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Eye candy: the 34 prettiest places to catch a plane to

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Burano, Venice, Italy: Populated with eye-popping abodes and some of the best lace-makers in the biz, this locale beats with a true arty heart.

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Burano, Venice, Italy

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Bo-Kaap, Cape Town, South Africa: Cobblestoned streets and colour-saturated houses are on form in this multi-cultural neighbourhood of Cape Town.

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Brighton Beach, Melbourne, Australia: The pretty pigmented beach huts on Brighton Melbourne are as iconic as the beach itself.

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Chefchaouen, Morocco: This denim-washed mountain village in Morocco rocks the Kasbah in all the right ways.

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Chefchaouen, Morocco

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Agueda, Portugal: The Agueda umbrella installation floats up every July and it’s the real deal rainbow.

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Cinque Terre, Italy: The Cinque Terre is Italy’s answer to France’s Cote d’Azur – sun, sea and amazingly coloured villages. Vermazza and Manarola are the standouts.

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Cinque Terre, Italy

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Copenhagen, Denmark: Waterfront Nyhavn in cool kid Copenhagen is chock full of bars, cafes and restaurants; pretty on the outside, entertaining on the inside.

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Copenhagen, Denmark

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Guanajuato, Mexico: Guanajuato in central Mexico is the spiced up side of a colourful life.

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Havana, Cuba: Paint by numbers colourful architecture and rockin’ good times are found in downtown Havana.

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Hirosaki Castle, Japan: Japanese cherry blossoms in full bloom. Enough said.

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Istanbul, Turkey: Turkey’s largest city gives excellent tourist trappings via colourful streets and bazaar bargaining.

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Jodhpur, India: This sky blue town in India plays a soothing tonal hand.

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Keukenhof Park, Netherlands: This tulip park in Holland is stacked with fragrance, eye candy, and a windmill - it’s the travel trifecta.

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Las Palmitas, Mexico: In 2015 a crew of artists turned this low-income ‘hood into a mural of multiple hues, proving everything is better in colour.

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Lisbon, Portugal: Vibrant not only on the street front, but also from the cultural stance – the Portugese capital has serious historical edge.

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Longyearbyen, Norway: Painted A-frames make the world’s northern-most town a picturesque addition to the kaleidoscope tour itinerary.

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Muizenberg Beach, South Africa: Primary colours in a beach hut make this the ideal shoreline vista.

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Notting Hill, London, UK: Made famous by the movie, this London postcode boasts pastel-hued housing and A-list star sightings.

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Old San Juan, Puerto Rico: Old San Juan slays it in the colour code arena.

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Pelourinho, Salvador da Bahia, Brazil: UNESCO has preserved this pastel pretty in all its glory for a reason.

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Poznań, Poland: A renaissance town showcasing flawless old time architecture in tinted picture-perfection.

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Procida, Italy: A paintbox of pastel hues makes this seaside town give new visual meaning to holiday posts.

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Provence, France: The lavender fields in Provence are a bucket list must-see. So pretty it hurts.

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Rovinj, Croatia: The star attraction on the Istrian peninsula, Rovinj was modelled on Venice, making it a retail mecca of Venetian masks surrounded by sparkling Adriatic Sea.

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San Franciso, California: San Francisco’s multi-coloured musings give the Golden Gate city a photo finish.

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Santorini, Greece: Fresh blue and white is the perfect palette for stunning Santorini in the idyllic Greek Islands.

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Selangor, Malaysia: This is how Malaysia does the festive season. Worth the electricity bill.

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Trondheim, Norway: Houses on stilts have the buzz factor. Trondheim takes it up a notch with its multiple colourways.

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Valparaiso, Chile: Vivid Valparaiso is one seaport no captain will need navigation tools to find.

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Willemstad, Curacao: Take note: this is the sublime result when a town colour coordinates.

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Menton, Cote d’Azur, France: A natural beauty on the edge of the French Riviera, Menton is the last word in seaside chic.

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St. John, Newfoundland, Canada: The capital of Newfoundland is all kinds of small-town multi-hued coastal charm.

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La Boca, Buenos Aires, Argentina: La Boca flies the European flag in this little pocket of cosmopolitan Buenos Aires, complete with vibrantly coloured buildings reminiscent of the old world.

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What's a vacay snap without a banging backdrop?

Amazing visual effects can make or break it on the silver screen and the same can be said for holiday destinations IRL. From jaw-dropping gelato-coloured villages to colour-coded flower fields and tone-on-tone towns, these are the 34 best-looking locations to collect your next "I've been to..." swag from.

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