Bangkok best city

So there’s a fair few expats who read this blog. Most are quite driven, intelligent, talented, and naturally slightly competitive individuals.

To keep the competitive juices flowing, I’d just like to announce that Bangkok has been awarded the coveted title of Travel + Leisure’s World’s Best City for 2008.

Yep, that’s right, Bangkok. Where I live.

Cities were evaluated according to the quality of their sights, culture/arts, restaurants/food, people (Clare, me), shopping and overall value.

The top ten were as follows:

1. Bangkok
2. Buenos Aires (Kylie, we rock)
3. Capetown
4. Sydney
5. Florence
6. Cuzco, Peru
7. Rome
8. New York
9. Istanbul
10. San Francisco

Controversially, Alice Springs didn’t rate on the list. Nor did London. Or Limerick. Disgrace?

The awards also covered Hotels (value, service and destination separately), Islands, Airlines, Cruises, Car Rental, Tours, Spas and Business-specific hotels. Definitely worth a look.

I’d like to see a new category next year – world’s best hotel pools/lagoons.

Travel+Leisure's World’s Best everything:

• Hotel - Singita Sabi Sand & Kruger National Park, South Africa
• Island - Galápagos Islands
• Large cruise-liner - Crystal Cruises
• Small cruise-liner - Silversea Cruises
• International Airline - Singapore Airlines
• Domestic Airline - Virgin America
• Tour operator - Micato Safaris
• Car rental agency - Hertz
• Hotel for $250 or less - Domaine des Hauts de Loire, France

Agree? Disagree? Comments?