For seven years running Cape Town has been voted the Best City in the world, by 40000 readers of the UK Telegraph. 

A quote from the publication shares the following about our special city, from a tourist perspective: ‘We”ll put up with the occasional discomfort for the sheer joy of waking up with a real natural beauty’. The City is also praised for its iconic Table Mountain, ‘and it is precisely this unique geography, towering mountains that drop, at times perpendicularly, into the vast blue, that is so seductive’. Its proximity to Franschhoek wine region is also highlighted.

London or any other British City does not feature in the Top 20 Telegraph List, showing that UK tourists are prepared to travel far from their country to enjoy their holidays.  

I am happy to see Havana and Buenos Aires on the Top 20 List too, two cities which I visited just four months ago. 

The Top 20 List of the Best Cities in the World is the following: 

1. Cape Town
2. Vancouver
3. Kyoto
4. Sydney
5. St Petersburg
6. Singapore
7. Venice
8. Luang Prabang
9. Seville
10. New Orleans
11. Havana
12. New York
13. Bagen
14. Florence
15. Istanbul
16. Rome
17. Dubrovnik
18. Tokyo
19. Krakow
20. Buenos Aires

Photograph: taken from Tiger’s Milk in Camps Bay. 

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