#101China · Cities, Food · Asia
Guangzhou
The Cantonese capital, where dim sum is a way of spending the morning.
9.3/10 · 3 ratings
World rankings
Places are ranked by their average traveler rating out of 10. Filter by theme, region, or country, then open a destination to rate it.
#101
#102United States · Nature · North America
Denali National Park
North America's highest peak, usually hiding in the clouds.
9.3/10 · 3 ratings
#103United States · Cities, Food · North America
Houston
A huge, humid food city with museums that earn the drive.
9.3/10 · 3 ratings
#104United States · Cities · North America
Dallas
Big skies, serious kitchens, and a city that spreads out on purpose.
9.3/10 · 3 ratings
#105United States · Nature · North America
Great Sand Dunes National Park
The tallest dunes in North America, backed by the Sangre de Cristos.
9.3/10 · 3 ratings
#106United States · Nature · North America
Kenai Fjords National Park
Exit Glacier on land, tidewater ice from a boat out of Seward.
9.3/10 · 3 ratings
#107United States · Nature · North America
Virgin Islands National Park
Two-thirds of St. John, under water as much as on it.
9.3/10 · 3 ratings
#108United States · Nature · North America
Petrified Forest National Park
Triassic trees turned to stone, and the Painted Desert.
9.3/10 · 3 ratings
#109United States · Nature · North America
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Badlands, bison, and the landscape that shaped a president.
9.3/10 · 3 ratings
#110
United States · Nature · North America
Congaree National Park
Old-growth floodplain forest on a boardwalk.
9.3/10 · 3 ratings
#111United States · Nature · North America
Lassen Volcanic National Park
All four types of volcano, plus boiling earth.
9.3/10 · 3 ratings
#112United States · Nature · North America
Channel Islands National Park
Five islands, endemic foxes, and a park you reach by boat.
9.3/10 · 3 ratings
#113United States · Nature · North America
Dry Tortugas National Park
A brick fort on a reef, 70 miles west of Key West.
9.3/10 · 3 ratings
#114United States · Nature · North America
Great Basin National Park
Wheeler Peak, bristlecones, and a cave under a dark sky.
9.3/10 · 3 ratings
#115United States · Nature · North America
Guadalupe Mountains National Park
Texas's highest peak and a fossil reef in the desert.
9.3/10 · 3 ratings
#116
United States · Nature · North America
Voyageurs National Park
A water park of lakes, islands, and houseboats on the Canadian border.
9.3/10 · 3 ratings
#117United States · Nature · North America
Wrangell–St. Elias National Park
The largest U.S. national park — bigger than several states.
9.3/10 · 3 ratings
#118France · Cities, Culture, Food · Europe
Paris
Still the city people measure other cities against.
9.0/10 · 4 ratings
#119United States · Nature · North America
Carlsbad Caverns National Park
A limestone cathedral underground, and a bat flight at dusk.
8.8/10 · 4 ratings
#120United States · Nature · North America
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
The most-visited U.S. national park, for the fog and the forests.
8.7/10 · 3 ratings
#121United States · Cities, Food · North America
New York City
The density, the food, the parks, the feeling that something is always on.
8.7/10 · 3 ratings
#122United States · Beaches · Oceania
Maui
Hawaii's second island: resort sand, wild coast, and a volcano above it.
8.7/10 · 3 ratings
#123Greece · Beaches · Europe
Santorini
Caldera light, whitewashed villages, and sunsets that earned the hype.
8.7/10 · 3 ratings
#124Australia · Beaches · Oceania
Whitsunday Islands
Whitehaven's silica sand and a gate to the Great Barrier Reef.
8.7/10 · 3 ratings
#125Spain · Cities, Culture, Food · Europe
Barcelona
Gaudí, grid streets, a real beach, and a food culture that still leads.
8.7/10 · 3 ratings
#126France · Ski resorts · Europe
Val d'Isère
High Tarentaise skiing, shared with Tignes as Espace Killy.
8.7/10 · 3 ratings
#127United States · Ski resorts · North America
Vail
The Colorado resort built around the Back Bowls.
8.7/10 · 3 ratings
#128Austria · Ski resorts · Europe
St. Anton
The Arlberg village with the hard-skiing reputation and the big linked area.
8.7/10 · 3 ratings
#129Australia · Cities · Oceania
Sydney
A harbor city of ferries, headlands, and a casual standard for swimming.
8.7/10 · 3 ratings
#130United States · Nature · North America
Arches National Park
More than two thousand sandstone arches in red-rock desert.
8.7/10 · 3 ratings
#131South Africa · Nature, Cities, Food · Africa
Cape Town
A city under a mountain, with beaches, wine, and a complicated, vivid history.
8.7/10 · 3 ratings
#132United States · Ski resorts · North America
Park City
A Utah ski town with the lifts starting on Main Street's side of the valley.
8.7/10 · 3 ratings
#133Czech Republic · Cities, Culture · Europe
Prague
A stone city that is magical at 8 a.m. and crowded at noon.
8.7/10 · 3 ratings
#134Germany · Cities · Europe
Berlin
A wide, cheap-for-Europe capital of museums, parks, and late nights.
8.7/10 · 3 ratings
#135Austria · Ski resorts · Europe
Lech
The quiet Arlberg village, and the White Ring when you want a circuit.
8.7/10 · 3 ratings
#136China · Beaches · Asia
Sanya
China's winter beach, on Hainan's south shore.
8.7/10 · 3 ratings
#137Japan · Ski resorts · Asia
Hakuba
A Nagano valley of ski resorts, with Happo-one as the main mountain.
8.7/10 · 3 ratings
#138France · Beaches · Europe
Corsica
Palombaggia and a mountain island with a serious coastline.
8.7/10 · 3 ratings
#139Jordan · Beaches · Middle East
Dead Sea
The salt shore where you float, and then you rinse for a long time.
8.7/10 · 3 ratings
#140United States · Cities, Food · North America
Austin
Live music, barton springs, and a Texas city that likes a patio.
8.7/10 · 3 ratings
#141Germany · Cities · Europe
Munich
Beer gardens, alpine day trips, and a wealthy city that still sits outside.
8.7/10 · 3 ratings
#142Taiwan · Cities, Food · Asia
Taipei
Night markets, mountains in the backdrop, and a city devoted to soup and snacks.
8.7/10 · 3 ratings
#143United States · Nature · North America
Hot Springs National Park
A national park that is also a spa town.
8.7/10 · 3 ratings
#144Spain · Cities, Culture, Food · Europe
Seville
Orange trees, late nights, and a southern city built for spring.
8.7/10 · 3 ratings
#145United States · Nature · North America
Biscayne National Park
A mostly underwater park at the top of the Florida Keys.
8.7/10 · 3 ratings
#146United States · Nature · North America
Wind Cave National Park
Boxwork cave below, bison prairie above.
8.7/10 · 3 ratings
#147United States · Nature · North America
Isle Royale National Park
A roadless island in Lake Superior for wolves, moose, and boats.
8.7/10 · 3 ratings
#148
United States · Nature · North America
Kobuk Valley National Park
Arctic sand dunes and a caribou migration corridor.
8.7/10 · 3 ratings
#149Maldives · Beaches · Asia
Maldives
Atolls of overwater bungalows, sandbanks, and water like glass.
8.5/10 · 4 ratings
#150United States · Nature · North America
Yosemite National Park
Granite, waterfalls, and a valley that defined the national park idea.
8.5/10 · 4 ratings