Bucharest 33. Kiev 34. Odessa 35. Pripyat 36. Minsk 37. Moscow 38. St Petersburg 39. Tallinn 40. Stockholm 41. Oslo 42. Copenhagen 43. Amsterdam 44. Munich 45. Berlin 46. Krakow 47. Gdansk/Sopot/Hel 48. Bratislava 49. Prague 50. Vienna 51. Cluj-Napoca 52. Rome 53. Amalfi 54. Naples 55. Venice 56. San Marino 57. Zagreb 58. Dubrovnik 59. Kotor 60. Durres 61. Tirana 62. Paris 63. London 64. Dresden 65. Tokyo 66. Seoul 67. Hong Kong 68. Singapore 69. George Town, Penang 70. Ho Chi Minh 71. Phu Qoc 72. Bangkok 73. Pattaya 74. Chiang Mai 75. Patong/Phuket
kalbahamut
+1
Level 82
Oct 26, 2020
76. Phi Phi Lei 77. Cebu City 78. Tacloban 79. Manila 80. Boracay 81. Orlando 82. New York 83. Washington 84. Boston 85. Toronto 86. Chicago 87. Panama City Beach 88. Miami 89. Fort Myers 90. Key West 91. Nashville 92. Grand Canyon Village 93. Nicosia 94. Cappadocia 95. San Francisco 96. Los Angeles 97. San Luis Obispo 98. Seattle 99. Yosemite Valley 100. Las Vegas ... but that only includes places I have been to personally. There are many places I have never been.

Of the places I have never been I imagine that some of the most worthwhile might include New Orleans, Havana, Rio de Janeiro, Lima, Buenos Aires, Barcelona, Madrid, Valencia, Lisbon, Marrakesh, Mumbai, Kathmandu, Kyoto, Beijing, Xian, Dublin, Edinburgh, Palma, Ibiza, Monaco, Bilbao, Cordova, Zurich, Geneva, San Jose, Santo Domingo, Damascus, Tehran, Reykjavik, Honolulu, and probably some places in Australia, New Zealand, and maybe some other Pacific Island countries... would still like to visit some of those.

kalbahamut
+1
Level 82
Oct 27, 2020
Also Isfahan and some other cities in Iran besides just Tehran...
kalbahamut
+1
Level 82
Oct 26, 2020
oh I forgot Ethiopia. I had a nice time there. I'd add Addis Ababa and Lalibela to my list, and maybe give Gondar and Aksum honorable mentions. If I had time to think and/or money to research I'd try to figure out enough places that I could squeeze Vegas off the list. Probably wouldn't be that hard. Did the above in 2 minutes.
kalbahamut
+1
Level 82
Oct 27, 2020
.. and not sure how I remembered Bratislava but forgot Budapest.
Ryan088
+2
Level 33
Jan 12, 2021
London is overrated
kalbahamut
+2
Level 82
Jun 26, 2021
not really
Potatoe1187
+1
Level 65
Jan 18, 2021
Love this quiz! I've always wanted to travel to Iceland or Greenland, or even Alaska to go see the northern lights. I've heard they're really awesome.
lameloser
+4
Level 33
Feb 1, 2021
It almost seems like they just listed a bunch of capitals and then tossed in a few well-known cities to fill the list. Whoever added Aleppo needs to be fired.
emily56freeman56
+3
Level 45
Feb 7, 2021
suprised not to see jakarta or bali there tbh i forgot so many basic ones :/
JonOfKent
+3
Level 56
Feb 8, 2021
Ah, Paris and New York. The two most over-rated cities in the world.

And any list which thinks Johannesburg is one of the 1000 cities in the world most visiting should really be ignored

CeartGoLeor
+3
Level 88
Feb 9, 2021
Really Pyongyang?

Kabul?

Sana'a?

Damascus?

Talk about dangerzone.

fortoj
+1
Level 68
Jun 18, 2021
Definitely strange with Pyongyang but Sana'a, Kabul, Damascus are all very historic cities in line with lonely planet's niche.
ItsGilly
+1
Level 58
Jun 6, 2021
i need to have a talk with whoever made this list. pyongyang? kabul? damascus? but not milan or orlando. makes perfect sense
fortoj
+1
Level 68
Jun 18, 2021
This seems more like a list of one person's personal favorites than a general overview for travelers. Sydney no.3 above Barcelona, London, Rome? no Tehran? no Zurich but includes Bern? Sarajevo above st.Petersburg? Male? Brussels over others in Belgium? Montreal no. 20? Ulaanbaatar? nothing in Indonesia? no Xi'an? Kathmandu no.13??? and many more that seem like personal choices rather than general traveler opinion.
Pharley
+2
Level 73
Jul 2, 2021
Last updated: September 3, 2018

4 / 5 points, Your best score is 113 / 200

You scored 111/200 = 56%

This beats or equals 86.8% of test takers

The average score is 73

Your high score is 135

So my best score is 113 but my high score is 135. How does that work?

Fergy586
+3
Level 76
Jul 12, 2021
I put Pyongyang for fun and it actually worked? Who would go there
harryb03
+1
Level 47
Jul 13, 2021
surprised to see no Milan
Pearl2270
+3
Level 79
Aug 21, 2021
This list is ridiculous to me. So many amazing cities left out and some that are included are just crazy. Austin is on there, but no Honolulu?? Lots of murder capitals too lol. Caracas, Belize City!! Come on. And why are you telling people to go to Pyongyang, please don't do those lame tourist trips. You are giving money to a terrible, oppressive government and it's fake. Manchester, but no Miami or Valencia. Yeah, OK. Who compiled this? Seems like they were trying a bit too hard to be pretentious and "not like the other travellers" and went a little too far.
JetPunker180
+1
Level 54
Aug 30, 2021
Kabul!!!! WOW! Kabul is better if u don't think about war but sorry now it is stable
477977mcpsmd
+1
Level 34
Oct 11, 2021
Wow, the capital and largest city of Turkmenistan is the worst out of the top 200?
lordhagen27
+1
Level 64
Nov 7, 2021
I am most surprised at the absence of Milan. I visited it and I thought it was a great tourist destination
Rockett7
+1
Level 69
Nov 13, 2021
Aren't you only allowed inside mecca if you are a muslim? I guess it makes up for the ~6 billion that can't visit through the 1.8 billion that are obligated to go.
Rayunexplosion
+1
Level 57
Dec 25, 2021
good quiz needs more time tho 15 min is definitely not enough
swordfern
+1
Level 32
Apr 4, 2022
Wow, I need to work on my city knowledge. Interesting quiz that's spurred a lot of debate. Well done!
FlyingG
+1
Level 67
Apr 14, 2022
Surprised by the absence of Brisbane, personally my favourite spot of Australia.
FlyingG
+1
Level 67
Apr 14, 2022
While I think this list is full of crap, I do adore Isfahan.
FatSpartanJediLlama
+1
Level 67
Apr 19, 2022
95
khizerbaijan
+1
Level 53
Apr 19, 2022
this is absurd
MfundoNkambule
+1
Level 36
Apr 26, 2022
The writer of this book must visit Africa
EricDrozda
+3
Level 55
May 18, 2022
Accepts "Panama" for "Panama City" but not "Belize" for "Belize City"?

also 97/200

weird book san francisco should NOT be 7

Rafiathos
+3
Level 69
Jun 26, 2022
Let me tell you something, this list is an absolute joke!
confusedreveal
+1
Level 55
Jul 25, 2022
i think we can all agree that that list is a joke... I still enjoyed that quiz tho, thanks for the effort :)
Kr7
+1
Level 30
Aug 5, 2022
This list has so many flaws but i was most surprised that Milano wasnt included here.
sizzly4packs
+1
Level 38
Sep 25, 2022
seriously? kabul,talinn,minsk,riga yet no warsaw or bucarest
kalbahamut
+1
Level 82
Oct 11, 2022
I'd take Tallinn over Warsaw or Bucharest, but the others, yeah... nonsense
MugiwaraNoCastex
+1
Level 20
Sep 27, 2022
damascus ????
LuigiDood227
+1
Level 64
Dec 25, 2022
But not San Diego
ItReallyIs
+1
Level 45
Jan 7, 2023
Might be worth putting the date that the list was compiled/published in the description, and a link to the source.

Also - do we know which Perth that is being referred to?

IsleAuHaulte
+1
Level 89
Feb 6, 2023
Detroit was #2 in the entire world according to Lonely Planet in 2018.

Detroit.

SouthwestChief
+1
Level 72
Apr 4, 2023
No disrespect to the quizmaker, but this list is legitimately unhinged.
Nikomeow
+2
Level 54
Apr 16, 2023
Pyongyang?

PYONGYANG?

miningaway
+1
Level 76
May 16, 2023
ah yes i would definitely love to go to pyongyang one day, i just hope nothing very bad happens!
FlyingG
+1
Level 67
Jun 27, 2023
Lonely Planet is laughable. This is such a weird bunch of cities. Seriously, no Swiss cities except Bern? I was able to get Pyongyang after realizing how awful the list was, so I started guessing random national capitals. And that's how I got five points.
GoblinOfCooz
+1
Level 75
Jul 14, 2023
Bizarre list. Needs another 5 minutes.
FNWY4life
+1
Level 68
Aug 28, 2023
Damascus is on the list AND it's about 100 above Dubai!?
Magu0604
+1
Level 52
Sep 5, 2023
bruh, no Norwegian cities, shit list.
andrewg123
+1
Level 67
Sep 21, 2023
Where's Branson, Missouri?
MCdoesgeography
+1
Level 69
Dec 11, 2023
Paris should be last place
SlimeBlobFLYING
+1
Level 66
Dec 31, 2023
Having played this quiz, I would like to just say that this Lonely Planet does not seem credible with where it wants to send you.

Sanaa, Jerusalem, Aleppo, Damascus, Delhi, etc. are all on this list, while Munich, Lyon, Milan, Cologne, Stuttgart, and many others are not.

Sanaa is in Yemen. Jerusalem is currently in a state of war. Aleppo and Damascus are in Syria. Delhi is in India, which is unfortunately highly polluted.

Just find it silly that Lonely Planet would want me to go to Sanaa rather than Milan or Lyon xD

Devvik2
+1
Level 70
Apr 2, 2024
What are these obscure places, or places in a dangerous country? Then there aren't cities like Zurich, Oslo, Honolulu, Denpasar etc...
brandybuck96
+1
Level 83
Apr 10, 2024
It's not the most popular or most visited cities, it's what someone has decided are their favourite or the most interesting to visit, which probably makes for a better ranking although it's more subjective. Obscure or lesser-known cities can be startlingly interesting, and less tourist-traps than the usual suspects. Countries currently in dangerous territory can nevertheless be fascinating, and may one day be open to tourists again.
puzzlemaster
+1
Level 70
Apr 10, 2024
Pyongyang over miami is hilarious
Bletsch
+1
Level 67
Apr 10, 2024
I think I know where Lonely Planet was coming from. They were probably trying to take a long look, knowing that some of the places that are dangerous right now will be safe in a few years, and some of the places that offer placid vacation spots today might turn ugly in a few years. Also, I'd imagine that they put Mecca in there as a sop to one particular group, Pyongyang to another, and so forth, trying to be nice, polite world travellers. That said, I have just glanced up at a bookshelf that is groaning under the weight of dozens of Lonely Planet guides to this country or that, but I think I may have purchased my last one. Over the last few years, these guidebooks feature more and more useless frills, such as splashy, full-page color photos, and cutesy interviews with local residents, and fewer and fewer maps, lists of lodgings and restaurants, and other things that I like to have in a guidebook.
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