Agoda.com names best destinations for hotels
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A study looking at hotel reviews by travellers has created a list of the best cities in the world for accommodation.
And some of the most-visited cities in the world, including Paris, New York and London, don't even feature in the top 25.
Lesser-known destinations such as Gdansk in Poland, Sofia in Bulgaria make it to the top of the list, with Cape Town, in South Africa, named the best city in the world for hotels.
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Top destination: Cape Town, South Africa, is the top destination for hotels according to a new study
Holiday inspiration: The study by Agoda.com ranks cities according to hotel reviews
The research by hotel booking website Agoda.com analysed almost seven million customer reviews to rank the destinations with the highest rated hotels.
The study took into account value for money, location, staff performance, room comfort and cleanliness, and food and dining.
Cape Town scored 8.43 out of 10, and ranked highest of any of the cities in both staff performance and standard of room.
The classics: Traditional holiday spots like Maldives made the top 10, but London and New York did not
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Some classic holiday destinations also made the top 10 - Maldives ranked second overall, with Seychelles fifth and Santorini seventh place.
Zermatt in Switzerland ranked third, and scored the highest in the reviews for hotel condition and cleanliness.
Budapest in Hungary has the best value hotels for money and was placed sixth, while best location went to Australia's Sunshine Coast, which ranked 17th overall. Bruges in Belgium, in eighth place, also topped the food and dining category.
Two New Zealand destinations rank in the top 25 - Queenstown (4th) and Rotorua (14th). As well as Gdansk, Poland's Krakow also scored well, landing it 21st place in best hotels.
The only UK destination to feature is Edinburgh in Scotland, while the only US city on the list is Chicago.
Agoda.com considered any destination worldwide with more than 100 hotels, and were based upon reviews by the website's customers following their stay.
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