Favorites are as much about timing, perspective and company as pure quality, and some of the ''best'' places I've visited don't always rack up as favorites. The following is a highly personal list of places I've loved. Because favorites shift with the mood, these appear in no particular order.

CITIES

• London

• Dubrovnik, Croatia

• Hong Kong

• New Orleans

• Adelaide, Australia

• Quebec, Ontario, Canada

• St. Petersburg, Russia

• Kyoto, Japan

• Salzburg, Austria

• Portland, Ore.

TOWNS

• Luang Prabang, Laos

• Niagara-on-the-Lake, Canada

• Iles St. Louis, Senegal

• Hoi An, Vietnam

• Ubud, Bali

• St. Michaels, Maryland

• Galatina, Italy

• Healdsburg, Calif.

• Antigua, Guatemala

LODGING

• The Moorings Village, Islamorada

• Amanpuri, Phuket, Thailand

• Jake's Resort, Treasure Beach, Jamaica

• Inn at Little Washington, Washington, Va.

• Pervigolas, Santorini, Greece

• Explora Lodge, Torres del Paine Park, Chile

• Hotel D'Urville, Blenheim, New Zealand

• Savoy, London

• Plaza Athenee, Paris

• Lodge at Blanket Bay, near Glenorchy, New Zealand

• Hacienda El Porvenir, Cotopaxi, Ecuador

• Kwandwe Game Reserve, South Africa

EATERIES

• French Laundry, Napa Valley

• Pixtos bars throughout San Sebastian, Spain

• Poop Deck, Nassau (for Key Lime pie)

• Food Halls at Harrod's, London

• Taverna del Lupo, Gubbio, Italy

• L'Amis Louis, Paris

• Mothers, New Orleans

• Blues City Café, Memphis

• Inn at Little Washington, Washington, Va.

• Moyo, Johannesburg, South Africa

• Lechem Erez, Tel Aviv

• Jack's Fish Spot, Pike Place Market, Seattle

• BO Innovation, Hong Kong

• Fore Street Grill, Portland, Me.

CRUISE

• SeaDream Yacht Club, Dubrovnik to Venice

MUSEUMS

• British Museum, London

• The Hermitage, St. Petersburg

• Morgan Library, New York

• MOMA, New York

• Vatican Museums, Rome

• Musee D'Orsay, Paris

• Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

• Trinity College Library, Dublin

• Yad Vashem, Jerusalem

• Enrico Poli Museum, Lima, Peru

• Uffizi Gallery, Florence, Italy

• Gardner Museum, Boston

• Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans

• Milwaukee Museum of Art (for Calatrava architecture)

HISTORIC SITES

• Petra, Jordan

• Taj Mahal, Agra, India

• Angkor Wat, Siem Reap, Cambodia

• Mont St. Michel, France

• Potala Palace, Lhasa, Tibet

• Ahu Tongariki, Easter Island

• St. Andrews Cathedral, Scotland

• Abu Simbel, Egypt

• Pantheon, Rome

• Valley of the Kings, Egypt

• Aya Sofia, Istanbul, Turkey

• Temples of Bagan, Myanmar

• Ruins at Ephesus, Turkey

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