The influential and respected US travel magazine Travel + Leisure named Boracay Island in Malay town in the province of Aklan in the Philippines as one of the best islands in the world ranked number four just three notches behind Santorini, Greece as the best island in the world. On the other hand, Bangkok, Thailand was named as the best city in the world which they won for the second consecutive year. Announced as part of its World's Best 2011 Awards issue to be published on July 22, the prestigious title was awarded based on the thousands of votes of Travel + Leisure readers who voted for cities, islands, hotels and cruises around the world. Read the full rankings at http://www.travelandleisure.com/worldsbest/
The Top 10 Best Cities
Score
1 Bangkok 90.49
2 Florence 89.92
3 Rome 88.45
4 New York City 88.40
5 Istanbul 88.18
6 Cape Town 88.06
7 Siem Reap, Cambodia 87.90
8 Sydney 87.84
9 Barcelona 87.83
10 Paris 87.78
The Top 10 Best Islands
1 Santorini, Greece 90.61
2 Bali 90.45
3 Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia 89.90
4 Boracay, Philippines 89.83 Debut
5 Great Barrier Reef Islands, Australia 89.68
6 Sicily, Italy 89.51
7 Big Island, Hawaii 89.11
8 Kauai 88.99
9 Maui 88.59
10 Galápagos 88.22
The Top 10 Best Hotels
1 Singita Grumeti Reserves (Sasakwa Lodge, Sabora Tented Camp, Faru Faru Lodge), Serengeti National Park, Tanzania 98.44
2 Singita Sabi Sand (Ebony Lodge, Boulders Lodge, Castleton Camp), Sabi Sand Wildtuin, South Africa 97.95
3 Royal Malewane, Kruger Area, South Africa 97.88
4 ol Donyo Lodge, Kenya Game Parks 97.71 Debut
5 Oberoi Udaivilas, Udaipur, India 97.70
6 Triple Creek Ranch, Darby, Montana 97.10
7 Mandarin Oriental Dhara Dhevi, Chiang Mai, Thailand 97.00
8 Oberoi Rajvilas, Jaipur, India 96.92
9 Kirawira Luxury Tented Camp, Serengeti National Park, Tanzania 96.71
10 Serengeti Migration Camp, Serengeti National Park, Tanzania 96.50
The Top 10 Best Large Ship Cruise-Lines
1 Crystal Cruises 92.45
2 Regent Seven Seas 90.14
3 Oceania Cruises 86.42
4 Disney Cruise Line 85.70
5 Cunard Line 84.27
6 Azamara Club Cruises 82.51
7 Celebrity Cruises 81.92
8 Holland America Line 81.29
9 Royal Caribbean International 80.28
10 Princess Cruises 79.81
The Top 10 Best Family Hotels in U.S. & Canada
1 Disney's Animal Kingdom Lodge, Orlando 95.72
2 Sanderling Resort & Spa, Duck, North Carolina 94.44
3 Beaver Creek Lodge, Beaver Creek 93.85
4 Eliot Hotel, Boston 93.75
5 Four Seasons Resort, Jackson Hole, Wyoming 93.64
6 Ritz-Carlton, Bachelor Gulch, Beaver Creek, Colorado 93.48
7 Teton Mountain Lodge & Spa, Jackson Hole 93.33
8 Disney's Wilderness Lodge, Orlando 93.21
9 Sagamore Resort, Adirondacks, New York 93.10
10 Grand Wailea, Maui 93.09
The Top Ten Best Spas
1 Sofitel Queenstown Hotel and Spa, New Zealand 98.93 Debut
2 Ritz-Carlton, New Orleans 98.00 Debut
3 Couples Tower Isle, Jamaica 97.67
4 Rome Cavalieri, A Waldorf Astoria Hotel, Rome 96.92 Debut
5 Omni Bedford Springs Resort, Pennsylvania 96.50 Debut
6 Couples Sans Souci, St. Mary, Jamaica 95.86
7 Discovery Shores, Boracay, Phillippines 95.63 Debut
8 Mandarin Oriental, Bangkok 95.35
9 Four Seasons Hotel George V, Paris 95.33
10 St. Regis Hotel, Singapore 95.23 Debut
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