Get a shock or surprise but Kathmandu is ranked third best city in Asia in 2006 by
Travel+LeisureMagazine Florence tops the list of World’s Best Cities for a second time this year and is joined again by some lovely perennials—Rome, New York, and Sydney. But this year, Travel + Leisure readers prove that they’re also intrepid and curious, giving high marks to far-flung cities like Beirut and Kathmandu.
1 Bangkok
2 Chiang Mai, Thailand
3 Kathmandu
4 Kyoto
5 Hong Kong
6 Hanoi
7 Udaipur, India
8 Beijing
9 Jaipur, India
10 Luang Prabang, Laos
To learn about the methodologies adopted for ranking click
here These were the categories and characteristics:
* For hotels: rooms/facilities, location, service, restaurants/food, value. Optional: for business, for families.
* For destination spas: accommodations/ambience, treatments, service, food, value.
* For hotel spas: ambience, treatments, service, value.
* For cities: sights, culture/arts, restaurants/food, people, shopping, value.
* For islands: natural attractions, activities/sights, restaurants/food, people, value.
* For cruise lines: cabins, food, service, itineraries/destinations, activities, value.
* For tour operators and safari outfitters: staff/guides, itineraries/destinations, activities, accommodations, food, value.
* For airlines: cabin comfort, food, in-flight service, customer service, value.
LooTe
