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Towns Across the Rainbow: Beyond Painting the Town Red


There’s something exotic about beautiful pastel colors set among a backdrop of far flung vacations.  You probably have some snapshots in your own vacation memories albums.  What follows is a collection of fantastic colorfully painted homes and businesses that give each of these locations a dramatic feel.

1. Bo-Kaap, Cape Town, South Africa

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2. Jodhpur, India

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3. Punda, Willemstad, Curaçao

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4. St. John’s, Newfoundland

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5. San Francisco, CA

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6. Pelourinho, Salvador, Brazil

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7. Stockholm, Sweden

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8. Buenos Aires, Argentina

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9. Guanajuato, Mexico

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10. Wroclaw, Poland

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11. Valparaiso, Chile

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12. Nyhavn, Copenhagen, Denmark

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13. Bryggen, Bergen, Norway

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14. Balat, Istanbul, Turkey

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15. Rainbow Row, Charleston, SC

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16. Burano, Venice, Italy

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17. Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Norway

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18. Utrecht, Netherlands

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19. Lima, Peru

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20. Manarola, Italy

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19 Responses to “Towns Across the Rainbow: Beyond Painting the Town Red”

  1. Camila
    November 30, 2010 at 8:56 am #

    Incredible places but the most beautiful is Valparaiso Chile.

    • phil
      January 28, 2011 at 1:37 am #

      many are more beautiful than chile sadly. italy is really something to look at!

  2. Sorana
    December 3, 2010 at 3:03 am #

    They are so beautiful! I can’ believe I’ve seen a few of them and there are more, for e.g. Strasbourg (France) or Sibiu (Romania)…and more :)

  3. Will
    December 10, 2010 at 1:14 pm #

    Better than all of these, and it’s in wales!

    http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3075/3150511700_ceac89f727_o.jpg

  4. web hosting
    December 11, 2010 at 5:11 am #

    Incredible places,good for visitors

  5. Vera
    January 27, 2011 at 1:42 am #

    Check out Haiti’s Cap Haitien . . . very colorful

  6. Kim
    January 28, 2011 at 8:56 am #

    Colourfu cities and towns are soooo cute :)

  7. ctf
    January 29, 2011 at 3:04 pm #

    I love the last one! It’s amazing!

  8. Almekhlafi Abdulsalam
    February 12, 2011 at 1:04 pm #

    very good style
    this colors full of life

    thankyou

  9. Luther
    March 10, 2011 at 6:34 pm #

    I park in that exact street almost everyday-amazing!

    • Luther
      March 10, 2011 at 6:35 pm #

      The cape town pic, obviously…

  10. Rodrigo
    March 18, 2011 at 9:25 pm #

    Check out Cartagena, Colombia

  11. Jack
    March 22, 2011 at 10:18 am #

    Check out Observatory Street in Oxford, UK

  12. Alex Batista
    March 27, 2011 at 1:04 pm #

    You forgot the city of Olinda/Brazil and Recife/Brazil in your collection.

  13. seth
    June 28, 2011 at 6:32 pm #

    These are all beautiful places. Have a look at some of the areas in Old San Juan Puerto Rico, fits well with this post.

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