The World’s Greatest Places of 2026

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Places to Stay

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  Songtsam Lodge Cizhong

  Cizhong, China

  byAdam H. Graham

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  Oberoi Rajgarh Palace Resort

  Rājgarh, India

  byBrett Berk

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  Masiya's Camp at Royal Malewane

  Kruger National Park, South Africa

  bySarah Khan

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  Hotel Plesnik

  Solčava, Slovenia

  byAnja Mutić

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  Avantgarde Refined Caves of Cappadocia

  Cappadocia, Turkey

  byCynthia Rosenfeld

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  andBeyond Suyian Lodge

  Suyian Conservancy, Kenya

  byRebekah Peppler

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  Tinajani

  Southern Altiplano, Peru

  bySucheta Rawal

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  One&Only Moonlight Basin

  Big Sky, Montana

  byAshlea Halpern

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  Aurora Expeditions Douglas Mawson

  The Southern Ocean

  byJonny Bierman

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  Home Tale Laya

  Laya, Bhutan

  byErin Levi

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  Flockhill

  Craigieburn Valley, New Zealand

  byNora Walsh

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  Park Hyatt Johannesburg

  Johannesburg

  byMary Holland

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  Jnane Karwan

  Marrakesh, Morocco

  byCynthia Rosenfeld

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  Aliée Istanbul

  Istanbul

  byErin Levi

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  Dearborn Inn

  Dearborn, Michigan

  byAdam Robb

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  Mandarin Oriental Bangkok

  Bangkok, Thailand

  byChris Schalkx

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  Moonpass Lookouts

  Wallace, Idaho

  byElaine Glusac

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  Bab Samhan Hotel

  Diriyah, Saudi Arabia

  bySarah Khan

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  Disney Destiny

  Caribbean

  byAshlea Halpern

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  House of Tugu Old Town Jakarta

  Jakarta

  byJoni Sweet

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  Deer Valley Resort

  Park City, Utah

  byNina Kokotas Hahn

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  Jumeirah Marsa Al Arab

  Dubai

  byNicola Chilton

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  Huus Quell by Appenzeller Huus

  Gonten, Switzerland

  byDevorah Lev-Tov

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  Fufu Tokyo Ginza

  Tokyo

  byAdam H. Graham

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  Mharo Khet

  Jodhpur, India

  bySarah Khan

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  Estancia Mercedes

  Patagonia, Chile

  byAshlea Halpern

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  Blow Up Hall

  Poznań, Poland

  byAnneLise Sorensen

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  Aarunya Nature Resort

  Kandy, Sri Lanka

  byCynthia Rosenfeld

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  The Pinnacle Kigali

  Kigali, Rwanda

  byVanita Salisbury

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  Shortgrass Resort

  Spearfish, South Dakota

  byAshlea Halpern

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  Norden Camp

  Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, China

  byCynthia Rosenfeld

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  Six Senses Laamu

  Laamu Atoll, Maldives

  byJonny Bierman

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  Soori Penang

  George Town, Malaysia

  byKathryn Romeyn

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  Quercus

  Gay, Georgia

  byAdam Erace

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  MSC World America

  Caribbean

  byAshlea Halpern

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  Pared Sur Camp

  Puerto Guadal, Chile

  byAshlea Halpern

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  Okana Resort & Indoor Waterpark

  Oklahoma City

  byMatt Kirouac

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  The Silk Lakehouse

  Hangzhou, China

  byRoss Kenneth Urken

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  The Blue Jasmine Train

  Thailand

  byTerry Ward

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  Ress Spa

  Tórshavn, Faeroe Islands

  byScott Laird

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  Shakti Himalaya Prana Lodge

  Kumaon, India

  byHillary Richard

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  Risonare Shimonoseki

  Shimonoseki, Japan

  byAdam H. Graham

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  Mountain Lodges of Nepal Manang

  Manang, Nepal

  byErin Levi

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  Varg Sail Yacht

  Norway

  byTerry Ward

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  Casa Gastón

  Jirira, Bolivia

  bySorrel Moseley-Williams

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  Hotel del Coronado

  Coronado, California

  byPerri Ormont Blumberg

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  Bhaya Soul

  Hạ Long Bay, Vietnam

  byKathryn Romeyn

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  Sea Sea Hotel

  Crescent Head, Australia

  byRachel Lees

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  Hunza Serena Hotel

  Hunza Valley, Pakistan

  byMark Johanson

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  Nekajui, a Ritz-Carlton Reserve

  Peninsula Papagayo, Costa Rica

  byAshlea Halpern

Project Credits

• Project editors:Emma Barker Bonomo, Merrill Fabry, Ashlea Halpern, Lily Rothman, and Karl Vick
• Associate editor:Charlotte Hu
• Art and design:Rich Morgan
• Audience:Diana Elbasha, Helen Ray, Kitty Ruskin, Kari Sonde, and Alyona Uvarova
• Digital:Nadia Suleman
• Photo:Katherine Pomerantz
• Video:Andrew Johnson and Alexandra Robson
• Header image:Courtesy Varg Sail Yacht