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What are some of the most memorable cities that you’ve traveled to?

I really loved my time in Málaga and Barcelona. Architecture, friendly vibe, handsome men with charming accents, nice weather, incredible nightlife.. Hope to return in a couple of years, but for a longer stay.
 
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Vancouver - mild climate, a fantastic variety of live music, any kind of ethnic cuisine you could want from Greek to Nicaraguan, a healthy dose of debauchery, and even the junkies are mostly polite.
 
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It depends on what you like doing.

Northern Spain (La Coruña) for the people, fiestas, sex, open minded people, the buildings, food and crazy good drivers.

Sydney Australia; the city views, harbour, beaches, work life and balance, sex, outdoor sex places, sex with co-workers, the mix culture options.

Hong Kong used to be a favorite of mine till I found Tokyo.
 
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Except for Málaga, which I've never visited, I think all those places mentioned above are truly great...all really wonderful, though personally I'm not a big fan of NYC in any season.

Tokyo is far and away my favorite in the world, but leaving it aside, I'd put Melbourne (wonderful food, people, University scene, delightful and posh legal brothels, nearby wine country...) high on my list. In North America, I think San Francisco competes with Vancouver. In Europe, I have a hard time choosing between London, Berlin, Prague and Copenhagen. In Asia Singapore would get my vote for #2 to Tokyo.

But as @Santi333 said, it depends A LOT on what you like AND don't like. All of these places have their downsides too, at least for some people. And then there are those who don't much care for cities at all...

-Ww
 
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It depends on what I choose for...

For partying: Berlin, Germany and Amsterdam, Nederlands.

For sightseeing (beautiful nature scenery): Tromsoe, Norway and Southern part of Germany in Spring.

For their cuisine: Southern Italy (Sicily Island), Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Beaches: Definitely the Dominican Republic! (Punta Cana, Bahia de Las Aguilas, Cayo Arena).
 
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Tokyo is my favorite. Really any city that's easy to get around via walking and transit, I like. Vancouver was great. I loved Paris. Singapore is a great city, although it's too humid to be outside, like, ever.
 
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Finland in winter.
It is cold and dark yet very mystical.

Fiji was nice, too. No TV, no iPhone, eat, nap, play, read on a beautiful white sand beach, blue clear water, drink over speechless sunset, swimming with fish.

I would like to experience the Siberian railway one day, hopefully in winter. After spending a few days in Harbin in winter, I am much more confident to do this trip.
 
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Brussels - I once thought it the ugliest and the most boring European capital. My impression changed after having spent a week in Ixelles neighborhood recently. It was fun to stroll around there to find lots of lovely buildings, good food, nice people, and interesting cultural mix.
 
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I manage to convince myself that I love any city that I happen to be in at the time. I was recently in Dublin, London and Paris. I loved the boozy fun of Temple Bar in Dublin. I had great drunken conversations with complete strangers about politics and art and especially history and literature. London is the center of the fucking English speaking world and better than NYC because the citizens aren't arrogant. London is good at everything: music, food, art, everything. Paris has beautiful wide streets and beautiful buildings. Good wine, cheese and bread. Pretty girls too. I guess Paris and London are in a different league than Dublin. I like smelly, dirty lawless SE Asian cities too. Ah shit I like all cities except the ones where there are religious people in charge or where there is a traditional tribal regimen in place. This would include all cities in the Middle East, all cities in India, and most cities in the Midwest of the US. Delhi, Karachi, Riyadh, Salt Lake City, no thank you.
 
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warubuta said:
I manage to convince myself that I love any city that I happen to be in at the time. I was recently in Dublin, London and Paris. I loved the boozy fun of Temple Bar in Dublin. I had great drunken conversations with complete strangers about politics and art and especially history and literature. London is the center of the fucking English speaking world and better than NYC because the citizens aren't arrogant. London is good at everything: music, food, art, everything. Paris has beautiful wide streets and beautiful buildings. Good wine, cheese and bread. Pretty girls too. I guess Paris and London are in a different league than Dublin. I like smelly, dirty lawless SE Asian cities too. Ah shit I like all cities except the ones where there are religious people in charge or where there is a traditional tribal regimen in place. This would include all cities in the Middle East, all cities in India, and most cities in the Midwest of the US. Delhi, Karachi, Riyadh, Salt Lake City, no thank you.
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Ah ah, I like the last mix! SLC is that straight-laced, really? Never visited Utah so I dont know . But believe it or not a friend who visited Tehran on business told me that there are clandestine parties there which can be in fact very hot (since they are clandestine). Persian ladies are real beauties, once they unveil.
 
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Japan is and will most likely always be one of our favorite places to visit. Some of our other favorite places that were truly breathtaking include: Santorini, Capri, Almalfi Coast, Positano, Phi Phi Islands, Iguazu Falls, and Machu Picchu. We also watched the sun rise above the clouds at
Mt. Haleakala in Maui which was a magical experience to witness.
 
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Brussels - I once thought it the ugliest and the most boring European capital. My impression changed
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Yeah. So many people hate Brussels. People don't believe me when I tell them that I'd rather spend a week in Brussels than in Amsterdam. I've heard complaints like "it feels unsafe," "it's dirty," "it's sterile and boring," and "the people are angry." Well, I've experienced all of those things in Brussels, but I find some areas very beautiful, I get along with the Belgians and I can't hate a place with such great beer and food.

Mind you, I'd rather spend a week in Tokyo than in Brussels.
 
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Personal favs: Tokyo, Kyoto, Prague, Paris (just for the museums and monuments, overall the rest sucks), Bordeaux, NYC, Boulder CO, SF, London, Seoul, HK , Singapore, LA (the Santa-Monica/Malibu part), New Orleans (for the bars mainly... thats all I remember anyway :D) , Rome, Barcelona, Vienna, Marrakech, Istanbul , Las Vegas

A rather odd mix, I admit
 
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My personal favorite list, and I am only counting the bigger cities here:

1. Tokyo
2. Cape Town
3. St. Petersburg
4. Sydney
5. Tallinn
6. San Diego
7. Abu Dhabi
8. Santiago
9. Bologna
10. Chengdu
 
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Frenchy said:
Ah ah, I like the last mix! SLC is that straight-laced, really? Never visited Utah so I dont know . But believe it or not a friend who visited Tehran on business told me that there are clandestine parties there which can be in fact very hot (since they are clandestine). Persian ladies are real beauties, once they unveil.
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Mormons are boring, hypocritical, dangerous idiologues. Midwest = fat boring people thumping the Bible in public but streaming porn onto their giant TVs in their homes. I am not surprised about Tehran. It wasn't that long ago that it was like Paris. Cairo, Tunis, Istanbul, and a bunch of other predominantly Muslim cities on or near the Med at one time had large cosmopolitan elements. Just look at all of the great classic live Jazz recordings and great fiction the 40s and 50s and into the 70s. Monk, Davis, Mahfouz etc.
 
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I love Seoul!

In the US, Chicago is probably my favorite, but I love San Diego, Sedona, NYC, and Savannah as well.
 
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chaztagster said:
Yeah. So many people hate Brussels. People don't believe me when I tell them that I'd rather spend a week in Brussels than in Amsterdam. I've heard complaints like "it feels unsafe," "it's dirty," "it's sterile and boring," and "the people are angry." Well, I've experienced all of those things in Brussels, but I find some areas very beautiful, I get along with the Belgians and I can't hate a place with such great beer and food.

Mind you, I'd rather spend a week in Tokyo than in Brussels.
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There are much better cities in Belgium than Brussels imo.
You can have the fun Belgian mentality and good food, and alcohol if thats your thing, but then combined with beautiful old architecture.
 
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There are much better cities in Belgium than Brussels imo.
You can have the fun Belgian mentality and good food, and alcohol if thats your thing, but then combined with beautiful old architecture.
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I actually want to visit Bruges. I just haven't been there yet unfortunately. I really love Art Deco buildings in Brussels, such as Flagey, but yes, there are many of those in other cities, too.

For smaller cities/towns memorable to me, I would list Alkmaar, Bamberg, Graz, Kanazawa, La Marsa, Llandudno, Nantes, Sapporo.
 
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Here are my top three destinations:

San Francisco — For a long time, the city by the Bay was my favorite destination for work or holiday. Left my heart there, just like Tony Bennett. Plenty of great places to dine out in wonderful Japantown, the city’s large Chinatown, North Beach, Union Square and the Embarcadero/Financial District. The city is also a great starting point to visit exceptional wineries and beautiful vineyards in Napa Valley and Sonoma County, as well as to venture along the coast on Highway One, or take Route 101 to check out Apple HQ in Cupertino and some of the world’s most successful tech companies based in Silicon Valley.

Paris — Another city filled with plenty of must-see attractions and must-do adventures. I’m very fond of an area near the Opera District, Rue Saint-Anne, which has become the city’s own Little Tokyo because of the many Japanese restaurants located there. But it also has some fine, small local restaurants that serve traditional Provençal dishes. Like San Francisco, Paris is the starting point to take a trip to wine country, such as Champagne in the country’s northeast and Bordeaux in the southwest.

Tokyo — I currently earn most of my frequent-flyer airline points from my trips here. I became a regular visitor from 2013 because of work, but now my travels are primarily for play. The selection of dining options is awesome. Food here has also helped me draw up a diet that works, leading to a hefty, healthy decrease in weight over the past 11 months. Getting fit is also a must for my P4P adventures here. I’m not getting any younger, so I’ve had to cut down on my wine and bourbon consumption. The outstanding transport infrastructure in Japan has also allowed me to be more adventurous in checking out other lovely destinations outside of the nation’s capital.

My other favorite spots include Hong Kong, Macau, Makati, Shanghai, Sydney, New York City, Los Angeles, Vancouver, Berlin, Florence, Geneva, Montreaux, Interlaken, Eiger in the Bernese Alps, Monaco, Nice and Barcelona.

On my to-do list: New Zealand’s South Island, where some of the finest purveyors of Pinot Noir wine outside of Burgundy can be found; Buenos Aires in Argentina and Santiago in Chile, both launching points to journey into the best wineries from South America; Porto in Portugal; and Kentucky to check out the top distilleries making bourbon.

Cheers!
 
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Majestyk said:
Here are my top three destinations:

San Francisco — For a long time, the city by the Bay was my favorite destination for work or holiday. Left my heart there, just like Tony Bennett. Plenty of great places to dine out in wonderful Japantown, the city’s large Chinatown, North Beach, Union Square and the Embarcadero/Financial District. The city is also a great starting point to visit exceptional wineries and beautiful vineyards in Napa Valley and Sonoma County, as well as to venture along the coast on Highway One, or take Route 101 to check out Apple HQ in Cupertino and some of the world’s most successful tech companies based in Silicon Valley.

Paris — Another city filled with plenty of must-see attractions and must-do adventures. I’m very fond of an area near the Opera District, Rue Saint-Anne, which has become the city’s own Little Tokyo because of the many Japanese restaurants located there. But it also has some fine, small local restaurants that serve traditional Provençal dishes. Like San Francisco, Paris is the starting point to take a trip to wine country, such as Champagne in the country’s northeast and Bordeaux in the southwest.

Tokyo — I currently earn most of my frequent-flyer airline points from my trips here. I became a regular visitor from 2013 because of work, but now my travels are primarily for play. The selection of dining options is awesome. Food here has also helped me draw up a diet that works, leading to a hefty, healthy decrease in weight over the past 11 months. Getting fit is also a must for my P4P adventures here. I’m not getting any younger, so I’ve had to cut down on my wine and bourbon consumption. The outstanding transport infrastructure in Japan has also allowed me to be more adventurous in checking out other lovely destinations outside of the nation’s capital.

My other favorite spots include Hong Kong, Macau, Makati, Shanghai, Sydney, New York City, Los Angeles, Vancouver, Berlin, Florence, Geneva, Montreaux, Interlaken, Eiger in the Bernese Alps, Monaco, Nice and Barcelona.

On my to-do list: New Zealand’s South Island, where some of the finest purveyors of Pinot Noir wine outside of Burgundy can be found; Buenos Aires in Argentina and Santiago in Chile, both launching points to journey into the best wineries from South America; Porto in Portugal; and Kentucky to check out the top distilleries making bourbon.

Cheers!
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Great post thanks! Made me smile as I lived a few blocks from Rue Sainte Anne for a few years (but beware , many so-called “Japanese” restaurants there are average at best sushis and ramen places owned by Chinese or Vietnamese... )
 
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Frenchy said:
Great post thanks! Made me smile as I lived a few blocks from Rue Sainte Anne for a few years (but beware , many so-called “Japanese” restaurants there are average at best sushis and ramen places owned by Chinese or Vietnamese... )
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Sadly, true. But I visit a couple of regular Japanese joints there. I tend to wake up quite early to walk around town, so I managed to talk with guys there as they hauled rice and other supplies in the morning. Very friendly.
 
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