Latin America.

Latin America34.60° S 58.38° W

Buenos Aires

Argentina

Jacaranda purple in spring, late dinners, and forty-eight barrios to argue about.

Latin America20.66° N 103.35° W

Guadalajara

Mexico

Jacaranda streets, old courtyards, and evenings that start late.

Latin America14.56° N 90.73° W

Antigua Guatemala

Guatemala

A tight grid in a green valley, with mountains standing over three sides.

Latin America25.28° S 57.63° W

Asunción

Paraguay

A wide river bend, a bay below the old centre, and long avenues running inland.

Latin America17.30° N 62.73° W

Basseterre

Saint Kitts and Nevis

A small grid on a sheltered bay, with green slopes climbing behind.

Latin America19.92° S 43.93° W

Belo Horizonte

Brazil

A planned grid cut by diagonals, ringed by hills, with a lake to the north.

Latin America4.65° N 74.08° W

Bogotá

Colombia

A high flat plain, a long grid, and green mountains standing along the east.

Latin America15.80° S 47.89° W

Brasília

Brazil

Two long wings of housing, a monumental axis, and a lake wrapped round both.

Latin America13.11° N 59.60° W

Bridgetown

Barbados

A narrow inlet through the middle, a curving bay, and low ground behind.

Latin America10.51° N 66.91° W

Caracas

Venezuela

A long valley, a wall of mountain to the north, and hillsides covered in houses.

Latin America10.43° N 75.54° W

Cartagena

Colombia

Thick walls round the old town, a bay of islands, and long sandbar beaches.

Latin America14.01° N 60.99° W

Castries

Saint Lucia

A small grid on reclaimed ground, a deep harbour, and steep hills all round.

Latin America25.43° S 49.27° W

Curitiba

Brazil

A high flat plateau, long straight avenues, and tall pines at the edge of town.

Latin America27.60° S 48.55° W

Florianópolis

Brazil

An island and a strip of mainland, bridges between, and beaches all round.

Latin America3.72° S 38.54° W

Fortaleza

Brazil

A long beach road, a grid running back from the sand, and dunes along the coast.

Latin America6.80° N 58.16° W

Georgetown

Guyana

A flat grid at a river mouth, canals down the avenues, and the sea along the top.

Latin America14.63° N 90.51° W

Guatemala City

Guatemala

A high valley floor cut by deep ravines, and mountains on the skyline.

Latin America23.11° N 82.37° W

Havana

Cuba

A long sea road, a narrow-mouthed harbour, and a grid running back from shore.

Latin America17.97° N 76.79° W

Kingston

Jamaica

A long sand spit, a deep natural harbour, and hills rising behind the town.

Latin America12.05° S 77.04° W

Lima

Peru

Cliffs over the Pacific, a dry river valley, and a long grid spreading inland.

Latin America12.15° N 86.27° W

Managua

Nicaragua

A long lakeshore, crater lagoons inside the city, and low hills to the south.

Latin America3.13° S 59.98° W

Manaus

Brazil

A huge river along the front, creeks cutting through town, and forest all round.

Latin America10.65° N 71.64° W

Maracaibo

Venezuela

A strait between a huge lake and the gulf, a long bridge, and flat dry ground.

Latin America18.07° N 63.08° W

Marigot

Saint Martin

A harbour town between a bay and a salt pond, with a fort on the hill.

Latin America6.24° N 75.58° W

Medellín

Colombia

A long narrow valley, a river down the middle, and houses climbing both sides.

Latin America20.97° N 89.62° W

Mérida

Mexico

Flat ground to every horizon, a grid of narrow streets, and old plazas between.

Latin America34.90° S 56.16° W

Montevideo

Uruguay

An old town on a point, a wide estuary, and a waterfront avenue for miles.

Latin America5.79° S 35.21° W

Natal

Brazil

A wide river mouth, a long beach road, and high dunes along the coast.

Latin America12.52° N 70.04° W

Oranjestad

Aruba

A sheltered shore, reef islets offshore, and a low town along the harbour.

Latin America8.98° N 79.52° W

Panama City

Panama

A curving bay, an old town on its own point, and the canal opening to the west.

Latin America19.04° N 98.21° W

Puebla

Mexico

A long colonial grid on a wide plain, with big mountains on the skyline.

Latin America0.22° S 78.51° W

Quito

Ecuador

A long thin city along a volcano's flank, with ravines dropping to the east.

Latin America8.05° S 34.88° W

Recife

Brazil

Rivers meeting at the sea, bridges between islands, and a reef offshore.

Latin America22.91° S 43.21° W

Rio de Janeiro

Brazil

Steep peaks between the beaches, a huge bay, and forest down to the streets.

Latin America15.31° N 61.38° W

Roseau

Dominica

A river mouth on the lee shore, steep green hills, and a short grid between.

Latin America12.98° S 38.50° W

Salvador

Brazil

A steep escarpment, an upper town and a lower town, and a wide bay below.

Latin America9.93° N 84.09° W

San José, Costa Rica

Costa Rica

A valley floor ringed by green mountains, with a tight grid in the middle.

Latin America18.47° N 66.11° W

San Juan

Puerto Rico

Fort walls on a narrow island, a wide bay behind, and the open Atlantic in front.

Latin America22.41° N 79.96° W

Santa Clara

Cuba

A central square, a loose grid of low streets, and a lone hill at the edge.

Latin America17.78° S 63.18° W

Santa Cruz

Bolivia

Ring roads in circles, a flat plain, and a river along the western edge.

Latin America33.45° S 70.67° W

Santiago

Chile

A grid on the valley floor, a river to the north, and the Andes like a wall.

Latin America18.47° N 69.89° W

Santo Domingo

Dominican Republic

A river mouth, the old colonial grid on its bank, and a long sea road west.

Latin America23.55° S 46.63° W

São Paulo

Brazil

Towers to every horizon, two rivers along the edges, and hills rolling between.

Latin America14.11° N 87.20° W

Tegucigalpa

Honduras

A bowl of mountains, a river between two towns, and streets clinging to slopes.

Latin America32.51° N 117.04° W

Tijuana

Mexico

Canyons and mesas, a straight river channel, and a fence running to the sea.

Latin America54.80° S 68.30° W

Ushuaia

Argentina

A channel shore, steep mountains behind, and streets stepping up the slope.

Latin America12.11° N 68.94° W

Willemstad

Curaçao

A narrow channel through the middle, a big inland bay, and quarters on both banks.

Latin America17.50° N 88.20° W

Belize City

Belize

A creek through the middle, low flat ground, and open sea along the front.

Latin America18.03° N 63.05° W

Philipsburg

Sint Maarten

A thin strip of town between a bay and a salt pond, two streets deep.

Latin America10.65° N 61.50° W

Port of Spain

Trinidad and Tobago

A flat grid on the gulf shore, a huge open park, and forested hills behind.

Latin America12.05° N 61.75° W

St. George's

Grenada

A horseshoe harbour, steep streets, and houses climbing the old crater.

Latin America21.80° N 79.98° W

Trinidad, Cuba

Cuba

Old streets around a plaza, green hills behind, and the sea to the south.