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Travel + Leisure: Bangkok is the world's best city in 2008

by Jeffrey White (RSS feed) on Jul 10th 2008 at 6:00PM

It's that time of year when Travel + Leisure unveils its much hyped "world's best" list of cities, hotels, islands, cruise lines and more.

The poll, in its 13th year, is generated by T+L readers worldwide, who vote online for their favorites.

The big news in this year's survey is that Bangkok edged out last year's winner for world's best city, Florence, which dropped down to No. 5.

T+L's 10 best cities in the world are:

Bangkok
Buenos Aires
Cape Town
Sydney
Florence
Cuzco (Peru)
Rome
New York
Istanbul
San Francisco

Other highlights from T+L's world's best survey, as summarized by Reuters, include:

Best hotel: Singita Sabi Sand, South Africa
Best island: Galapagos
Best large cruise line: Crystal Cruises
Best small cruise line: Silversea Cruises
Best international airline: Singapore Airlines
Best domestic airline: Virgin America
Best rental car agency: Hertz

Check out all the world's best here.

Filed under: Asia, Europe, North America, South America

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