Best cities to travel to

Paris is only the opening act — wine country, the Alps, and two coastlines.

Extraordinary food, culture, and cities. Nothing quite prepares you for it.

Food, beaches, and three or four cities that each justify the trip.

A continent pretending to be a country — cities, deserts, and the best national parks anywhere.

Ancient history and hypermodern cities at a scale that's hard to grasp until you're there.

Prague earns the crowds. The rest of the country is the bonus.

The best value city in Western Europe.

The best two days you can spend between flights — or on their own.

Seoul alone justifies the flight — food, nightlife, and mountains inside the city.

Dubai and Abu Dhabi: superlatives, desert, and a stopover worth a few days of its own.

London, then the parts most visitors skip — Scotland, Wales, and the coast.

Medellin is one of the most exciting cities in the world right now.

A long weekend in Copenhagen — design, cycling, and new-Nordic food.

Serious cities, river valleys, and the Alps in the south.

One of the great dense cities — skyline, dim sum, and hiking trails minutes from the towers.

Budapest is the best-value great city in Europe.

Amsterdam, then the cities and coast most visitors never reach.

Europe's best-value city break, with the history to match.

The benchmark for food, history, and beauty.

Canals, beer, and Flemish art, all an easy train ride apart.

Mexico City is world-class. Add the coast, ruins, and food culture.

Vast, varied, relaxed. Reef, Sydney, and proper wilderness in one.

Dubrovnik, the Adriatic coast, ancient cities. Compact and beautiful.

The most concentrated mountain scenery in Europe — and you'll pay for it.

Buenos Aires has the best steakhouses and nightlife in South America.

The Alps done properly — skiing, hiking, and Vienna for the culture.

A continent of a country. Pick two or three things and commit.

Wilderness on a continental scale — Rockies, coast, and the cities between.

Rent a car, chase the coast, accept the weather.

The most underrated food trip in Southeast Asia.

Medinas, desert, mountains, and coast — sensory and varied.

Island-strewn cities in summer, aurora and snow in the far north.

Istanbul alone is worth the trip. Add Cappadocia, the coast, and ancient ruins.

The best food in Southeast Asia, remarkable scenery, a long coastline.

Music, classic cars, and crumbling grandeur — go for the country, not the comfort.

A sun-baked limestone island with more history per square mile than almost anywhere.

A polished, compact stopover built almost entirely around Doha.

Alps, coast, and a capital you can cross on foot — all in one small country.

Cape Town, safari, and wine country in one self-drive trip.

Best street food in the world, dramatic gorges, deeply welcoming culture.

East meets West in one small, absurdly cheap country layered with living history.

A 4,000km country of deserts, wine valleys, lakes, and southern fjords.

A canal, a real skyline, Caribbean islands, and cloud forest — all inside one small country.

The most atmospheric, least touristed corner of Europe — at a fraction of the price.

A medieval old town wired to one of the most digital states on earth.

The calm, safe, well-off corner of South America — beef, wine, and empty Atlantic beaches.