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The window seat has to be one of the most frustratingly restricted vantage points known to (wo)man.

Yet, every now and then, it’ll throw up a tantalising glimpse of an absolutely breathtaking view … that is if you’re looking in the right place at the right time!

Here, we’ve put together a gallery of five iconic cities; all snapped through airline windows hundreds and thousands of feet above ground (complete with window marks and reflections – no Photoshop trickery here).

Just for fun, can you guess what they’re of? Scroll to the bottom of the page to see the answers. (Our featured image is by docoverachiever)

Have a guess!

 

City (A)

 

 

 

 

 

City (B)

 

 

 

 

City (C)

 

 

 

 

City (D)

 

 

 

 

 

City (E)

 

 

 

 

 

Were you right? Here are the answers:

(A) New York

(B) Sydney

(C) Chicago

(D) London

(E) San Francisco

About the author

Brett AckroydBrett hopes to one day reach the shores of far-flung Tristan da Cunha, the most remote of all the inhabited archipelagos on Earth…as to what he’ll do when he gets there, he hasn’t a clue. Over the last 10 years, London, New York, Cape Town and Pondicherry have all proudly been referred to as home. Now it’s Copenhagen’s turn, where he lends his travel expertise to momondo.com.

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