According to its 2006 Readers' Travel Awards, Conde Nast Traveler named Rome the top city in the world, using a criteria of various measures, such as Cleanliness, Value, Culture, Architecture, Food, Friendliness, etc. Readers' votes were tabulated and averaged. Here are the top 10:
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1.
Rome - 94.22%
2.
Barcelona - 93.67%
3.
Sydney - 93.17%
4.
New York - 92.29%
5.
Paris - 91.63%
6.
Venice - 90.20%
7.
Dublin - 88.91%
8.
Florence - 87.44%
9. Dubai - 86.80%
10. Singapore - 86.67%
Rome also won in 2003. Last year New York was the winner. Looking back at past results, only NY, SF, Boston, and Las Vegas have represented the US in the top 20 list. Soon we'll get Seattle up there though!