10 best walkable cities in Asia

Cities where a car is a liability. Coffee, work, dinner, all on foot.

Ranked by climate, cost of living, language access, safety, and lifestyle fit. Personalize this →

#1
Taipei, Taiwan
100
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Night markets, world's best dumplings, Asia's most LGBTQ-friendly capital, and a hot springs ride from downtown.
#2
Singapore, Singapore
100
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Global hub, garden city, hawker centers. Hot, humid, expensive, and runs like clockwork.
#3
Hanoi, Vietnam
100
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Old Quarter alleys, lakes in the middle of the city, and the most painterly winter in Southeast Asia.
#4
Hong Kong, Hong Kong
100
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Vertical city where finance towers back onto hiking trails. Dim sum, Star Ferry, and the densest skyline on earth.
#5
Hoi An, Vietnam
100
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Lantern-lit Vietnamese trading port, frozen in time. Tailors, banh mi stalls, an ocean ten minutes away.
#6
Pondicherry, India
100
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Former French colony on the Bay of Bengal. Yellow-walled lanes, croissants, an ashram in town.
#7
Seoul, South Korea
78
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Neon, K-pop, mountains right there, and the fastest internet on the planet.
#8
Tokyo, Japan
77
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Hyper-organized megacity that somehow feels intimate, neighborhood by neighborhood.
#9
Kyoto, Japan
75
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Old capital. Bamboo groves, raked-gravel gardens, and a thousand temples to wander.
#10
Osaka, Japan
75
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Japan's kitchen. Louder, funnier, and cheaper than Tokyo — locals say with a wink.

Taipei, Taiwan