Bucketlist Travel: Colorful Towns around the world!

I am Writing this article In June 2020, inspired by the Pride Month and its symbol (Rainbow). I had asked for some contributions from the subscribers here and followers on Instagram, to suggest me to fill this content with colors. Many of you suggested me the locations and many even shared their travel pictures with me. Its my pleasure to hear from you all and feature your inputs in my post.

Here is a list of some really colorful towns around the world:

• Bo Kaap (Cape Town, South Africa)  Virtual tour click here!                                                                   Cape Town’s rainbow-colored Bo-Kaap neighborhood wasn’t always a kaleidoscope of color. The buildings here were originally used as rental homes for enslaved people, who weren’t allowed to change the white exteriors of the houses. After given the freedom to buy their homes, they celebrated their liberty by painting their houses the vibrant colors visitors see today. 

 

• Manarola (Cinque Terre, Italy) Virtual tour click here!One of the five villages comprising Cinque Terre (meaning “Five Lands”), Manarola is jaw-droppingly beautiful with its scattering of precariously perched buildings, smattered in colors from ice blue to pastel pink. Above the picturesque harbor, you’ll find a tiny piazza with delicious seafood restaurants among the multicolored houses facing the sea. 

 

• Willemstad (Curacao) Virtual Tour Click Here!                                                                                                       The brightly painted Dutch colonial-style buildings of this Caribbean capital have earned a spot on the UNESCO World Heritage list. There are 750 colorful structures painted a multitude of bright gem-colored shades which, combined with turquoise waters, make the waterfront of Willemstad look unreal.

 

• Burano (Venice, Italy) Virtual Tour Click Here!                                                                                                           On a small island at the northern end of the Venetian Lagoon is the fishing village of Burano known for its traditional lace-making and brightly painted houses. The look of the town came about when fishermen were coming home and couldn’t find their house in the fog so vibrant colors were used to help them stand out from the emerald waters of the canals.

 

• Chefchaouen (Morocco) Virtual Tour Click Here!                                                                                            Located in the northwest of Morocco, this small city is famous for its mesmerizing medina where every building is painted varying shades of cyan, powder blue, and periwinkle. The blue walls make a spectacular sight, especially in contrast to the surrounding arid mountains, making it a dream destination for fans of a good photo-op.

 

• La boca (Buenos Aires, Argentina) Virtual Tour Click here!                                                                           Famed for its colorful wooden houses and pedestrian-friendly paths, La Boca is home to artist colonies who bring the streets to life with impromptu tango dance performances. The most popular street, El Caminito—“The little walkway,” is a hub where tourists from all around the world can come and enjoy the street shows, purchase trinkets, and souvenirs, or take in the sights and admire the hodgepodge of multicolored houses.

 

• Nyhavn (Copenhagen, Denmark) Virtual Tour Click Here!                                                                      Copenhagen’s picture-perfect port of Nyhavn is iconic. This colorful district was originally a busy commercial port and was once home to renowned fairy-tale author Hans Christensen Anderson. Today, the striking houses—some dating back to 1681—are lined with cafés and restaurants where people can enjoy a nice meal by the waterfront while watching the wooden ships trail through the canal.

 

• Kampung Pelangi (Semarang, Indonesia) Virtual Tour Click Here!                                                                Known as the Rainbow Village, Kampung Pelangi is a recent entrant onto the list of the world’s most colorful cities. In April 2017, the town council decided to paint all 232 houses in the village with at least three different colors each, as part of an attempt to draw more tourists. And it’s not just the houses that are rainbow-colored, everything from the awnings to the fences in this village is bedecked with rainbow hues.

 

• Guanajuato (Mexico) Virtual Tour Click Here!                                                                                                      Mexico has no shortage of colorful cities, but Guanajuato is one of the most charming. A colorful feast for the eyes, the hills around the city center are blanketed with houses in every shade, while the historic center features cobblestone streets and a striking basilica painted in bright yellow and red.

 

• Moscow (Russia) Virtual Tour Click Here!                                                                                                               The fabulous monument of Red Square is St Basil’s Cathedral, whose popping domes are a swirl of candy-cane colours. The colorful memory and picturesque beauty of this monument makes travelers come here for a picture perfect moment and breathe of fresh creativity. Every chapel is different, and the tomb of St Basil is splendid in red and gold

 

• Bergen, (Norway)  https://youtu.be/tGVBcLTTE-w

Although it has a population of over 2.5 million people, Bergen still feels like a quaint mountain town. One of the best things to see in Bergen is the famous Bryggen, the colourful houses in Bergen. These buildings are great for an Instagram snap or for those wanting to check out the infamous Bryggen sites with your own eyes. That is, ff you haven’t already stumbled upon the old wooden buildings by accident while strolling around the harbour.

 

Acknoledgements: >>>>Special Thanks to the readers and ardent Followers at Instagram page, who contributed and helped build the content to this article and our research – Akshata Karnavat (for sending a picture of her travel to Cinque Terre which we helped to design in 2018) ,  Samit Hirawat (Suggesting “bergen” to be included or we might have missed it) and Sneha Dhadda (For suggesting our cover image for this article itself).

>>>>Happy pride month to my special friends Donald Lemke and Richard Young who had faith in me and held on their cruise booking for 2021. Thank you for the support and faith in me and the cruise industry especially your favorite  – Celebrity Cruises!

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