Hello!
A couple of weeks ago, Tricia from Travels Through My Lens posted this Photo article about stairs throughout her travels. I’ve enjoyed following her content as an expat in France (and in Normandy, where I used to live!), and I was inspired to show some of my favorite staircases I’ve photographed on my trips around the world. Here are my Top 10– enjoy! 🙂
Paris, France (March 2017)
Rue Foyatier on a gloomy day in Montmartre (222 steps)
Chefchaouen, Morocco (May 2017)
Kyoto, Japan (June 2016)
Istanbul, Turkey (June 2019)
Pride at the Rainbow Stairs
Los Angeles, California (July 2022)
Sweating at the Culver City Stairs (282 steps)
Jiufen, Taiwan (December 2014)
Lots of stairs, lots of people!
Salamanca, Spain (June 2019)
Incredible details under the Soto Staircase at the Convento de San Esteban
Sacred Valley of the Incas, Peru (July 2018)
Technically, these are irrigation terraces, but large steps nevertheless!
Bucharest, Romania (February 2019)
Uniquely-textured marble staircase inside the Romanian Athenaeum
Huangshan, China (July 2011)
Climbing up (and up) to the summit!
What have been your favorite staircases you’ve encountered on your travels? Let me know! Have a wonderful day, folks. 🙂
— Rebecca
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I’m so glad you enjoyed my post and that it sparked some inspiration! I love your stairways; particularly the one in Paris. 😊
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Yes, thank you for publishing yours in the first place!
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Wonderful pics…for me the most lovely stairs are the ones which get me home 🙂
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That sounds beautiful! Thanks for sharing. 🙂
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So many steps, it’s a long way to the top.
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Yes! Very exhausting, but very rewarding!
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An enviable list. Thanks for sharing!
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Thanks for reading!
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I am impressed with how unique and interesting each of the stairs are in their environment. Thank you for sharing these beautiful photos!
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I really appreciate it! Stairs vary in all shapes, sizes, and designs, but they’re stunning all the same!
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What a nice collection of photos, especially the one of the blue stairs! Whenever I’m in Santa Barbara, I enjoy seeing the beautiful staircases with Spanish tiles.
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Ah, I totally forgot about the steps in SB! Yes, they are gorgeous, too! California has a lot of great stairs to check out. 😊
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Beautiful pictures! I also love taking pics of stairs, especially on small alleys, when I travel!
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Yes, stairs in narrow alleys are charming, too! Europe especially has a lot of them. Thanks for reading!
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A fine selection of global stairways, Rebecca. You have also reminded me that I’d love to go back to Morocco and maybe spend a month living in Chefchaouen. Drink in all of that lovely blueness. I really should do a few of these challenges myself sometime, we tackled an incredible staircase just the other day in Batumi Botanical Garden. Good piece.
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Thanks, Leighton! Chefchaouen is a lovely little city, and you could definitely spend a couple of weeks wandering all of the winding, blue streets in the medina. Never been to the Batumi Botanical Garden, but that sounds enjoyable (and I imagine beautiful)!
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Wonderful post!am glad I found it 😍
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You are the descendant (ascendent?) of many stairs!
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Haha, of course I am! 😉 I appreciate the pun, Rebecca!
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A great collection. There is beauty in everyday life. In this case, we just need to look up. Thanks for sharing.
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Look up, walk up! Thanks for reading.
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Love the blue stairs from Morroco.
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Yes, I love it! 💙
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These are such beautiful photos, Rebecca! I especially love the stairs from Chefchaouen’s ancient medina which are painted in a palette of mesmerizing blue hues. Thanks for sharing and have a good weekend 🙂 Aiva xx
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Many bloggers like Chefchaouen’s, too! All shades of blue, from periwinkle to cerulean to sapphire…the options are limitless! Thanks for reading!
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Beautiful collection of steps photo’s. I especially like the blue steps 😍
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Thank you! Yes, many bloggers have said the same about Chefchaouen’s steps! 💙
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a great selection Rebecca! in particular the Romanian Athaneaum…
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Absolutely! It’s certainly “a step above” from the others. 😉
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Awesome collection of stair pictures! I just don’t want to be climbing any at this moment!
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Haha, same (i.e. I’m tired after a long day of work)! 😆
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What a great idea and nice photos! I find climbing stairs (indoor and outdoors) a fulfilling workout my body and mind needs.
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Definitely! I do my best to get my steps in every day while climbing up and down the staircase at work. A convenient workout, for sure!
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These stairs brought back memories of visit there. Kyoto was such an incredible site we saw.
Thanks for sharing this.
Anita
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Kyoto’s is a beauty! I’m glad you had a fun time there. 🙂
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Nice! I especially like the Kyoto one.
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It’s a good one! Thanks for stopping by. 🙂
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It’s just stairs…..
The stairs 🫢💗🌈
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I often take pictures of doors and windows, now I’ll be on the lookout for stairs!
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Yes, I photograph doors and windows as well (and I wrote a post about my favorite doors a while back). Time to “step it up” with some stair photography! 😉
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😂😂😂
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This is a great collection! Chefchaoen will be my next post (last in a Moroccan series). Many of these stairs look familiar, like Montmartre and Kyoto, but I probably haven’t seen those exact ones.
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Can’t wait to read about Chefchaouen! Those stairs in Montmartre and Kyoto are pretty famous, so I’m sure you’ve at least chanced upon them!
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I didn’t take many notes on that visit, so I’ll be recreating it from memory, but plenty of photos. But it’s all about the blue maze of streets, as you know.
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Morocco and Peru are my favorites! I wouldn’t mind taking the stairs when the scenery around is so beautiful.
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Exactly! What better way to see the city than with stairs? Free to climb, and a free workout!
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