A historic area of London has made it into an exclusive list of 10 must-see tourist spots for 2012.

Greenwich in south-east London has been chosen as one of the top destinations for next year by travel guide Frommer’s.

Set to become a royal borough next year, Greenwich is praised by Frommer’s for its ability to continually reinvent itself since it emerged as a naval centre in the 18th century.

The guidebook also highlights Greenwich’s remarkable ba­roque facades by architects such as Christopher Wren, Nicholas Hawksmoor and John Vanbrugh along the Thames waterfront as well as the beautiful views one can take in across the oldest of the royal parks, Greenwich Park, to the skyscrapers of Canary Wharf.

The other nine ‘must-see’ destinations are the Bay of Fundy in Canada, Beirut in Lebanon, Chongqing in China, the Caribbean isle of Curacao, Fukuoka in Japan, Ghana, Girona in Spain, Kansas City in the US and the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico.

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