The World's Most Colorful Destinations (PHOTOS)

Marvin Gaye sung 'The world is just a great big onion'.

We say peel away the layers and stand and admire the color clash. For tropical flavor with more citrus overtones than Miuccia Prada's fruit bowl-chic spring/summer collection, we've collected together our favorite kaleidoscopic destinations to re-engage the retina.

Dare not to shield your eyes; stand and admire.

 

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Balat, Istanbul, Turkey

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Color on color in the beguiling backstreets of Balat. Grab you camera, head to Turkey and see what we mean.

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Color on color in the beguiling backstreets of Balat. Grab you camera, head to Turkey and see what we mean.

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[mizanthropia]

05:57 PM on 03/12/2011

Charleston, South Carolina's Rainbow Row: http://www.charlestonlowcountry.com/about/rainbowrowphoto.html

[cincinnati]

04:35 PM on 03/12/2011

Cincinnati has very similar view's to that shown for Montreal.....lot's of little
neighborhood's on the hill's or between them.....Victorian and other
unique homes....

in truth, as many comment here, they could have included
so many more.....and/or more and better pictures...

[Candide33]

07:33 AM on 03/12/2011

Woot! My home town of New Orleans was in there twice! :) The people are pretty colorful too.

[Marc Furstenberg]

04:08 PM on 03/11/2011

Campeche, Mexico.

[extreme eugene]

10:43 AM on 03/11/2011

The gingerbread cottages in Oak Bluff's, Martha's Vineyard.

[smallberries]

07:42 AM on 03/11/2011

No Brooklyn?

[European1919]

06:09 AM on 03/11/2011

KEWL!

[3Nox]

02:38 AM on 03/11/2011

They should have used a different picture of Antigua!

[socialtalker]

09:34 PM on 03/10/2011

here in southeasten michigan, they build in the suburbs and downtown area all of these townhouses that are connected together and they all look alike, the same color for the whole complex of condos and townhouses. these looks so much more full of life.

[de-meme-ing]

08:54 PM on 03/10/2011

Cape May, New Jersey.

Stunning, colorful Victorians, with beautiful English gardens, and wrought iron fences.

[Beans22]

07:47 PM on 03/10/2011

Bo-Kaap, not a place for a hangover.

[JDJones72]

06:28 PM on 03/10/2011

Charleston, SC? There's a reason why the homes along East Bay Street are referred to as Rainbow Row.

[luziannagirl]

10:28 AM on 03/11/2011

Yes, being from coastal LA I too wondered why Charleston was not on the list. Or Savannah. Maybe because the colorful part is not nearly as extensive as that of New Orleans, and they figured they were two kind of similar places? Or maybe....too tasteful, and they were looking for quirky/gaudy.

[hottingers]

05:31 PM on 03/10/2011

Bermuda

[stoneturtle]

12:19 PM on 03/11/2011

Agreed!!! as an American of Bermudian decent it would of been good to see the pastel colors of the entire island(s) included on this list...

[ArkenV]

04:54 PM on 03/10/2011

How can you write this list and exclude Curacao? Just look up Willemstad, Curacao and you'll know what you're missing! The buildings are constructed in the traditional Amsterdam architecture shocked with pastel Caribbean paints.

[stoneturtle]

12:21 PM on 03/11/2011

Also agreed...my wife and I visited Curacao last summer and the colors of Willemstad were off the charts

[Absolon]

02:29 AM on 03/12/2011

Yeah, I thoroughly expected to see the inner city harbour at Willemstad on this list. It's a world heritage site and is exquisite. Bonaire is an extremely colorful island, too.

[Tom Fennell]

04:39 PM on 03/10/2011

St. Petersburg, Russia left off? Boo!

[Absolon]

02:30 AM on 03/12/2011

Good point.