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Why Zambia´s Capital Lusaka Is Worth a Visit
Mondoka Zambia Set on a high plateau in the center of the country and surrounded by rolling countryside, this low-rise, sprawling city of 3.3 million is one of Africa´s fastest growing - and it´s highly underrated, ending up surprising more than a few visitors. Though it may not have the safari fame of Livingstone or South Luangwa, Lusaka has no grand monuments but it does provide a vibrant look into modern Zambian life — where street-food stalls, crafts and traditional markets, contemporary…
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Most on this list are no surprise - except for Auckland, New Zealand. And I´m shocked that they didn´t include Madrid. Other than that, a worthwhile read: https://www.lonelyplanet.com/articles/most-gay-friendly-cities
I´ve been to almost all on Condé Nast´s Traveler´s readers´ choice list of best cities in Europe, but not yet to number one: Valletta, Malta. In 2026, come hell or high water! https://www.cntraveller.com/gallery/best-cities-in-europe
Before 2025 ends, here´s another best-cities-of-the-year list, this time compiled from a survey of Travel+Leisure readers. Re the top honor, hey, I certainly like San Miguel de Allende quite a lot, but - best city in the whole wide world?? IDK... https://www.travelandleisure.com/worlds-best-awards-2025-cities-wor...
A global development consultancy called Resonance comes out with a list of Europe´s best cities each year, and 2025´s list has few surprises (except maybe Stockholm, at least for me): https://www.worldsbestcities.com/reports/2025-europes-best-cities/
A new ranking of the world´s "friendliest" cities. A few surprises here https://www.businessinsider.com/friendliest-cities-in-the-world-ran...
Hmm, Jakarta? Well, if they say so. And I also wonder about why Hong Kong, Singapore, and Tokyo aren´t on this list. https://www.timeout.com/asia/news/asias-best-cities-for-food-right-...
Good to know, although I would argue including Mexico City is overblown - I´ve been there fairly recently and I think you´re OK unless you venture out to the colonias, neighborhoods where few tourists would bother to venture https://thetravelbible.com/most-risky-cities-for-tourists/
About a week ago, CNN Travel bestowed upon us its list of the most "loveable" cities for 2025. Despite my new hometown Madrid making the cut, I can´t say I´m particularly impressed - it´s pretty much the usual suspects: https://edition.cnn.com/2024/11/30/travel/travel-news-worlds-best-c...
Much of the Caribbean is still mildly to virulently homophobic, but there are a handful of cities which are an exception: https://travelnoire.com/gay-friendly-caribbean
Everyone´s favorite international cities-oriented publication Time Out recently came out with its list of the world´s "coolest" neighborhoods for 2023, and apart from the fact that they choose for the top spot the Laureles neighborhood of Laureles in Medellín, Colombia (I guess I´ll just have to take their word for it), I was interested to see that coming in at number 3 is Carabanchel, an outlying area of my own new home town Madrid. I´ve been meaning to get out there one of these days, and now I´m especially curious! I´ll let you know my opinion once I do. https://www.timeout.com/news/its-official-this-is-the-worlds-cooles...
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