CHARLESTON — The Holy City has once again won over readers of a top travel publication with its sophisticated small-town, Southern charm.

For the fourth consecutive year, Charleston has been named the nation's “ best small city " in Condé Nast Traveler's long-running ranking, the annual Readers’ Choice Awards.

The Lowcountry tourist hotspot came ahead of Santa Fe; Alexandria, Va.; St. Augustine; Fla. San Juan, Puerto Rico and Savannah.

Charleston hasn't fallen below the No. 6 spot in the publication’s ranking since 1993 when it was simply “best cities in the U.S.” It ascended to No. 1 for the first time in 2011 by unseating perennial favorite San Francisco. The publication later established a separate category in 2015 for small U.S. cities, which Charleston dominated until it was

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