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Rome, Italy
City BreakHistory

Europe

Rome, Italy

Three thousand years of history stacked on top of itself, and somehow the espresso is still the best part of your morning.

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Bali, Indonesia
BeachWellness

Asia

Bali, Indonesia

Rice terraces, surf breaks, and a wellness industry so large it has its own gravity. Pick a corner of the island and stay a while.

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Kyoto, Japan
CultureHistory

Asia

Kyoto, Japan

A thousand years as the imperial capital left behind more temples than you could see in a month. Start with the ones nobody tells you about.

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Lisbon, Portugal
Budget-FriendlyCity Break

Europe

Lisbon, Portugal

Seven hills, yellow trams, and pastel de nata for breakfast every single day of your trip — nobody will judge you.

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Cape Town, South Africa
AdventureWine

Africa

Cape Town, South Africa

A mountain, two oceans, and a wine region twenty minutes from downtown. Few cities pack in this much geography.

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Mexico City, Mexico
FoodCity Break

North America

Mexico City, Mexico

The best restaurant city in the Americas right now, full stop, with museums and markets to match.

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Dubrovnik, Croatia
HistoryCoastal

Europe

Dubrovnik, Croatia

A limestone-walled Adriatic port that spent centuries as its own independent republic — now famous as King's Landing, but worth visiting for far more than that.

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Athens, Greece
HistoryCulture

Europe

Athens, Greece

The birthplace of democracy is also a sprawling, chaotic, wonderful modern capital that most visitors rush through on the way to the islands — don't.

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Paris, France
City BreakHistory

Europe

Paris, France

The city that engineered its own postcard look in the 19th century, and has been living up to it ever since.

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Reykjavik, Iceland
NatureAdventure

Europe

Reykjavik, Iceland

A small, geothermally heated capital that mostly exists as the launch point for glaciers, waterfalls, and the Northern Lights.

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Santorini, Greece
BeachRomance

Europe

Santorini, Greece

A volcanic scar turned into the most photographed silhouette in the Mediterranean — the caldera views are somehow better in person.

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Cancún, Mexico
BeachAll-Inclusive

North America

Cancún, Mexico

A resort strip built from scratch in the 1970s, surrounded by a region the Maya had already been shaping for over a thousand years.

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Milan, Italy
FashionCity Break

Europe

Milan, Italy

Italy's design and fashion capital, home to one of the world's great Gothic cathedrals and considerably fewer tour buses than Rome.

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Lake Como, Italy
NatureLuxury

Europe

Lake Como, Italy

A ring of lakeside towns with a microclimate mild enough for palm trees, a short train ride from the Alps.

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Tokyo, Japan
City BreakFood

Asia

Tokyo, Japan

A cluster of distinct downtowns stitched together by the world's best train network — leveled twice in the last century and rebuilt bigger both times.

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Sydney, Australia
BeachCity Break

Oceania

Sydney, Australia

A harbour that doubles as transport network, recreation space, and postcard all at once — the Opera House and Bridge are just the start.

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Queenstown, New Zealand
AdventureNature

Oceania

Queenstown, New Zealand

The birthplace of commercial bungee jumping, set on a lakefront ringed by the jagged Remarkables — adrenaline optional.

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Maldives, Maldives
BeachLuxury

Asia

Maldives, Maldives

Roughly 1,200 islands scattered across 26 atolls, and the place that popularized the overwater bungalow as a genre of its own.

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Bangkok, Thailand
CultureFood

Asia

Bangkok, Thailand

Glittering temples a block from street food stalls — one of the only Southeast Asian capitals never colonized by a European power.

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Aruba, Aruba
BeachAll-Inclusive

Caribbean

Aruba, Aruba

"One Happy Island," sitting outside the Caribbean hurricane belt with a desert-meets-beach landscape unlike its neighbors.

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Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands
BeachDiving

Caribbean

Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands

Seven Mile Beach, wild stingrays, and Caribbean wall diving, quietly subsidized by one of the world's major offshore financial centers.

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