{"id":346084,"date":"2026-02-13T11:14:17","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T16:14:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.sothebysrealty.com\/?p=346084"},"modified":"2026-04-10T10:20:50","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T14:20:50","slug":"which-is-the-worlds-most-romantic-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sothebysrealty.com\/extraordinary-living-blog\/which-is-the-worlds-most-romantic-city\/","title":{"rendered":"Which is the World\u2019s Most Romantic City?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

From a Parisian apartment with a view to a centuries-old Italian palazzo, there are places where romance lingers long after Valentine’s Day, writes Mandi Keighan<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Paris, France<\/a> | Propri\u00e9t\u00e9s Parisiennes Sotheby’s International Realty<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Romance, like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder. Ask any seasoned traveler\u2014or hopeless romantic\u2014about the world\u2019s most enchanting city, and you\u2019ll find yourself swept up in a passionate debate. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Is it the streets of Paris where every boulevard seems to hold the promise of amour<\/em>? The historic corners of London, which whisper of romances past? Or Verona, where tales of the heart were etched into stone centuries before Shakespeare mused on his star-crossed lovers?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Verona, Italy<\/a> | Italy Sotheby\u2019s International Realty<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Few places wear romance as effortlessly as Paris, long mythologised as the city of love. And no coup de foudre<\/em> is complete without a cameo from the Eiffel Tower.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A beautiful light-filled fifth-floor apartment<\/a> on the Champ de Mars offers rarely matched views of the engineering masterpiece from a private and leafy balustraded balcony. The property\u2019s capacious living room opens up to the iconic view, while two bedrooms, bathroom, dressing suite and home office complete the offering. Not to mention dedicated cellar space, an elevator and the building\u2019s traditional Parisian concierge, discreet to the very last.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Knightsbridge, London<\/a> | United Kingdom Sotheby\u2019s International Realty<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Across the Channel, London reveals a different but no less compelling definition of romance. Here, the past is always present, never more so than in Fonteyn House in Knightsbridge<\/a>, the home once owned by the legendary Dame Margot Fonteyn during her years as a prima ballerina at the Royal Ballet and now looking for a new owner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The six-story, 15,000 square foot house is a celebration of a life devoted to beauty and performance. Rooms that once hosted the likes of Princess Margaret, Yves Saint Laurent, Peter Sellers and Rudolf Nureyev now sit alongside contemporary interiors, an expansive private spa and a walled garden. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

There\u2019s a dining room with a Persian Palissandro Bluette marble bar and even a club room with a cinema and cocktail bar for cozy date nights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Verona, Italy<\/a>| Italy Sotheby\u2019s International Realty<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Verona, Italy is the setting to one of the most romantic stories of all time, of course: William Shakespeare\u2019s \u201cRomeo and Juliet.\u201d Yet, long before its titular heroine gazed out from her balcony, this city was perfecting the language of love. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the heart of its historic centre is a palatial residence<\/a> overlooking the storied Piazza delle Erbe that traces its history back to 1300. Set in the prestigious Case Mazzanti, the home boasts 16th-century frescos by master Alberto Cavalli, coffered ceilings, Venetian terrazzo flooring and a wine cellar with its original 14th-century stone floor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, which of the three is the most romantic city? Each offers its own distinctive note in the grand symphony of love. The true magic lies in discovering the one that sets the scene for your own story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/a><\/a>Which is the world\u2019s most fashionable city? A seasoned style editor weighs in<\/em><\/a><\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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From a Parisian apartment with a view to a centuries-old Italian palazzo, there are places where romance lingers long after Valentine’s Day, writes Mandi Keighan Paris, France | Propri\u00e9t\u00e9s Parisiennes Sotheby’s International Realty Romance, like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder. Ask any seasoned traveler\u2014or hopeless romantic\u2014about the world\u2019s most enchanting city, and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":232770377,"featured_media":346094,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1393,1399,1398],"tags":[1441,1453,1505],"class_list":["post-346084","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-art-and-culture","category-home-and-design","category-featured","tag-france","tag-italy","tag-united-kingdom"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.sothebysrealty.com\/extraordinary-living-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/DSC01703-HDR.jpg","jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pf4gbL-1s20","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sothebysrealty.com\/extraordinary-living-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/346084","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sothebysrealty.com\/extraordinary-living-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sothebysrealty.com\/extraordinary-living-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sothebysrealty.com\/extraordinary-living-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/232770377"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sothebysrealty.com\/extraordinary-living-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=346084"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.sothebysrealty.com\/extraordinary-living-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/346084\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":346516,"href":"https:\/\/www.sothebysrealty.com\/extraordinary-living-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/346084\/revisions\/346516"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sothebysrealty.com\/extraordinary-living-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/346094"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sothebysrealty.com\/extraordinary-living-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=346084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sothebysrealty.com\/extraordinary-living-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=346084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sothebysrealty.com\/extraordinary-living-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=346084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}