Landmarks, museums, historic sites, parks and viewpoints that draw visitors to a city, with practical notes on planning a visit.
320 places · Updated November 12, 2026
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One of the world's great archaeological museums, holding the Farnese sculptures and the mosaics, frescoes and objects excavated at Pompeii and Herculaneum.
View details — National Archaeological Museum of Naples (MANN)Attraction
The vast hilltop seat of Bohemian kings and Czech presidents, home to St Vitus Cathedral, the Old Royal Palace, St George's Basilica and Golden Lane.
View details — Prague CastleAttraction
Nice's seafront avenue curves for almost seven kilometres around the Baie des Anges, lined with palms, pebble beaches and the city's famous blue chairs.
View details — Promenade des AnglaisAttraction
A royal palace complex with more than a thousand years of history, famous for Pedro I's Mudéjar palace, tiled courtyards and extensive walled gardens.
View details — Real Alcázar de SevillaAttraction
The national museum of the Netherlands, housed in Pierre Cuypers's 1885 building and home to Rembrandt's Night Watch and Vermeer's Milkmaid.
View details — RijksmuseumAttraction
Antoni Gaudí's still-unfinished basilica in the Eixample, Barcelona's defining landmark, with a forest-like nave, two sculpted façades and climbable towers.
View details — Sagrada FamíliaAttraction
The Habsburgs' 1,441-room summer palace in Hietzing, with state apartments, formal Baroque gardens, the Gloriette and the world's oldest working zoo in its grounds.
View details — Schönbrunn PalaceAttraction
Venice's cathedral on Piazza San Marco, a Byzantine-influenced church consecrated in 1094 with gold-ground mosaics, the Pala d'Oro altarpiece and the original bronze horses.
View details — St Mark’s BasilicaAttraction
Copenhagen's amusement park and pleasure garden, open since 1843 beside the Central Station, with historic rides, gardens, concerts, restaurants and seasonal Halloween and Christmas events.
View details — Tivoli GardensAttraction
Florence's great picture gallery, built by Vasari for Cosimo I de' Medici, with Botticelli, Leonardo, Michelangelo, Raphael, Titian and Caravaggio.
View details — Uffizi GalleryAttraction
Purpose-built museum on Djurgården housing the Vasa, a 64-gun warship that sank on its maiden voyage in 1628 and was raised 333 years later.
View details — Vasa MuseumAttraction
The hilltop residence of Polish kings beside the Vistula, now a museum of state rooms, royal apartments, the Crown Treasury and seasonal gardens.
View details — Wawel Royal CastleAttraction
Bernard Tschumi's glass-and-concrete museum at the foot of the Acropolis, opened in 2009, displaying the Parthenon sculptures in a gallery aligned with the temple.
View details — Acropolis MuseumAttraction
Built between about 1514 and 1519 to guard the mouth of the Tagus, Belém Tower is a Manueline fortress that reopened in May 2026 after restoration.
View details — Belém TowerAttraction
The former royal palace on Castle Hill, rebuilt many times since the 13th century, now home to the Hungarian National Gallery and the Budapest History Museum.
View details — Buda CastleAttraction
Small baroque chapel in the historic centre, famous for Giuseppe Sanmartino's marble Veiled Christ and the mysterious anatomical machines in its basement.
View details — Cappella SanseveroAttraction
A wooded hilltop park between the old town and the port, with free entry, an artificial waterfall and the classic view over the Baie des Anges.
View details — Castle Hill (Colline du Château)Attraction
The largest Gothic cathedral in the world, built on the site of the Almohad great mosque, with the Giralda tower, the tomb of Columbus and a vast altarpiece.
View details — Catedral de Sevilla and La GiraldaAttraction
Prague's 14th-century stone bridge across the Vltava, lined with around 30 Baroque statues and guarded by Gothic towers at both ends.
View details — Charles BridgeAttraction
The Gothic seat of the Venetian Republic's government, with the Great Council Chamber, Tintoretto's Paradise, the old prisons and the walk across the Bridge of Sighs.
View details — Doge’s Palace