Bangkok, also known as the “City of Angels” and fondly referred to by residents as “the Big Mango” beat last year’s winner, Florence, topping the list for the first time.

Travel+ Leisure's "10 Best Cities of the World for 2008," named Bangkok as the best city, beating New York and San Francisco, which came in at 8th and 10th place. Istanbul, the bridge between two continents (Europe and Asia) came 9th, and runner-up was Argentina's style-obsessed capital of Buenos Aires.

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The Travel + Leisure awards have been running for 13 consecutive years and polls its readers on travel destinations (cities and islands), hotels, spas and airlines. Thailand’s pearl in the Andaman Sea, the beautiful island of Phuket, was ranked 2nd for the consecutive year amongst Asia’s top 3 islands.

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