Top Best Walking Cities 2025, Rome in first place

Rome is the best city in the world discover on foot according to the new ranking drawn up by GuruWalk, the free walking tour platform that puts in contact local guides and travellers eager to learn about a cities in an alternative, slow and sustainable way. The list of 'Top 100 Best Walking Cities' rewards the destinations that best they lend themselves to being visited on foot, combining beauty architecture, livability, variety of itineraries and heritage cultural. The Capital was awarded precisely for its variety of walking routes and for the concentration of its heritage cultural. The Eternal City remains an essential destination for travellers fascinated by ancient history: from the Colosseum to Pantheon, up to the baroque squares that make Rome a museum open sky to explore thoroughly, step by step. At the second there is Budapest: walking through its streets allows you to discover the two souls of the Hungarian city and its majestic imperial architecture, with the Parliament, the Bastion of the Fishermen and the famous spa, among the most beautiful places to visit on foot. Madrid takes third place with its combination of art, parks and nightlife. Prague follows, with its iconic medieval beauty, and Barcelona, ​​a lively and rich city of nuances between Mediterranean culture, colorful markets and the relaxing seafront. Sixth in the ranking, Lisbon seduces the visitors with its hills, cobbled streets and landmarks spectacular panoramic views. London is seventh with iconic places such as Buckingham Palace, Camden Town and Soho, ideal for exploring on foot calmly. Florence is in eighth: the cradle of the The Renaissance is best visited on foot, strolling among treasures such as the Uffizi Gallery, the magnificent dome of the Duomo and the historic squares that evoke the golden age of Italy. At ninth place goes to Amsterdam with its canals, bridges and museums world-famous, followed by Berlin, where a walk from the Brandenburg Gate in Kreuzberg offers a perfect view of its diversity. According to GuruWalk, exploring a city on foot is the best way intimate to get in touch with its history, architecture and the people. Free tours offer thematic itineraries - from walks in emerging neighborhoods to gastronomic circuits up to the classic walks in the historic centers - which immerse travellers in local life. The growing interest in walking tours is linked to the desire to Authenticity and interaction: walking with a local guide means discovering unpublished stories, asking questions, observing small details that are often overlooked. Furthermore, the model promotes the meeting between people of different cultures. According to the Global platform Spain is the country with the most awarded cities - 25 locations - in the list of the best cities to discover on foot this year; Italy follows with 8 cities (Rome, Florence, Venice, Milan, Naples, Catania, Bologna and Verona) and France with 5 locations. Of the cities included in the ranking, 36 are capitals and of these 27 are located in Europe and 9 between Asia, North and South America. Among the non-European capitals are Cities of Mexico ranked 35th, Tokyo ranked 36th, Hanoi ranked 39th, Buenos Aires is 45th. Santiago, Chile is 48th in ranking, Lima 53rd, Bogotá 62nd and Kuala Lumpur 82nd.