Visit the world's best cities
Monday, 14 Jul 2008 17:44
Bangkok, Buenos Aires, Cape Town and Sydney are the world's best cities to visit for 2008, as voted for recently by Travel and Leisure magazine readers.
While the top cities seem to reflect a taste for more exotic destinations, rather than traditional European city break destinations, Florence and Rome in Italy still made the top ten.
Cuzco in Peru, Istanbul in Turkey and New York City and San Francisco in the US rounded out the top cities list.
The awards reflect the travel preferences of US readers of the high-circulating American travel magazine.
Other categories in the awards recognise the best hotels, spas, airlines and islands, with the Galapagos Islands in Ecuador winning this last category.
The most popular islands also included Maui and Kauai in Hawaii, Tasmania in Australia and Chile's Easter Island.
Top spa hotels as chosen by Travel and Leisure readers were Wickaninnish Inn Tofino, on Canada's Vancouver Island, the Four Seasons Resort in Chiang Mai, Thailand and Lodge at Pebble Beach in California.