What are your top 10 travel destinations?
Ranking travel destinations is impossible, but here are my entirely subjective awards.
Best Organised Chaos: Hanoi
Crossing the road is less a traffic skill than an act of faith.
Best City for Pretending Life Is a Film: Paris
Even buying bread can feel like a scene in a beautifully shot drama.
Best Attempt to Keep the World Civilised: The Hague
A city built around the hopeful idea that law might triumph over political disorder.
Best Place to Breathe Properly: Hobart
Cool air, colonial history and the rugged beauty of Australia’s island state.
Most Likely to Make You Feel Insignificant: Antarctica
The ice is vast, ancient and entirely unimpressed by your achievements.
Best Use of Colour on a Steep Hill: Valparaíso
Murals, stairways and colour tumbling towards the sea.
Best Place to Forget What Day It Is: Korčula
Time is measured by swims, meals and the movement of the sun.
Best City That Knows When to Stop Growing: Ljubljana
Beautiful, walkable and gateway to some of Slovenia’s most beautiful scenery.
Best Reminder That Trees Eventually Win: Siem Reap
Human power builds temples. Time and tree roots take them back.
Best Layers of History Within Walking Distance: Galle
Beautiful, complicated and shaped by many peoples and empires.
No judging panel was consulted, but favourite places are not really about rankings. They are about what resonates with us.
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