Best places to travel by continent

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

The benchmark for food, history, and beauty.

Ruins in the morning, a swim by noon, taverna until dark.

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

The ski and alpine benchmark — every other mountain range is measured against this.

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

The complete package for warm-climate travel.

Warm, affordable, endlessly deep — beach, wellness, and culture in one place.

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

The most underrated food trip in Southeast Asia.

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

Angkor is one of the great sights on earth. Build the trip around it.

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

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

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

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

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

An expedition across the empty steppe to one of the last nomadic cultures on Earth.

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

The pyramids and Luxor — unmatched ancient sites.

The original safari, plus an Indian Ocean coast to land on afterward.

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

Serengeti, a volcanic crater full of animals, Kilimanjaro, and Zanzibar — in one country.

The largest sheet of falling water on Earth, with a town on either side.

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

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

Petra alone justifies the trip.

Newly open, and the most surprising trip in the region right now.

The calm, scenic alternative to the Gulf — wadis, mountains, and empty desert.

A polished, compact stopover built almost entirely around Doha.

Overwhelming, beautiful, and utterly unlike anywhere else.

One island, one resort, almost nothing to do. That is the point.

Beaches, ancient ruins, tea country, and wildlife in one compact island.

The last intact Himalayan Buddhist kingdom, on its own terms.

The Himalayas. Trekking that changes how you see scale.

The Silk Road made real — turquoise-tiled cities that look like nowhere else, at prices that barely register.

The most accessible corner of nomad Central Asia — high alpine lakes, yurts, and horses, for almost nothing.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A handful of islands where the landscapes and the ocean genuinely earn the flight.

Fjords, volcanoes, glaciers, beaches — in one country.

Reef diving, island-hopping, and a country that takes hospitality seriously.

Overwater bungalows and lagoons in their most expensive form.

The lagoon of your dreams, at a fraction of Bora Bora money.