Spain
Barcelona
A grid of wide boulevards, tight medieval lanes and a seafront, all flat enough that your feet barely notice the kilometres.
2 walks in this city
Cities
Twenty four cities that reward walking
Each city page carries the things you want to know in the first hour: how the transport works, what a normal tip looks like, whether the tap water is fine, and which of our walks start nearby.
Europe
9 cities in Europe
France
Paris
Compact, flat and built for strolling, with river bridges and grand avenues linking almost every major sight.
2 walks in this city
Italy
Rome
A city where ancient ruins sit beside everyday cafes, best explored slowly and on foot, with sturdy shoes for the cobblestones.
1 walk in this city
United Kingdom
London
Sprawling but walkable in patches, with parks, the Thames and distinct village-like neighbourhoods to link on foot.
2 walks in this city
Portugal
Lisbon
Built on seven hills above the Tagus, a city of steep lanes, tiled facades and views that reward the climb.
3 walks in this city
Czechia
Prague
A fairy-tale skyline over cobbled lanes and a castle hill, compact enough to explore almost entirely on foot.
1 walk in this city
Austria
Vienna
Grand, orderly and easy on the feet, with wide boulevards, quiet courtyards and a ring road that ties the centre together.
1 walk in this city
Netherlands
Amsterdam
A flat, canal-lined city built at a human scale, easy to wander if you stay alert to the bicycles.
2 walks in this city
Turkey
Istanbul
A city split across two continents, with steep hills, ferries and layers of history stacked into every street.
1 walk in this city
North America
5 cities in North America
United States
New York
A grid-planned city built for walking in bursts, with each borough offering a different pace and texture underfoot.
1 walk in this city
United States
Chicago
A lakeside city of bold architecture and a clean grid, with a long waterfront path that makes for some of the best urban walking in the country.
1 walk in this city
United States
San Francisco
A compact city of steep hills and sudden views, where walking is rewarding but occasionally a real workout.
1 walk in this city
United States
Boston
A historic, human-scaled city where old, winding streets meet a marked trail connecting much of its story on foot.
1 walk in this city
Mexico
Mexico City
A vast, high-altitude capital where individual neighbourhoods reward slow walking even if the city overall is too large to cross on foot.
2 walks in this city
South America
1 city in South America
Argentina
Buenos Aires
A grand, European-flavoured capital with wide avenues, grand parks and neighbourhoods that each feel like their own small city.
1 walk in this city
Asia
5 cities in Asia
Japan
Tokyo
An enormous, meticulously organised city where walking between train stations reveals far more than the trains themselves.
2 walks in this city
Japan
Kyoto
A city of temples, gardens and quiet backstreets, calmer and more compact than Tokyo, and made for unhurried walking.
1 walk in this city
South Korea
Seoul
A modern, hilly capital where palace grounds, riverside paths and dense shopping districts each offer a different kind of walk.
2 walks in this city
Singapore
Singapore
A tidy, green city-state where covered walkways and a reliable transit system make walking comfortable even in tropical heat.
2 walks in this city
Thailand
Bangkok
A sprawling, intense city where walking works in bursts between transit stops, best paired with river boats and covered malls.
1 walk in this city
Africa
2 cities in Africa
Morocco
Marrakech
A walled medina of narrow lanes and open squares, best explored slowly and with a willingness to get pleasantly lost.
1 walk in this city
South Africa
Cape Town
A dramatic setting between mountain and sea, where walking works beautifully in some areas and needs more caution in others.
1 walk in this city
Oceania
2 cities in Oceania
Australia
Sydney
A harbour city built around water, where walking paths hug the coastline and link some of the best views in the city.
1 walk in this city
Australia
Melbourne
A city of laneways and trams, where the best walking often means ducking off the main streets into narrow, art-filled alleys.
1 walk in this city
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