"Best of VT" by mke1963

There is a lot of good stuff on VT, but there is also a lot of dross. The star rating doesn't necesarily represent "the best". It can sometimes just represent those who have most friends. How many times have you looked at a tip and thought...."Huh? This is worth five stars??"

For a long time I have been planning to start a Travelogue page simply dedicated to my own personal opinion of pages really worth visiting. I have no real criteria, other than when I find a page I really like, I am book marking it this way. I have no connection with the different VT members, although I have usually left a comment on their page.
Of course I am biased, and it is natural that I will see more pages of places that interest me most of all. If you know of an excellent page, do let me know. Do feel free to nominate your own destination pages. The key (for me) is content. I'm actually not too bothered about quantity of photos, I want to know about the place, get a real feel for it.
I tend to look more at the "Things to Do", "Off the Beaten Track", "Local Customs" and "General Tips" sections and Travelogues, but often it is the place "Home Page" that leads me in to read more.

The list is not complete and I'm adding to it slowly based on Favorites and recommendations! Please don't be offended if I do not add pages that you recommend - they have to work for me. I would prefer to see a great amount of detail on a small number of places than 200 one-line tips that tell me nothing.

Algeria
JLBG on Algeria. Many good pages...but start at the country level and work your way down!

Antarctica
Sharrie on Antarctica
One of the most visited VT pages of all, and with very good reason.

Argentina
mtncorg on Buenos Aires
Another staggeringly good page from a top-ranked VT member. Mtncorg has many, many other great pages.

Australia
robertgaz on Bunbury
tiabunna on Macquarie Island

Aruba
PushiRubiano on Aruba

British Virgin Islands
catalysta on Virgin Gorda

Croatia
Diocletianvs on Split

Denmark
aaaarrgh on Copenhagen

Dominican Republic
PushiRubiano on Santo Domingo

Eritrea
Saagar on Eritrea

Faroes
Zweiblumen on the Faroes

France
rexvaughan on Giverny
Proof that you don't need hundreds of tips and photos to create an informative, engaging VT page!
Klod5 on Toulouse.
Possibly the single best city guide site I have seen on VT, which is good because I spend every summer near Toulouse and love the city.
Many more of Klod5's guides to French towns are also superb.

Greenland
Saagar on Greenland
Saagar's Greenland pages are awesome. This is some of the very best of VT at the moment, with useful information on every single review and tip. If I was travelling to Greenland (perhaps to get away from the current cold weather in beijing), Saagar's stuff would come with me.

India
Eddie101 on Goa

Ireland
IrishFem on Dublin
Krystynn on Dublin

Italy
Dvideira on Firenze
Dvideira on Venezia
(Not the greatest of intro pages, but excellent Review contents!)

Japan
Cheesecake17 on Japan
Also check out any of her Japanese city pages. This is really good content!

Laos
richiecdisc on Luang Prabang
Richiecdisc fully deserves his Top 10 VT Rank: most of his pages are well worth reading (see below for another great page on Alaska)

Madagascar
Norali on Antananarivo
Norali on Ambohimanga

The Netherlands
ATLC on Amsterdam

Norway
Saagar on Svalbard
Yes, folks, yet another staggering page from Saagar.

Papua New Guinea
JadedMuse on Papua New Guinea

Russia
Klod5 on Novosibirsk

South Africa
Jenniflower on Cape Town
Jenniflower on the Kruger National Park

Sweden
Maline on Uppsala
Sim1 on Sweden

Tajikistan
Trekki on Tajikistan

United Kingdom
aaaarrgh on Cardiff
Aaaarrgh is also quite an artist and has complied a list of VT artists on his home page.

USA
richiecdisc on Alaska's Glacier National Park

Uzbekistan
The Wandering Camel on Bukhara and Samarkand
Not surprisingly, The Wandering Camel is currently ranked the #1 VT rookie.

Venezuela
carolinaEspada on Caracas

VT Members whose pages are, for me, consistently excellent.
If you are planning a trip anywhere, check to see if these members have been there:
Diocletianvs
mtncorg
richiecdisc
Saagar
Sim1
The Wandering Camel
JLBG