Going not by towns I felt were awesome in the games but more by towns that I would like to live in or go on a holiday to (so, out the door goes Midgar ). Anyway, this is how it would go for me...

1. Esthar City - A seriously futuristic city, a land of technology but done in a way that bleeds style rather than rusting metal. I really, really love this place.

2. Shumi Village - I just love everything about this place. I love the Shumi culture, the Moomba integration, the architecture, the art, the peaceful nature of the place, the general beauty of it all. I wish the Shumi and Moomba would resurface in a future game, I love them so much.

3. Balamb Town - The top three all from FFVIII? I never noticed until now, but man, they just created really fantastic towns in that game. A small fishing town on a small island... the music, the weather, the architecture and the seagulls just make you feel like you're right there.

4. Limsa Lominsa - Ul'dah may be my true home in XIV but if I were to live in any of the places, it would be here. I bet their seafood is amazing! Gorgeous city all told... shame about how awkward it is to move around it. Hopefully the new Limsa in A Realm Reborn will be a little better on that end!

5. Kilika - Gooooooorgeous little town and to see it change so dramatically is a significant thing for me. I really feel they captured the oceanic village look perfectly.

6. Costa del Sol - Obvious reasons. Sand, sun, ice cream, girls in bikinis. Huzzah!

7. Deling City - The most realistic city ever created if you want to compare it to present day Earth, and that might seem like a bad thing in a fantasy game but it works fantastically and gives off a brilliant feel of a modern city, with fantastic public transport, vibrant nightlife, interesting landmarks, etc.

8. Rabanastre - I don't normally like desert towns, but this place had a real atmosphere to it. The hustle bustle of a thriving city despite the war, and of course everyone's favourite clan is hosted there. The place was quite large, and you could talk to all sorts of people of various races and everyone had a personality to them. I loved it.

9. Bodhum - I didn't like many of the towns we see in FFXIII, however Bodhum was a little beauty. Well... what little we saw of it in various cutscenes, anyway!

10. Cleyra - Kids and their treehuts ain't got nothin' on this place. Shame I'm scared of unstable heights, I'd always be worrying that I'd blow off the thing on a windy day.

Really tried hard to find a town that stood out that I'd love to go to in the earlier games but I just don't think the older games can compete with the newer ones in this way. All the ones that stood out most in those eras were dark, steampunk, cold etc. while the more pleasant towns generally looked very similar to each other and lacked that notable thing to make them stand out.