Cheap destinations to travel

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

The complete package for warm-climate travel.

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

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

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

Budapest is the best-value great city in Europe.

Overwhelming, beautiful, and utterly unlike anywhere else.

The most underrated food trip in Southeast Asia.

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

Machu Picchu, the Sacred Valley, Lima's food scene, and the Amazon.

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

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.

The pyramids and Luxor — unmatched ancient sites.

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

Extraordinary food, wine, hospitality, mountains, and old cities — all cheap.

The Himalayas. Trekking that changes how you see scale.

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.

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

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

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

The best value city in Western Europe.

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

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

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

Surfing, rainforest, volcanoes, and wildlife in extraordinary density.

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

Atlantic beaches, excellent food and wine, slow pace.

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

Year-round warm weather, volcanic landscapes, easy from Europe.

Petra alone justifies the trip.

Over 7,000 islands and the best beaches in Asia.

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

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

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