Where the list goes

25 cities

90 houses between them. Each city is here because at least one house in it is worth the journey on its own.

India

Palaces, lakes, an estate in the hills

UdaipurThe city that floats10 houses JaipurThe heavens, given a floor plan6 houses JodhpurThe blue city under the fort3 houses Delhi NCREight cities stacked on one plain5 houses MumbaiSeven islands that refused to stay separate2 houses GoaFour hundred and fifty years of somewhere else2 houses CoorgThe coffee cup of India3 houses BengaluruA garden that took up engineering2 houses HyderabadThe city the diamonds paid for2 houses

The Gulf & the Ocean

Gardens by the sea, an island of one's own

DubaiA city that decided to exist14 houses Abu DhabiA capital with the Empty Quarter behind it4 houses MaldivesWhere one blue becomes another2 houses

South-east Asia

A river, a plantation, a harbour

BangkokA capital that started over3 houses PhuketLoud in the middle, silent at both ends9 houses Hong KongA city with nowhere to go but up2 houses SingaporeA trading post that became a nation7 houses

Europe

Timeless cities, extraordinary journeys

VeniceA city with no ground under it4 houses Lake ComoDeep water with the Alps standing in it2 houses LondonA city built on tidal water1 house ParisA city arranged in one long spiral1 house