Top 5: Readers' destinations 2011

Find tropical paradise in the Bahamas

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Readers' top holidays 2011: Bahamas

For a tropical getaway in 2011, Facebook reader Susan Murphy recommends the Bahamas. Blessed with clear, turquoise waters that are home to ancient shipwrecks and a rainbow of coral reefs teeming with fish, the Bahamas also offers bustling straw markets where you can haggle over spices, ceramics, handicrafts and local art. Enjoy diving, snorkelling, windsurfing and parasailing or take to the fairways of a world-class golf course for ocean-facing holes.

Readers' top holidays 2011: Namibia

Discover Namibia's fiery red giant sand dunes
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For splendid isolation and startling landscapes, follow Facebook reader Funda Taboglu's suggestion and head to Namibia. With vast rocky canyons etched by time, endless deserts scorched to cinders and a coastline littered with half-submerged shipwrecks, Namibia is a fantasy outpost on the edge of Africa. Namibia's wildlife is also unique, from the legendary wild horses of Namib to the rare desert elephants that roam through the northern plains.

Readers' top holidays 2011: Indonesia

Explore Indonesia's varied landscape
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Draped languidly across the equator, the charismatic archipelago of Indonesia offers pristine, white-sand beaches fringed by dramatic volcanic ranges towering over verdant green terraced hillsides and lush rainforest. A kaleidoscope of sealife including huge sunfish, manta rays, porpoises, turtles and blindingly colourful beds of coral await beneath the waves. Twitter reader Wendy Bone highly recommends "Lombok for the beaches and Komodo for the dragons!"

Readers' top holidays 2011: Greece

Travel to Santorini on an island-hopping adventure in Greece
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A flavourful melting pot of sparkling nightspots, fresh seafood, sizzling Mediterranean passion and mythical legend, Greece is a fascinating and enchanting destination. Off shore, Greece's 1,400 islands, including party-hard Mykonos and picturesque Santorini, offer a rainbow of paradisiacal settings for an idyllic island-hopping adventure, as recommended by Facebook reader Lindsay Watson.

Readers' top holidays 2011: Turkey

Be impressed by Istanbul's Byzantine churches and Ottoman mosques
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For history buffs such as Facebook reader Roger Lim, it has to be Turkey. The country overflows with archaeological wonders and historic sites set in a varied and beautiful landscape. The Mediterranean coastline is punctuated with Greco-Roman cities, while the rugged Anatolian plateau has cave churches hidden away in the fairytale landscape of Cappadocia. Istanbul has even more to offer, with Roman aqueducts, Byzantine churches and Ottoman mosques and palaces.