45 Most Colorful Cities Around The World You'll Want To Visit

37. Curaçao’s Pietermaai District: Art Deco Reborn in Technicolor

While Willemstad gets the postcard, Pietermaai gets the soul. This once-neglected district of Curaçao has undergone a vibrant revival—its colonial buildings now restored in neon corals, electric aquas, and mango yellows. Artists and musicians moved in, followed by boutique hotels and jazz cafés that thrum with life after dark. What makes Pietermaai special isn’t just the paint—it’s the defiance behind it. Color became a way to reclaim space, to preserve heritage without freezing it in time. Sip rum in a fuchsia alleyway, dance in an indigo courtyard. Here, joy is architecture.