Travel in Victoria, Australia

The Australian state of Victoria this week moved to give its local governments the power to limit short-term rentals in their regions.

Given her packed professional schedule and busy home life with a toddler, maybe Natalie Dormer really does just want to chill out with a magazine when she’s alone. Or maybe she’s buttering up her interviewer. “I’m not just saying this: My treat to myself when I get on an airplane is a hard copy of Condé Nast Traveler. I swear to god!” says the actress, who made her name as Margaery Tyrell in Game of Thrones. “And invariably I read about two articles and I fall asleep.”

While metropolises like New Delhi and Mumbai continue to be on the travel list, leisure destinations like Udaipur, Puri, Goa, Jaipur and Munnar are some of the top searched domestic destinations during the festive season (between November 10-14), according to Booking.com.

As we celebrate 40 of the world’s greatest road trips , Alasdair Baverstock recounts a memorable drive down Australia’s Great Ocean Road .

We asked our readers to tell us which views stopped you in your tracks around the world – here are 17 of the best, as voted by you.