top 10 cities to enjoy your holidays

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.

Rank	Last Year	Name	2007 Score
1	4	Florence	87.09
2	3	Rome	86.15
3	2	Bangkok	86.11
4	1	Sydney	85.94
5	5	Chiang Mai, Thailand	85.62
6	8	Cape Town	85.39
7	n/a	Buenos Aires	85.03
8	6	New York	84.75
9	n/a	Beirut**	84.38
10	10	San Francisco	84.29