Cape Town named "Best City" in the 2014 Telegraph Travel Awards

Cape Town was named "Best City" in the 2014 edition of the most comprehensive, wide-ranging and reliable reader travel survey in the world, the annual Telegraph Travel Awards. More than 90,000 people took part in the survey and voted for their favourite travel destinations and companies.

The Telegraph lists the following reasons why Cape Town won the award:

• you can surf the Atlantic
• you can climb mountains
• you can eat in Michelin-starred restaurants
• you can stay in both historical and super-hip accommodation
• you can indulge in wine tours and still find time to relax on the beach (with or without penguins).
• 2014 World Design Capital
• an English-speaking destination that offers sun, sea and culture in one place – and all just 11 hours’ flight away, with no jetlag

Here's the full list of the World’s Best Cities from the Telegraph Travel Awards:

1. Cape Town
2. Vancouver
3. Venice
4. Sydney
5. San Francisco
6. New York
7. Tokyo
8. Rio de Janeiro
9. Florence
10. Rome
11. Istanbul
12. Barcelona
13. Seville
14. St. Petersburg
15. Krakow
16. Melbourne
17. Boston
18. Hong Kong
19. Berlin
20. Vienna