Regular contributor Mac ruminates on the world of travel & some of his adventures along the way.

This time round heÂ’s pondering over Budget Travel Magazine

asking its readers to name which they think is the most beautiful city in the world. The results will be in their October edition but they have already had many responses and they seem to be going something like this:-

• Paris seems to be the winner with something like 20
• Vancouver had something like 16
• Prague got about 10
• Florence, Italy about 7
• Rio De Janeiro about 8
• Capetown, South Africa about 6
• Venice about 13
• Sydney about 4
• Oia Santorini (on island of Santorini) about 4
• Dubrovnik about 3
• Istanbul about 2 (should have had more)
• Seville about 2
• Charleston South Carolina two
• Barcelona, Spain (maybe 2)
• Santa Barbara, California 2
• Cinque Terre (think five towns on coast in Italy ) 2
• San Francisco, California 2
• St Petersburg, Russia 2
• Hong Kong 2 (should have had more)
• Edinburgh, Scotland maybe 2
• Positano, Italy maybe 2

As I said this is not a scientific list

You might want to make up your own list…I will mine later. Add any cities you wish. I think many just voted for their own home town.

My choices would be Rio De Janeiro, Hong Kong, Paris, I will refine list later. Can you think of any cities left off that you think

should be considered and which ones do you think should be dropped ?

Mac – my choices would be, in no particular order of preference:-

• · New York
• · Istanbul
• · Rio de Janeiro
• · Florence
• · New Orleans
• · Perth/Freemantle
• · Varanasi, India
• · Bangkok
• · Capetown
• · Halifax, Nova Scotia
• · Prague

The common denominator is that they are mostly places IÂ’ve visited with long standing friends on long trips or as part of quick escapes ! The sights, tastes & sounds still resonate and I would head back to all of them at a momentÂ’s notice…

The Ant