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City guides · worldwide

At the heart of the city.

Agoras is an index of cities around the world. Each guide starts in the main square and covers where to stay, what to do and how to get around.

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The square in front of Notre-Dame seen from above, with a long line of visitors and the Seine behind.
FranceParisParis is a city of wide boulevards, river quays and small neighbourhoods with their own markets and cafés.
The empty cobbled Pariser Platz at dusk, with the Brandenburg Gate at the far end and the street lamps lit.
GermanyBerlinBerlin is a large, green capital where recent history is everywhere you look, from the line of the Wall to the restored domes of Museum Island.
The New Town Hall on Marienplatz, with its tall clock tower, under a clear blue sky.
GermanyMunichMunich is the capital of Bavaria, a wealthy and orderly city with the Alps on the horizon.
Palazzo Vecchio and the arches of the Loggia dei Lanzi on a quiet, cloudy day.
ItalyFlorenceFlorence is a compact city on the Arno where the Renaissance began.
The white marble cathedral and the arch of the Galleria on a cloudy day, with people crossing the square.
ItalyMilanMilan is Italy's city of business, fashion and design, more modern than Rome or Florence.
Piazza Navona on a sunny day, with ochre and pink houses, a fountain and the obelisk at the far end.
ItalyRomeRome is a city where ancient ruins, Renaissance churches and everyday street life share the same streets.
St Mark's Square at dusk with the bell tower, the basilica and lit arcades.
ItalyVeniceVenice is a city of canals and islands in a lagoon, with no cars and no roads.
Dam Square seen from the roof of the Nieuwe Kerk, with the National Monument and people crossing the square.
NetherlandsAmsterdamAmsterdam is a city of canals, narrow brick houses and bicycles, with a compact centre you can explore on foot.
One of the tall red lamps on Schouwburgplein, with trees and blocks of flats behind it.
NetherlandsRotterdamRotterdam lost its old centre in 1940 and rebuilt it as a testing ground for modern architecture.
Fountain with stone statues on Plaça de Catalunya, with old office buildings behind on a sunny day.
SpainBarcelonaBarcelona is a Mediterranean port city with a medieval old town, wide 19th-century avenues and city beaches.
Puerta del Sol on a sunny day, with people crossing the square below the old post office clock tower.
SpainMadridMadrid is a lively capital on a high plateau, where people eat late and the squares fill up in the evening.
The carved town hall and tall old houses around an empty, cobbled square in early morning light.
SpainSevilleSeville is the warm, unhurried capital of Andalusia, on the Guadalquivir river.
The square seen from above, with its round fountain, café tables and people walking across.
SpainValenciaValencia is a Mediterranean city with an old town, long sandy beaches and the futuristic City of Arts and Sciences.
A fountain on Trafalgar Square in sunshine, with the National Gallery and St Martin-in-the-Fields behind.
United KingdomLondonLondon is a big, varied capital on the Thames, where royal palaces and medieval churches stand next to glass towers.

Countries

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