CITIES OF THE WORLD

Indeed, towns and cities are essential. Here is where you arrive by plane, train, ship, or bus. But don’t overlook/skip the area around the city. You can miss critical must-see sites doing this.

One day in any city is at best, a trip to the buffet. A taste of this or that, but no real time to dig into something.

Would you go to Beijing and not leave the city? The Great Wall is not in the city; you would miss that. Well then, I will spend my one day at the Great Wall. And skip the Forbidden City?

That’s why it’s important to look not only at a city but also at its surroundings. Ephesus, Stonehenge, Angkor Wat, Delphi, Versailles, these are all “outside the city” (although some cities have now grown out to them).

So maybe you think you can see Rome in two days. I don’t think you can. Glimpse, get a taste, yes, but actually “experience”? Not really. You will also need to cut out Tivoli, Hadrian’s Villa, the Aqueduct Park, the Appian Way, and Ostia Antica to have time to see some of Rome.

Could you go to Nice, France, and not want to visit nearby Monte Carlo or Cannes?

San Francisco, without visiting the wine country, or Orlando, without visiting one nearby theme park?

What about flying all the way to Sydney, Australia, and skipping the rest of the continent? I know people who have done it.

Get the WHOLE picture and plan accordingly. You will be richer.

BACK TO DESTINATIONS

Cities in North America (New World)

Cities in Europe (Old World)

And the Surrounding Area.

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