There’s something so heartwarming about brightly coloured houses, especially en masse. Here are 10 cities that have embraced an awe-inspiring array of colours
10 cities with the most colourful houses
- Willemstad, Curacao
- Trinidad, Cuba
- Pelourinho, Brazil
- La Boca, Buenos Aires
- Juzcar, Spain
- Burano, Italy
- Bo Kaap, South Africa
- St Johns, Canada
- Jodhpur, India
- Charleston, America
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Willemstad in Curacao is a Dutch colonial trading settlement with a UNESCO World Heritage designation. Photo by Getty Images via travelandleisure.com.
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This UNESCO World Heritage site in Trinidad, Cuba was mostly built through money made by the slave trade. Its buildings reflect the environment with ocean blue, sunshine yellow and sugarcane green. Photo by Getty Images via travelandleisure.com.
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This colourful neighbourhood was home to the first slave market in Brazil. The city of Pelourinho in Slavador was labelled a UNESCO WOrld Heritage site in 1985 and is on a path t being as vibrant as its colourful houses. Photo by Getty Images via travelandleisure.com.
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In La Boca, Buenos Aires, Argentina, these houses were built with scraps from local shipyards that were then painted in fantastical colours. Photo by Getty Images via travelandleisure.com.
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If this colour reminds you of The Smurf, then it's done its job. That's because this Spanish town was painted completely blue as a publicity stunt for the movie 'The Smurfs 3D'. Residents of Júzcar opted to keep their town blue after a boost in tourist numbers.
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In Burano, Italy, these breathtakingly pretty homes were painted so fisherman could spot their homes from the sea. Photo by Getty Images via travelandleisure.com.
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A dazzling row of rainbow-bright homes in Cape Town, South Africa. Photo by Getty Images via travelandleisure.com.
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The primary colours of these row houses in St John's Newfoundland in Canada began appearing in the seventies to revive the urban centre. Photo by Getty Images via travelandleisure.com.
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The 'Blue City' in India's Jodphur is a nod to India's caste system when the upper classes would paint their homes in royal blue - and the trend caught on. Photo by Getty Images via travelandleisure.com.
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In America, these pastel-hued row houses in Charleston, South Carolina are called Rainbow Row. Built in 1700 these homes survived the Civil War and folklore suggests they were so coloured to help people identify their homes after a few drinks. Photo Getty Images via travelandleisure.com.
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