Cape Town judged 'best' in Africa & Middle East

Cape Times Monday, July 25, 2005
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CAPE TOWN has, for the fifth time, been voted the best African or Middle East city in the influential US travel magazine Travel + Leisure's 2005 Travel Awards, and the eight best city in the world.
Two Cape Town hotels are also on the 'Top 100 Best in the World' list- the Cape Grace Hotel (24th) with 90 points out of a possible 100, and the Table Bay Hotel (70th) with 87.29. Both hotels are in the V&A Waterfront.
Three South African private game lodges also scored well in the hotels category. Singita Private Game Reserve came second overall (94.57 points), Sabi Sabi (34th with 89.41) and Mala Mala (56th with 87.86). The world's top hotel is the Four Seasons Resort in Bali at Sayan.
In the 'Africa/ Middle East Cities' category Cape Town with 84.51 points, beat Marrakesh (81.27) and Fez (80.47) in Morocco, Jerusalem (79.04) in Israel, and Cairo (77.81) in Egypt.
In the 'World Cities' category, the top 10 (in order) were Sydney, Bangkok, Rome, Florence, Chiang Mai (Thailand), New York, Istanbul, Cape Town, Oaxaca (Mexico) and San Francisco.
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