#1Japan · Cities, Food · Asia
Tokyo
A megacity that still feels precise, kind, and endlessly walkable.
Places are ranked by their average traveler rating out of 10. Filter by theme, region, or country, then open a destination to rate it.
#1Japan · Cities, Food · Asia
A megacity that still feels precise, kind, and endlessly walkable.
#2Japan · Culture, Cities, Food · Asia
Temples, wooden streets, and the version of Japan people hope is still real.
#3United States · Nature · North America
A mountain wall rising straight out of the sage.
#4United States · Nature · North America
A glacier-covered volcano that owns the Seattle skyline.
#5United States · Nature · North America
The first national park: geysers, wolves, and a volcanic caldera.
#6United States · Nature · North America
A mile-deep canyon that still stops people who thought they were prepared.
#7United States · Nature · North America
Rainforest, alpine, and wild Pacific beach in one park.
#8Fiji · Beaches · Oceania
Island chain of powder sand, reefs, and the Mamanucas.
#9United Kingdom · Cities, Culture, Food · Europe
Parks, pubs, museums that are actually free, and a city that keeps changing its mind.
#10Italy · Culture, Cities, Food · Europe
Two thousand years of city, still lived in, still delicious.
#11Turks and Caicos · Beaches · North America
Grace Bay: miles of pale sand and water that stays shallow.
#12Indonesia · Beaches, Culture · Asia
Rice terraces, temple days, and a coastline that still stops people cold.
#13Japan · Theme parks · Asia
Two bayfront gates in Urayasu, each on its own ticket.
#14United States · Cities, Food · North America
A city of neighborhoods, late light, and canyons between the freeways.
#15Japan · Beaches · Asia
Japan's southern islands: clear shallows, coral, and a different pace.
#16United States · Nature · North America
Granite coast, carriage roads, and the first sunrise in the lower 48.
#17Italy · Beaches · Europe
A thousand miles of Mediterranean coast, from Costa Smeralda to wild coves.
#18Singapore · Cities, Food · Asia
An orderly harbor city that built a cuisine out of everyone who landed.
#19Japan · Theme parks · Asia
Osaka's park, with Nintendo, Harry Potter, and a faster clock than Orlando.
#20Italy · Beaches · Europe
Cliffs, lemons, ferries, and towns stacked like terraces over the Tyrrhenian.
#21Mexico · Beaches · North America
A hotel-zone lagoon of turquoise water, with the Yucatán a day away.
#22Hong Kong · Cities, Food · Asia
A vertical harbor city that may be the world's most serious about dinner.
#23Iceland · Nature · Europe
Waterfalls, black sand, hot water, and light that does not behave.
#24Mauritius · Beaches · Africa
An Indian Ocean island with a lagoon on almost every side.
#25Greece · Beaches · Europe
Wind, white lanes, and a south-coast beach scene that earns the airfare.
#26China · Theme parks · Asia
The newest castle, a TRON coaster, and a park designed as a single circuit.
#27China · Cities, Culture, Food · Asia
Hutongs, imperial courtyards, and a capital that still eats wheat and lamb.
#28France · Ski resorts · Europe
The polished village of the Trois Vallées, with the big ski area out the door.
#29United States · Beaches · North America
Hawaii's green island: Na Pali cliffs, Hanalei, and beaches with weather.
#30Peru · Nature, Culture · South America
The citadel in the clouds, earned by train, trail, or both.
#31Thailand · Beaches · Asia
A large island of famous west-coast bays and a pier for the smaller ones.
#32South Korea · Cities, Food · Asia
A palace-and-barbecue capital that changes personality after dark.
#33Japan · Ski resorts · Asia
Hokkaido powder across four ski areas, with night skiing in Hirafu.
#34Seychelles · Beaches · Africa
Granite boulders, Anse Source d'Argent, and water the color of a rumor.
#35China · Cities, Food · Asia
A river city of art deco streets and a skyline that showed up fast.
#36Switzerland · Ski resorts · Europe
Engadin light, a frozen lake, and two separate ski mountains.
#37United States · Nature · North America
An amphitheater of hoodoos in pink and orange stone.
#38France · Theme parks · Europe
A castle park and a second gate, east of Paris.
#39Turkey · Cities, Culture, Food · Europe
Two continents, a working strait, and a city that feeds you constantly.
#40Aruba · Beaches · North America
Eagle Beach, a dry wind, and water that stays calm on purpose.
#41Italy · Cities, Culture · Europe
A city with no cars, a fragile calendar, and evenings that still work.
#42Portugal · Beaches · Europe
Limestone cliffs, cave beaches, and a south-facing coast that stays kind.
#43Greece · Beaches · Europe
Elafonissi and Balos, and a large island that is more than one pink cove.
#44United States · Nature · North America
A living canal valley between Cleveland and Akron.
#45United States · Ski resorts · North America
A box-canyon town, a free gondola, and skiing above both.
United States · Ski resorts · North America
Utah skiing with a cap on the tickets and no snowboards.
#47Austria · Ski resorts · Europe
A walled town with the Streif on the hill behind it.
#48Saint Lucia · Beaches · North America
The Pitons, a few excellent bays, and roads that take longer than they look.
#49Austria · Cities, Culture · Europe
Coffee, concert halls, and a capital that still believes in a long afternoon.
#50Philippines · Beaches · Asia
White Beach, a long powder shore, and a small island that learned to pace itself.