The world's old towns
Every old town in our write-ups, all 759 of them, grouped by continent. Each card opens the full page: what it is, its best season, time to allow and how to reach it.
Europe 334
Berat
Gjirokaster
Tirana
Andorra la Vella
Graz Old Town
Hallstatt
Innsbruck and the Golden Roof
Rattenberg
Salzburg Old Town
Steyr Old Town
Grodno
Minsk
Antwerp
Bruges
Dinant
Ghent
Leuven
The Grand-Place, Brussels
Počitelj
Sarajevo
Travnik
Trebinje
Koprivshtitsa
Nessebar
Plovdiv Old Town
Sofia
Veliko Tarnovo
Dubrovnik Old Town
Rovinj
Trogir
Zagreb and the Upper Town
Limassol
Nicosia
Cesky Krumlov
Frantiskovy Lazne
Holasovice
Karlovy Vary
Marianske Lazne
Mikulov
Olomouc
Plzen Old Town
Prague Old Town
Telc
Trebic Jewish Quarter and Saint Procopius Basilica
Znojmo
Nyhavn
Tallinn Old Town
Tartu Old Town
Kirkjubøur
Saksun
Tórshavn
Alvar Aalto's Jyvaskyla
Old Rauma
Porvoo Old Town
Aix-en-Provence
Bordeaux Old Town
Colmar
Dijon Old Town
Le Mans Old Town
Nice and the French Riviera
Rocamadour
Saint-Malo
Sarlat-la-Caneda
Strasbourg Grande Ile
Troyes
Augsburg Old Town
Bamberg Old Town
Dresden and the Frauenkirche
Esslingen am Neckar
Freiburg Old Town
Füssen Old Town
Gorlitz Old Town
Goslar Old Town
Konstanz Old Town
Landsberg am Lech
Landshut Old Town
Lubeck Old Town
Munich and Marienplatz
Passau Old Town
Quedlinburg Old Town
Regensburg Old Town
Rothenburg ob der Tauber
Stralsund Old Town
Wasserburg am Inn
Main Street and the Old Town
Chania Old Town
Corfu Old Town
Nafplio
Rhodes Old Town
The Plaka
Thessaloniki Ano Poli
Xanthi Old Town
St Peter Port
Eger
Holloko
Nedstikaupstadur, Isafjordur
Seydisfjordur Old Town
Waterford Viking Triangle
Bergamo Alta
Bologna
Civita di Bagnoregio
Lecce
Mantua and Sabbioneta
Matera
Modena and Parma
Orvieto
San Gimignano
Siena
St Mark's Square and Basilica
Syracuse and Ortigia
The Grand Canal
The Trulli of Alberobello
The Val di Noto
Turin
Urbino
Kuldiga Old Town
Riga Art Nouveau District
Riga Old Town
Vaduz
Kaunas Modernist Architecture
Uzupis
Vilnius Old Town
Echternach
Luxembourg City
Mdina
The Three Cities
Valletta
Chișinău
Cetinje
Kotor Old Town
Perast
Sveti Stefan
Delft
Deventer
Dordrecht
Giethoorn
Haarlem
Leiden
Maastricht
Middelburg
The Amsterdam Canals
Thorn
Kruševo
Ohrid
Skopje
Alesund Art Nouveau Town
Bryggen
Roros
Gdansk Old Town
Krakow Old Town
Torun Old Town
Warsaw Old Town
Wroclaw Market Square
Angra do Heroismo
Evora
Funchal Old Town
Guimaraes Historic Centre
Lisbon and the Alfama
Monsanto Village
Obidos
Porto and the Ribeira
Brasov
Cluj-Napoca
Sibiu
Sighisoara
Suzdal
The City of San Marino
Belgrade and Kalemegdan
Novi Sad and Petrovaradin
Subotica
Banska Stiavnica
Bardejov
Bratislava Old Town
Čičmany
Levoča
Vlkolinec
Ljubljana Old Town
Piran
Ptuj
Barcelona Gothic Quarter and Las Ramblas
Caceres Old Town
Cuenca and the Hanging Houses
Ronda
Salamanca Old Town
San Cristobal de La Laguna
Santiago de Compostela
Toledo Old Town
Longyearbyen
Pyramiden
Gammelstad Church Town
Karlskrona
Stockholm Gamla Stan
Visby
Bern Old Town
Geneva Old Town
Lucerne
Murten
Saint-Ursanne
Solothurn Old Town
Stein am Rhein
Zurich Old Town
Lviv Old Town
Odesa
Bath
Cambridge
Chester
Edinburgh
Oxford
The Cotswolds
York
Dardha
Mangalem Quarter
Qeparo Old Village
Voskopoja
Vuno
Bregenz Oberstadt
Feldkirch
Hall in Tirol
Klagenfurt Old Town
St Polten Old Town
Villach Old Town
Arlon
Baarle-Hertog
Celles
Crupet
Damme
Dendermonde
Diest
Durbuy
Eupen
Hasselt
Huy
Kortrijk
Liege
Lier
Limbourg
Lissewege
Malmedy
Mechelen
Mons
Oudenaarde
Poperinge
Spa
Stavelot
Thuin
Tongeren
Torgny
Turnhout
Veurne
Arbanasi
Bozhentsi
Brashlyan
Elena
Gela
Kotel
Kovachevitsa
Leshten
Lovech
Pomorie
Ruse
Shiroka Laka
Tryavna
Zheravna
Zlatograd
Hum and the Glagolitic Alley
Motovun and the Istrian Hill Towns
Rastoke
Tvrđa, the Baroque Quarter of Osijek
Varaždin Old Town
Brno Old Town
Aeroskobing
Christiansfeld
Christianshavn
Dragor
Ebeltoft Old Town
Faaborg
Gilleleje
Gudhjem
Helsingor Old Town
Hundested
Hvide Sande
Kalundborg
Kerteminde
Koge
Lonstrup
Mariager
Mogeltonder
Nyboder
Nyord
Ribe Old Town
Saeby
Svaneke
Svendborg
Tonder
Altja Fishing Village
Viljandi
Ekenas Old Town
Hamina
Jakobstad Skata
Kristiinankaupunki
Naantali Old Town
Uusikaupunki
Gyor Old Town
Koszeg
Szekesfehervar
Szentendre Old Town
Vac
Veszprem
Ulcinj Old Town
Utrecht Old Town
Bielsko-Biala Old Town
Kazimierz Dolny
Klodzko Old Town
Opole Old Town
Plock Old Town
Poznan Old Market Square
Przemysl Old Town
Sandomierz Old Town
Tarnow Old Town
Zamosc Old Town
Košice Old Town
Kamnik
Kranj
Maribor Old Town and the Old Vine
Metlika
Radovljica
Skofja Loka
Aarau Old Town
Biel Old Town
Chur Old Town
Fribourg Old Town
Neuchatel Old Town
Schaffhausen Old Town
Zug Old Town
Asia 143
Herat Old City
Gyumri
Yerevan
Baku and the Old City
Khinalug
Lahij
Sheki
Manama
Old Dhaka
Thimphu
Kampong Ayer
Battambang
Historic Quanzhou
Lijiang Old Town
Pingyao Ancient City
Shanghai and the Bund
Wuzhen
Xidi and Hongcun Villages
Zhouzhuang Water Town
Kutaisi
Mtskheta
Svaneti and Ushguli
Tbilisi Old Town
Tai O Fishing Village
Fort Kochi
Jaipur, the Pink City
Jaisalmer and the Thar Desert
Varanasi and the Ganges
Kota Lama, Semarang
Kota Tua, Jakarta
Sawahlunto and the Ombilin Mines
Ubud
Kandovan
Kashan Historic Houses
Yazd
Amedi
Erbil Citadel
Akko Old City
Tel Aviv and Jaffa
Higashiyama and Gion, Kyoto
Kakunodate Samurai District
Kurashiki Bikan Historical Quarter
Shirakawa-go
Takayama Old Town
Tsumago, Magome and the Nakasendo Trail
Amman
As-Salt
Souq Mubarakiya
Luang Prabang
Beirut
Byblos
Tripoli
Taipa and Coloane
The Historic Centre of Macau
George Town, Penang
Malacca (Melaka)
Malé
Ulaanbaatar
Mandalay
Bandipur
Bhaktapur
Kaesong
Misfat Al Abriyeen
Muscat and Mutrah
Lahore
Manila and Intramuros
Silay Heritage Houses
Taal Heritage Town
Vigan
Souq Waqif
Diriyah
Jeddah and Al-Balad
Rijal Almaa
Riyadh
Chinatown, Little India and Kampong Glam
The Singapore River and its Quays
Bukchon Hanok Village
Busan and Gamcheon Culture Village
Jeonju Hanok Village
Naganeupseong Walled Village
Seongeup Folk Village
Yangdong Folk Village
Jaffna
The Old City of Aleppo
The Old City of Damascus
Jiufen
Tainan
Tamsui
Khujand
Chiang Mai Old City
Lopburi Old Town
Phuket Old Town
Baucau
Dili
Amasya
Mardin Old Town
Safranbolu
Bukhara
Khiva
Samarkand and the Registan
Tashkent
Dong Van Old Quarter
Duong Lam Ancient Village
Hanoi and the Old Quarter
Hanoi's French Quarter
Ho Chi Minh City
Hoi An Old Town
Al-Mukalla
Shibam
The Old City of Sana'a
Maheshkhali Island
Sighnaghi
Braga Street
Abarkuh
Abyaneh
Kang
Kharanaq
Laft
Masuleh
Meybod
Meymand
Nain
Palangan
Qazvin
Hida-Furukawa
Kawagoe
Sawara
Uchiko
Savannakhet Old Quarter
Ipoh Old Town
Old Kuching and the Waterfront
Downtown Yangon
Manah Old Town
Peshawar Old City
Beipu
Hengchun Old Town
Lukang
Qinbi Village, Matsu
Shuitou Village, Kinmen
Istaravshan
Al Fahidi Historic District
Umm Al Quwain Fort and Old Town
The Old Walled City of Zabid
Africa 97
Constantine
Oran
The Casbah of Algiers
The M'Zab Valley
Luanda
Ganvié
Porto-Novo
Ouagadougou
Bujumbura
Yaoundé
Cidade Velha
Bangui
Berberati
N'Djamena
Moroni
Mutsamudu Medina
Djibouti City
Tadjoura
Kinshasa
Islamic Cairo
Bata
Malabo
Asmara
Keren
Massawa
Harar
Libreville
Janjanbureh
Nzulezo
Conakry
Kankan
Bissau
Bolama
Abidjan
Grand-Bassam
Lamu Old Town
Monrovia
Ghadames
Ghat
The Medina of Tripoli
Antananarivo Haute Ville
Segou
Timbuktu
Chinguetti
Oualata
Ait Benhaddou
Chefchaouen
Essaouira
The Fes Medina
The Marrakech Medina
Island of Mozambique
Maputo
Kolmanskop
Lüderitz
Swakopmund
Windhoek
Agadez
Niamey
Zinder
Brazzaville
Jamestown and Jacob's Ladder
São Tomé Town and the Roças
Gorée Island
Saint-Louis
Victoria and Mahé
Freetown
Mogadishu
Bo-Kaap
Juba
Wau
Bagamoyo
Stone Town, Zanzibar
Aneho
Lomé
Kairouan
Matmata
Sidi Bou Said
The Medina of Sousse
The Medina of Tunis
Livingstone
Beni Isguen
Casbah of Bejaia
Akhmim
Al-Qasr
Balat
Coptic Cairo
Downtown Khedivial Cairo
El Quseir
Ismailia
Port Said
Rosetta
Petite-Terre and Mamoudzou
Moulay Idriss Zerhoun
The Art Deco Centre of Casablanca
The Asilah Medina
The Tetouan Medina
Kano Old City
Americas 159
Buenos Aires
Salta
Oranjestad
San Nicolas
Green Turtle Cay
Harbour Island
Nassau and Paradise Island
Spanish Wells
The Abaco Cays
West End
Historic Bridgetown
Speightstown
Belize City
Belmopan
Corozal
Punta Gorda and Toledo
San Ignacio
Sarteneja
Hamilton
The Town of St George
La Paz
Potosi
Sucre
Ouro Preto
Paraty
Salvador and the Pelourinho
Tortola and Road Town
Dawson City
Old Montreal
Old Quebec
Old Town Lunenburg
St John's
The Plateau and Mount Royal
Kralendijk and Klein Bonaire
Oranjestad, Sint Eustatius
Bodden Town
George Town
Santiago
Valdivia
Valparaiso
Barichara
Bogota and La Candelaria
Cartagena Old Town
Medellin
Villa de Leyva
Barrio Amón
Baracoa
Camagüey
Cienfuegos
Old Havana
Santiago de Cuba
Trinidad
Willemstad
Altos de Chavón
Santiago de los Caballeros
The Colonial City of Santo Domingo
Cuenca
Guayaquil
Quito Old Town
Suchitoto
Stanley
Cayenne
Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni
Nuuk
St. George's
Antigua
Flores
Quetzaltenango
Georgetown
Jacmel
Downtown Kingston
Falmouth
Lucea
Spanish Town
Grand'Riviere
Guanajuato
Mérida
Mexico City Historic Centre
Morelia
Oaxaca Old Town
Pátzcuaro
Puebla
Querétaro
Real de Catorce
San Cristóbal de las Casas
San Miguel de Allende
Taxco
Tlacotalpan
Valladolid and its Cenotes
Zacatecas
Granada
León
Bocas Town
Casco Viejo, Panama City
Asunción
Arequipa
Cusco
Lima's Historic Centre
Coamo
Old San Juan
Ponce
San Germán
Gustavia
Nevis
Anse La Raye
Castries
Soufrière
Vieux Fort
Marigot
Île aux Marins
Miquelon Village
The Town of Saint-Pierre
Kingstown and Saint Vincent
Marigot and the French Side
Philipsburg
Paramaribo
Blue Hills
Cockburn Town
Grand Turk
South Caicos
Charleston Historic District
Freedom Trail
French Quarter
Santa Fe Plaza
Savannah Historic District
St Augustine
Taos Pueblo
The Moravian Settlement at Bethlehem
Charlotte Amalie, St Thomas
Christiansted
Cruz Bay
Frenchtown
Colonia del Sacramento
Montevideo
The Valley and Heritage
Filandia
Giron
Jardin
Mongui
Popayan Historic Centre
Santa Cruz de Mompox
Santa Fe de Antioquia
Santa Marta Historic Centre
Tunja Historic Centre
Puerto Plata's Victorian Town
Cotacachi
Ibarra
Zaruma
San Salvador Historic Center
Santa Ana Historic Center
Guatemala City Historic Center
Cap-Haitien Old Town
David and the Chiriquí Lowlands
Parita and the Azuero Towns
Ayacucho's Historic Centre
Cajamarca's Colonial Centre
Trujillo's Colonial Centre
Barranquitas and the Cordillera Towns
St Croix and its Danish Heritage
Oceania 26
Leone
Ballarat's Goldfields Streets
Battery Point and Salamanca Place
Burra
Charters Towers
Kalgoorlie-Boulder
Melbourne
The Rocks
Avarua
Levuka
Tahiti
Majuro
Yaren District
Nouméa
Akaroa
Arrowtown
Napier
Oamaru Victorian Precinct
Queenstown
Russell (Kororareka)
Alofi
Adamstown and Bounty Bay
Apia and Vailima
Port Vila
