The phrase 'captivating city' is correct and can be used in written English.
You can use it to describe a particular city that is especially appealing or attractive, for example, "The bustling streets of New York City are a captivating city to explore."
History, culture and operatic street life combine to make Palermo, Sicily's capital, a compelling, captivating city.
The 63rd installment of France's premier summertime musical event in this hot but captivating city in the South includes four other new opera productions (of which I caught two) plus chamber and orchestral concerts.
Business in Florida pulls us reluctantly back to 1‐95 at sunset, and our last view of this captivating city is the same spread of lights we saw last night.
From March, new Easyjet flights from Gatwick to the capital Amman mean this captivating city will now be a viable low-cost option for a magical Middle East break.
Such pronounced fragility outside Eastlands has detracted from some sporadically captivating City displays but one of Hughes's enduring problems is that the Brazilian Robinho continues to perform so badly on his travels.
Over the next hour, as a captivated city watched continuous television reports and the Hudson turned from gold to silver in the gathering winter twilight, all of the passengers, including at least one baby, and both pilots and all three flight attendants, were transferred to the rescue boats — a feat that unfolded as the white-and-blue jetliner continued to drift south.
"It's too early yet to gauge the results of these efforts," she notes, "but in the wake of the global recession, the promise of the experiment still captivates cities, states and countries willing to try their chances".
The Olympics will have to go a long way to matching the overwhelming television success of the Super Bowl or matching the story line of a team so captivating a city.
Minghella directed the new production of Puccini's Madama Butterfly that opened the Met's 2006-2007 season, captivating the city when it premiered on the Met stage and on giant screens in Times Square.
During the next 17 days, as he moved among hide-outs while an enormous manhunt captivated the city, the fugitive came to embody the city's profound frustrations over crime and racism — a vicious outlaw to the police and their supporters, an avenging angel to many black people who, though deploring his violence, regarded the Police Department as infected with rogues and racists.
On Tuesday, one adventurous raccoon managed to captivate the city of St .Paul, Minnesota, by scaling a massive 25-story office building in the city.
