Madrid is not washed by the sea and was not built by a worthy river, but with so many beautiful parks, it will give odds to many world capitals. An elegant glass pavilion was built in Retiro Park (Parque del Retiro) (architect Ricardo Velazquez Bosco actually copied his creation from London's Cryst...
Lisbon is a city on seven hills, but much more prominent than, say, Kyiv. The famous Lisbon parallelepiped-shaped trams are not like that for beauty, but because otherwise the city hills cannot be overcome.