
Toronto
San Fran
Las Vegas
Catalina
Ensenada
Anchorage
Tokyo
Beijing
Cairo 3/19
Petra
3/23
Prague 3/28
Munich 4/2
Madrid 4/6
Ibiza
4/8
Mallorca 4/9
Granada
4/18
Morocco 4/15
Gibraltar
4/16
Seville
4/17
Barcelona 4/19
Athens 4/22
Mykonos 4/24
Santorini
4/26
Venice
4/29
Florence
5/1
Cinque Terre
Rome 5/5
Helsinki 5/9
Stockhlm 5/15
Oslo 5/21
Dublin 5/27
Loch Ness 6/3
London 6/9
Paris 6/16
New York 6/25
L.A.
6/27

CN Tower
Niagara Falls
Golden Gate
Mt. Fuji
Great Wall
Grand Canyon
Hoover Dam
Pyramids
Petra
Colosseum
Leaning Tower
Parthenon
Stonehenge
Big Ben
The Chunnel
Eiffel Tower
Mt. St.Michel
Empire St Bld

Alaska glacier
Tokyo
Tower
Forbidden City
Sum'r Palace
LaBufadora
Bilbao Museo
BlarneyStone
Disney Paris
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City Ratings
Here's a quick review of some of the major
cities, ranked alphabetically.
- Paris ranks at the best city overall thanks to its ambiance,
attractions, affordability and nice weather
(Language note: T-Eng. = people in tourism industry
(hotels, cabs, restaurants, attractions) speak English, while only a few in the
general public speak English).
City
Language |
Ambiance
(1
each for: walkability, cafes, shopping, parks, clean) |
Attractions
(1
= 1 day of attractions, at moderate 2-3 per day) |
Safety
Watch out
for: |
Cost
3
hotel, avg food, sights
$ ~$30/day |
Weather
|
OVERALL
(out of 5) |
Athens
Greek, T-Eng. |
   (Plaka)
(away f. Plaka) |
  |
Wandering dogs, getting lost
in Plaka |
$$ |
 |
  |
Barcelona
Spanish, T-Eng |
    |
    |
Pickpockets |
$$$ |
 |
    |
Beijing
Chinese |
 |
   |
crazy bikes, pollution that
will make you spit |
$ |
 |
  |
Cairo
Arabic, T-Eng |
 |
  |
Hustlers, mule carts, heat, pickpockets, crazy
drivers |
$ |
 |
 |
Dublin
English, Irish |
  |
  |
|
$$$ |
 |
  |
Edinburgh
English |
    |
   |
|
$$$ |
 |
    |
Florence
Italian, T-Eng |
    |
    |
|
$$$ |
 |
    |
Oslo
Norweign, Eng |
   |
  |
|
$$$$$$ |
 |
  |
Ibiza
Spanish, T-Eng |
    |
  |
Sunburn |
$$$ |
 |
    |
L.A.
English |
   |
   |
Rollerbladers, traffic |
$$$$ |
 |
    |
London
English |
   |
    |
Tube pickpockets, rain |
$$$$$$ |
 |
   |
Munich
German, Eng |
    |
   |
|
$$$ |
 |
   |
New York
English |
   |
    |
Pickpockets, muggy weather,
crazy taxis |
$$$$$$ |
 |
   |
Paris
French, T-Eng |
     |
     |
Metro pickpockets,
rollerbladers |
$$$$ |
 |
     |
Prague
Czech, German, T-Eng |
    |
   |
Dog crap |
$$ |
 |
    |
Rome
Italian, T-Eng |
   |
     |
Pickpockets, mopeds, drivers |
$$$ |
 |
    |
San Fran
English |
    |
    |
Fog, crazy cable cars |
$$$$$ |
 |
    |
Santorini
Greek, T-Eng |
    |
  |
Mule crap on trails down to
the ports |
$$$ |
 |
    |
Stockholm
Swedish, Eng |
    |
    |
|
$$$$ |
 |
    |
Tangier
(Morocco)
Arabic, T-Eng |
 |
 |
Hustlers, pickpockets
crazy drivers |
$ |
 |
 |
Tokyo
Japanese |
   |
    |
Mobs of shoppers |
$$$$$ |
 |
   |
Toronto
Swedish, Eng |
    |
    |
|
$$$$ |
 |
   |
Venice
Italian, T-Eng |
   |
   |
Getting lost |
$$$ |
 |
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Comments:
- Ambiance: Italian cities (Rome, Venice, Florence)
and U.S. cities (LA, NY) are all missing parks spread throughout the city,
so they don't get a Park
.
London and LA aren't walkable (require the Tube or a
car to really see the city), so they lose a Walkability
- Attractions: includes ruins, museums, towers,
castles, tombs, cathedrals, bridges, beaches, zoos
- Cost: This is tourist-on-a-budget costs, not living
costs. For example: while LA has high living costs (high rent, car,
car insurance), its tourist costs are reasonable (free beaches, free
attractions like walking around Hollywood, free Getty museum, and cheap fast
food. etc.)
- OVERALL: Cities with $$$$$$
or
(New York, London) loose an Overall 
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