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Travel Awards 2008 winners
The full list of winners announced at this year's Guardian, Observer and guardian.co.uk Travel Awards
Favourite overseas city
Last year's winner, Hong Kong, tumbles down the rankings - letting Sydney move to number one. The real surprise is Krakow which jumps from ten to number two.
· Top five:
1. Sydney
2. Krakow
3. San Francisco
4. Singapore
5. Vancouver
guardian.co.uk/travel/2008/oct/12/travel-awards2008
The world's top destinations
US travel magazine Travel + Leisure released the results of its World's Best Awards today, with Bangkok taking out the top spot on the World's Best City list.
TOP 10 EUROPE:
1 Florence, Italy 86.24
2 Rome, Italy 85.12
3 Istanbul, Turkey 84.61
4 Paris, France 82.59
5 Krakow, Poland 82.14
6 Prague, Czech Republic 81.81
7 Venice, Italy 81.74
8 Barcelona, Spain 81.32
9 Vienna, Austria 80.99
10 Salzburg, Austria 80.63
newstime7.com/haber/20080715/The-worlds-top-destinations.php
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Streets aheadKrakow leapt from 10th to second place in the Best Overseas City category this year. In our regular column, we focus on the emerging district of Podgorze