Live And Invest Overseas recently identified the word's top 21 overseas retirement havens. The Web site rated destinations based on 12 criteria: climate, cost of living, whether English is spoken, entertainment, environmental conditions, existing expat community, health care, infrastructure, real estate, residency options, safety and taxes.
    
What follows are 10 destinations that made the list. They are not ranked in a particular order:

    Abruzzo, Italy
   

   Boquete, Panama
    

  Cebu, Philippines
    

  Copper Coast, Ireland
   

 Cuenca, Ecuador
 

 Granada, Nicaragua
   

 Hua Hin, Thailand

Languedoc, France
   

Mendoza, Argentina

 

  Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
    
    
To read more about the ranking, read our October Frontline News article and visit Live And Invest Overseas.