Queenstown, New Zealand
"Gods Own Country" has also been used to describe New Zealand - Telegraph Travel readers' favorite destination on Earth. "The landscapes looking down from the tops of foothills around Queenstown - snow, lakes, mountain ranges, and very people - are pretty unbeatable, " says Lisa Grainger.
Yorkshire, of course, also claims the epithet - in reality it is pretty beautiful. Our regular contributor, Anthony Peregrine, may possibly argue Lancashire is more deserving.