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TRAVELERS’ CHOICE AWARD is the most important tourist rating of the year, compiled by TripAdvisor.com, the largest travel service in the world. The winners were selected using an algorithm that takes into account millions of reviews and ratings from online users about thousands of attractions, hotels and restaurants around the world over the past 12 months. Want to know which cities won? See top 25 the best places in the world for travel.
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1. Marrakesh in Morocco was ranked #1 on TripAdvisor.com's Best Travel Destinations. “Amazing bustling old market in the city center” is the most attractive place in the city, according to portal users. (Photo: CNN). 
2. Siem Reap in Cambodia is number 2 in the ranking of the best travel destinations. The sunrise over the Angkor Wat temple causes a special delight among tourists, because it is not for nothing that it is considered one of the seven new wonders of the world. (Photo: CNN). 
3. Istanbul in Turkey is a city full of contrasts. A trip to Istanbul is a fantastic journey through different eras, styles, religions, tastes and aromas. (Photo: CNN). 
4. Hanoi in Vietnam. Users call it a lively, interesting and chaotic, in the good sense of the word, city. (Photo: CNN). 
5. "Beautiful and charming" Czech Prague. Here on every corner you can stumble upon "strange shops" that will pleasantly surprise you. (Photo: CNN). 
6. "Eclectic" London is a mixture of lifestyles, people and history. (Photo: CNN). 
7. Rome, Italy "Such a huge piece of history in one city." (Photo: CNN). 
8. Buenos Aires, Argentina “Cool, trendy, absolutely delightful city.” (Photo: CNN). 
9. Paris, France Nowhere else in the world will you find such an amazing atmosphere as in Montmartre, a beautiful and colorful area with its small shops, art galleries and charming cafes. (Photo: CNN). 
10. Cape Town, South Africa. One of the main attractions of Cape Town is Botanical Garden Kirstenbosch, about which users write only admiring reviews. (Photo: CNN). 
11. New York, USA. According to TripAdvisor.com users, the city's top must-see attraction is Times Square. (Photo: CNN). 
12. Zermatt, Switzerland “Once you get to the top of the Matterhorn Glacier, you will feel like you are standing on the roof of the world.” (Photo: CNN). 
13. Barcelona, Spain. “In some corners of this city, you will feel like you have traveled back in time… 500 years into the past!” (Photo: CNN). 
14. Gorem, Turkey. "This is the most unusual and surreal landscape in the world!" (Photo: CNN). 
15. Ubud, Indonesia. This is the best place for those who love spa: massage, acupuncture, reflexology, aromatherapy - here you can try absolutely everything. (Photo: CNN). 
16. Cusco, Peru “It is a wonderful city with charming cobbled streets, very hospitable people and good restaurants". (Photo: CNN). 
17. St. Petersburg, Russia. One of its main attractions is St. Isaac's Cathedral, which offers a breathtaking view of the entire city. And the beauty of the interior of the cathedral makes tourists "goosebumps!". In the photo: Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ on Blood. (Photo: CNN). 
18. Bangkok, Thailand. Khao San Street is "the heart and soul of Bangkok, the best place for all travelers, with its lively streets and bars at every turn." (Photo: CNN). 
19. Kathmandu, Nepal. Kathmandu is primarily a city of Buddhist temples, unique monuments worth visiting. (Photo: CNN). 
20. Athens, Greece. The hallmark of this city is the "exciting" Acropolis. (Photo: CNN). 
21. Budapest, the capital of Hungary, has been dubbed the "Queen of the Danube" by internet users. (Photo: CNN). 
22. Queenstown ( New Zealand) is the best place for lovers of sports and stunning nature. (Photo: CNN). 
23. Hong Kong (China) is the only city of its kind that features floating restaurants serving delicious dim sum (Chinese dumplings). (Photo: CNN). 
24. Dubai (UAE) - A cosmopolitan oasis with futuristic cityscapes that rises above the Arabian Desert. (Photo: CNN). 
25. Sydney (Australia) is a city that will appeal to both lovers of history and modernity. Business card city is the opera house (Sydney Opera House), which looks like a sailboat floating peacefully in the harbor. (Photo: CNN).
Where does every journey begin? From the collection of things, or from boarding the plane? No, in my opinion, any journey (especially a long one) begins with an idea. From making a decision - where to go, why exactly there, what is interesting there. Let's talk about this today and talk about how to choose a direction and plan a route for an upcoming trip.
4. Activity planning
By this stage, you have already decided on the main list of points for the upcoming route, now you need to calculate the forces. You do not want to collapse from fatigue on the 3rd day of travel?
To make your vacation (or adventure) as rich and varied as possible, without being too exhausting, think in advance what you are going to do on every day of your trip.
Alternate activity with relaxation and rest. This is especially important on a long journey, when the constant change of picture and impressions becomes boring over time, and it is no longer so interesting to discover new places for yourself - the brain is simply fed up with new information.
For example, when I'm planning a trip, I usually alternate between active exploration of the surroundings and attractions with the stages of a beach holiday.
Here, look for information about what you can do in this area - maybe only in this village you can ride elephants, swim in a waterfall, fly on hot-air balloon, swim with sharks or climb some interesting observation platform.
Add more specific information to your plan, for example:
day 1 - we go to see the pyramids
day 2 - we walk around the city, we go to the museum on such and such a street, then we go to the park on such and such a street
day 3 – going to the beach, snorkeling
day 4 - moving to the next city, etc.
If the journey is long, then you can write more overall plan, for example:
city 1 - 2 weeks, leisure, be sure to see the sights such and such
city 2 – 3 days, we go on a hiking track through the jungle
city 3 - 3 days, enjoy local beaches
city 4 - 10 days, we go on an excursion, see the sights
It is advisable to plan a short trip more carefully so that it is clear what day and what you are doing. But on a long trip, I usually plan only 1-2 next settlements. But if I know that, for example, we will not have the Internet up to 4 cities, then I plan for a longer period of time, with a margin.
5. How to get there
One of the most important questions at the route planning stage - how you will move between the points of your route.
If you do not know in advance how and by what you will get there, then a situation may arise when there seems to be a road on the map, but in fact the road has been under repair for a long time, and in general public transport there isn't. We'll have to figure it out on the spot and look for other options. And if you have a clear reference to dates, then the entire route will have to be changed, so you just won’t get where you wanted so much.
Of course, if you are going to only one city, you have round-trip tickets, you don’t plan to travel around the neighborhood, or you plan to use organized excursions, then you don’t need to think through different options for “how to get there” (except perhaps how to get from the airport or train station to the hotel).
But if your route is complicated, with a lot of crossings, and the sights are not in the cities themselves, but in the vicinity, then it’s still worth considering the issues of moving in advance.
Especially when you are just starting to plan which cities you want to visit, it is not always clear from the map that there is a direct road between the two cities. Everywhere has its own characteristics, taking into account which you have to build the entire route. You may have to swap several cities, perhaps you decide to exclude something, because. You can get there only on the chaise and go for 3 days, and you planned to spend these 3 days on something else.
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