The Best City To Visit Travel Tournament 2012: Final Four
This is it, the Final Four of cities that have survived 6 rounds of voting over the last 3 and a half weeks. Fethiye, Sarajevo, Guimaraes, and Istanbul are all so close to the final, yet still far away. The debates in the Elite 8 heated up as to which two cities will meet in the championship and now you decide. Will it be Fethiye who (again) narrowly escaped Kuala Lumpur, favorites Sarajevo, steady but strong Guimaraes, or Istanbul; who made it to the finals in 2010? We’ll find out in 2 days.
Voting in the Final Four will be open until 11:30am US EST this Thursday, March 22nd. Results may not appear after you vote so check back throughout the day and I’ll post updates in the comments below. Those of you reading through email and RSS will have to click-through to this page to vote.
Please keep in mind the final votes for any poll aren’t final until they’re verified by my diligent verification team. The Championship round to decide The Best City to Visit in 2012 will begin next Tuesday, March 27th.
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Best of luck to everyone!
Sarajevo is the city with the probably biggest amount of local-patriots of all cities in the world. You really have to see that, something pretty unique for Sarajevans, most of us really adore our city far beyond “normality”.
Only Rome, Paris, New York and maybe some other huge world metropolis have more songs dedicated to them, than Sarajevo has (and this is a city with half a million people). The songs are made from all artists, not just those from Sarajevo and Bosnia, but from whole former Yugoslav countries and much further. The city has a soul, it’s unique, the people, the humor, the mentality, the look, everything. And it is said that if you come to Sarajevo once, you will always want to come back.
We have survived the longest siege in history, we won in the end.
This place has been screwed over for millions of times through history and has risen every time even more beautiful than before and the unique and in ex-Yugoslav area famous “sarajevan spirit” of the “sarajevska raja” (sarajevska raja means sarajevan crew, sarajevan posse) was never destroyed
That’s why we say: “Sarajevo will be, everything else will pass/end”.
It’s unique for its multiculture, a mix of nationalities and religions, a mix of architecture (modern, communist, turskih, austro-hungarian, all within a few hundreds of meters)…
There is so much to say about the “One and Only”, but come and see for yourself
Sarajevo! Sarajevo! Sarajevo!
Bordo boja, to je dusa moja!!!
Enjoy the spirit and the taste of Sarajevo, the unique city!
Show me the place on the Earth where you can find within a diameter of 500 meters a worship place of all 4 religions, Muslims, Catholics, Orthodox Christians and Jews?
And this is a spirit of multicultural, multi-religious, cosmopolite Sarajevo City.
And NO other European city was like Sarajevo, NO other European city is like Sarajevo, NO other European city will be like Sarajevo, and, finally, NO other European city can ne like Sarajevo. Including – of course – Guimaraes.
Most welcome to SARAJEVO.
Sarajevo is the city with the probably biggest amount of local-patriots of all cities in the world. You really have to see that, something pretty unique for Sarajevans, most of us really adore our city far beyond “normality”.
That’s because you don’t know Guimarães people…
Sarajevo
Sarajevo
Sarajevo
rajvoSa !
Guimarães is the place to be this year. A city full of charisma,good food, lots of history and fabulous old architecture just to name a few points of interest.
The main deference between Sarajevo and Guimares is that Sarajevo had suffered 1600 days of brutal siege, and gone through it all. Today, it’s rebuilted with the most beautifull mosaic of cultures and religions in the world. There is no place in the world with a mosque, chatolic church, ortodox church and singoge so very near each other.
enjoy in Sarajevo!
my SARAJEVO I MISS YOU AND I WILL CAME BACK TO YOU ONE DAY………YOU ARE AS LIKE AIR I CANT STAY WITHOUT YOU,when i hear something about you my heart is crying and i dont know will i ever find city as like you.
I hope that votes for SARAJEVO r coming from out brothers and sisters in Turkey
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Everyone should visit sarajevo, the culture and history here are amazing , and the people are kind and full of love, and we love to see tourists from all of the world in our city, because not so long ago, we were fighting to save sarajevo from agresors…
sarajevo horde bog i čaršija neka zivi bonsna nasa drzava
My vote for the most beautiful city… SARAJEVO!!!
Sarajevo must win!
For the mooost beautiful city on Earth… SARAJEVO
Guimarães will win the tournament. Why ?
Because all our british friends will share with us their care and love towards Guimarães and its historic and ancient beauty. Also because all people willing to take a deep step in the past of Portugal birthplace must como to the town.
Sarajevo.
And in Sarajevo, you will be welcomed, indeed. You’ll feel the way people are warm, and how much they care. Beucase, even though we’re diffrent, we still accept it, and we learned how to live with it, so every one of us has a friend who is Muslim, Christian etc..
There is a place in a world called Sarajevo; it’s waiting for you
Sarajevo has a soul a wonderful, open friendly soul that was nourished and developed through thousands of years of its history. East truly meets West here like nowhere else. You will learn, see and meet so much new and you also have a good time with people who like to have a song and a dance.
You will always wish to come back and Sarajevo will welcome you with open arms everytime.
I was in Sarajevo last year and I hope that I’ll come back again one year.
and ofcourse sarajevsko beer, which I think is top 20 in the world.
The best food you can get is CEVAPI
Cheers
Guimarães!
Thank you everyone! I appreciate all of the tips for both cities, I’m taking note depending on where I end up going first! I guess you’ll all tell me next week
Guimaraes clarooo….=)
Sarajevo is just more then a city…its a way of living…if you visit it once you have to come again. It has something magical. Although the people there suffered a lot, they are still smiling and they are full of joy; drinking coffee in one of hundreds little coffees in the city. Sarajevo is a city with a soul. It is like a child; naive and it always makes the first step. If you visit this city, you will meet a lot of locals, because unlike for example Parisians, Sarajevians love tourist and they will always take some time to talk to you, show you around or share a meal or coffee.
Sarajevo is a place where everything is just fine and where you can enjoy the little things in life…without rushing…the mountains and nature around the city are incredible.
Especially recommended for people who love food, friendship and a simple, but intensive way of life
Sarajevo!!
Sarajevo
)))))
ONLY FOREVER-SARAJEVO
Is it necessary to keep the finale when we know who’s the winner?!?
Sarajevo
Guimarães was founded in 959, saw the birth of Portugal in 1128, is a World Cultural Heritage UNESCO site and European Capital of Culture in 2012. Sarajevo is great but Guimarães is fabulous.
Both are awsome, but I’ll vote for my hometown – GUIMARÃES!!!
It’s how we say here, these days: “You also are a part of it too!” – Including you all from Sarajevo!!!
Sarajevo is the best!!
Sarajevo is the best!!!
My choice is GUIMARÃES!
No doubts.
European Capital of Culture 2012.
UNESCO World Heritage.
The birth city of Portugal (the oldest European country).
Guimarães is beautiful!
City of football, excelent gastronomy, good weather, many cultural events every days, with nice and cool people and an amazing historical center.
Cool bars, Night party, great beer and food…
Must-See.
I Love Guimarães!
Sarajevo <3
I recommend Sarajevo
it is multicultural city and also it is very rich city in historical monuments and proud of its traditions.
just come and visit it..
Sarajevo-simply the best!
that is Sarajevo,only one n the world
Come on.. We wonna vote the winner ..
Almost! Less than a day now, get ready tomorrow early!
i would love to see saravejo, it must be really wonderful city. but right now my vote goes to guimaraes!
My vote goes to Sarajevo wonderful city
European Capital of Culture 2012.
UNESCO World Heritage.
The birth city of Portugal (the oldest European country).
Guimarães is beautiful!
My vote goes to guimaraes!