Budapest, Hungary. Readers' Choice Awards 2015 Overall Rating is 86.090. With some of the best Art Nouveau architecture in Europe, scenic Budapest has no bad angles.

Vienna, Austria. Readers' Choice Awards 2015 Overall Rating is 86.020. Artistic, exquisite, and largely shaped by its musical and intellectual foundations, Austria’s capital and largest city is packed with culture.

Sydney, Australia. Readers' Choice Awards 2015 Overall Rating is 85.687.

Paris, France. Paris almost needs no introduction. With iconic landmarks, world-class museums, cobblestone streets, charming cafes, historic buildings and its famed Left and Right Banks, the city is firmly established as one of the most beautiful in the world. Readers' Choice Awards 2015 Overall Rating is 85.485.

Rome, Italy. Readers' Choice Awards 2015 Overall Rating is 85.408.

Prague, Czech Republic. Readers' Choice Awards 2015 Overall Rating is 85.309.

Bruges, Belgium. Readers' Choice Awards 2015 Overall Rating is 85.132.

Kyoto, Japan. One of the most well-preserved cities in Japan, Kyoto has approximately 1,600 Buddhist temples, 400 Shinto shrines, and nearly 100 Michelin-starred restaurants. Readers' Choice Awards 2015 Overall Rating is 85.125.

London, England. London is the capital and most populous city of England and the United Kingdom. Readers' Choice Awards 2015 Overall Rating is 84.906.

Jerusalem, Israel. Jerusalem, a city in central Israel west of the Dead Sea, has been a place of pilgrimage and worship for Christians, Jews and Muslims since the biblical era. Readers' Choice Awards 2015 Overall Rating is 84.715.

Salzburg, Austria. Salzburg is the fourth-largest city in Austria and the capital of the federal state of Salzburg. Readers' Choice Awards 2015 Overall Rating is 84.272.

Venice, Italy. Venice, capital of northern Italy’s Veneto region, is built on more than 100 small islands in a marshy lagoon in the Adriatic Sea. Its stone palaces seemingly rise out of the water. There are no cars or roadways, just canals and boats. Readers' Choice Awards 2015 Overall Rating is 84.232.

Barcelona, Spain. Barcelona, the cosmopolitan capital of Spain’s Catalonia region, is defined by quirky art and architecture, imaginative food and vibrant street life. Readers' Choice Awards 2015 Overall Rating is 84.178.

Tokyo, Japan. Tokyo, Japan’s bustling capital, mixes the ultramodern and the traditional, from neon-lit skyscrapers and anime shops to cherry trees and temples. Readers' Choice Awards 2015 Overall Rating is 84.004.

Cape Town, South Africa. Cape Town is a port city on South Africa’s southwest coast, on a peninsula beneath the imposing Table Mountain. Readers' Choice Awards 2015 Overall Rating is 83.806.

Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Amsterdam is the capital city and most populous city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Readers' Choice Awards 2015 Overall Rating is 83.669.

Lucerne, Switzerland. Lucerne, a compact city in central Switzerland, sits amid snowcapped mountains on the north end of Lake Lucerne. Readers' Choice Awards 2015 Overall Rating is 83.148.

Vancouver, a bustling west coast seaport in British Columbia, is among Canada’s densest, most ethnically diverse cities. Readers' Choice Awards 2015 Overall Rating is 82.684.

Edinburgh, Scotland. Hilly Edinburgh, Scotland's capital, has a medieval Old Town and an elegant Georgian New Town, with gardens and neoclassical buildings. Readers' Choice Awards 2015 Overall Rating is 82.512.

Siena, Italy. Siena, a city in Italy’s central Tuscany, is distinguished by its medieval brick buildings. Readers' Choice Awards 2015 Overall Rating is 82.289.

Madrid, Spain. Spain's central capital, is a city of elegant boulevards and expansive, manicured parks such as the Buen Retiro. Readers' Choice Awards 2015 Overall Rating is 82.261.

Quebec City, Canada. Quebec City, Canada. Quebec City is the capital of the Canadian province of Quebec. Readers' Choice Awards 2015 Overall Rating is 81.899.

Victoria, BC, Canada. Victoria, capital of British Columbia, sits on the craggy southern end of Vancouver Island. Readers' Choice Awards 2015 Overall Rating is 81.655.

Singapore, an island city-state off southern Malaysia, is a global financial centre with a tropical climate and multicultural population. Readers' Choice Awards 2015 Overall Rating is 81.550.

Hong Kong is a city, and former British colony, in southeastern China. Readers' Choice Awards 2015 Overall Rating is 81.525.

Dublin, Ireland. Dublin, capital of the Republic of Ireland, is on Ireland's east coast at the mouth of the River Liffey. Readers' Choice Awards 2015 Overall Rating is 81.372.

Shanghai, China. Shanghai is the largest Chinese city by population and the largest city proper by population in the world. Readers' Choice Awards 2015 Overall Rating is 81.304.

Dresden, Germany. Dresden, capital of the eastern German state of Saxony, is distinguished by the celebrated art museums and classic architecture of its reconstructed old town. Readers' Choice Awards 2015 Overall Rating is 81.173.

Stockholm, Sweden. Stockholm is the capital of Sweden and the most populous city in the Nordic region. Readers' Choice Awards 2015 Overall Rating is 81.072.