The World's Greatest Places of 2024

100 extraordinary destinations to explore

How we chose the list

Places to Stay

Modern Elder Academy

Santa Fe, N.M.

White Desert

Antarctica

Angama Amboseli

Kimana Sanctuary, Kenya

Bambu Indah

Ubud, Indonesia

Vermelho Hotel

Melides, Portugal

Sun Ranch

Coopers Shoot, Australia

Our Habitas Ras Abrouq

Dukhan, Qatar

Highland Base

Kerlingarfjoll, Iceland

Snow Peak Long Beach Campfield

Long Beach Peninsula, Washington

Anantara Convento di Amalfi Grand Hotel

Amalfi, Italy

Belmond's Eastern & Oriental Express

Malaysia

Sinchi Wayra

Yasuní National Park, Ecuador

Boca de Agua

Bacalar, Mexico

Kantishna Roadhouse

Denali National Park, Alaska

Four Seasons Resort Koh Samui

Koh Samui, Thailand

Burhan Wilderness Camps

Bardiya, Nepal

Le Grand Mazarin

Paris

Silversands Beach House

St. George's, Grenada

Dunas de Formentera

Formentera, Spain

Dar Tantora The House Hotel

AlUla, Saudi Arabia

Cortina d'Ampezzo

the Dolomites, Italy

Havila Polaris and Havila Pollux

Norway

The Wayback

Pigeon Forge, Tenn.

Sangwa Camp

Haa Valley, Bhutan

The Manchester

Lexington, Ky.

Raffles London at the OWO

London

Under Canvas Lake Powell-Grand Staircase

Big Water, Utah

100 Princes Street

Edinburgh

Kwetu Nairobi

Nairobi

Höfe Trail

Osttirol, Austria

Natural Selection's Guided Cycling Safari

Okavango Delta, Botswana

Fontainebleau

Las Vegas

Mine + Farm Inn

Guerneville, Calif.

Casa Lucia

Buenos Aires

wukalina Walk

Tasmania, Australia

Melesin Distillery

Leskovik, Albania

Potlatch Club

the Bahamas

De Durgerdam

Durgerdam, the Netherlands

Royal Caribbean Icon of the Seas

Caiman House

Yupukari, Guyana

Communal Kutaisi

Kutaisi, Georgia

Warren Street Hotel

New York City

One Za'abeel

Dubai

Bowie House, Auberge Resorts Collection

Fort Worth

Mt Cook Lakeside Retreat

Lake Pukaki, New Zealand

Silvestre Nosara

Nosara, Costa Rica

Reverb by Hard Rock

Hamburg

World Equestrian Center

Ocala, Fla.

The Inn at Stonecliffe

Mackinac Island, Mich.

Omni Homestead Resort and Warm Springs Pools

Warm Springs, Va.


Places to Visit

Maui Cultural Lands

Lahaina, Hawaii

Kamba African Rainforest Experiences

Odzala-Kokoua National Park, Republic of the Congo

Pearling Path

Muharraq, Bahrain

WA EV Network

Western Australia

Aviva Studios, home of Factory International

Manchester, England

Hassan Fathy's New Gourna Village

Luxor, Egypt

Moroccan Culinary Arts Museum

Marrakech, Morocco

Bab Al Salam Mosque

Muscat, Oman

Reethaus

Berlin

Ivomo Tea Cooperative

Gisakura, Rwanda

Bar Magritte

Brussels

Buffalo AKG

Buffalo, N.Y.

Yum Cha

Santiago, Chile

Saka Museum

Jimbaran, Indonesia

The Diyarbakir Express

Turkey

Iris

Hardangerfjord, Norway

Grootbos Florilegium

Gansbaai, South Africa

Dive Tutukaka

Tutukaka, New Zealand

CPKC Stadium

Kansas City, Mo.

VYN

Simrishamn, Sweden

Kunstsilo

Kristiansand, Norway

Sharaan Nature Reserve

Saudi Arabia

Manam Chocolate

Hyderabad, India

International African American Museum

Charleston, S.C.

Iberá Provincial Reserve

Corrientes province, Argentina

Zeyrek Cinili Hamam

Istanbul

Matterhorn Alpine Crossing

Switzerland and Italy

Air CCCC

Singapore

Baths of Caracalla

Rome

Magugu House

Johannesburg

Sanxingdui Museum

Guanghan, China

The Rabbit hOle

North Kansas City, Mo.

Naar

Himachal Pradesh, India

Ruta de los Abastos

O'Higgins region, Chile

Aranya

Beidaihe, China

Hornsgatan Slow Fashion District

Stockholm

Agua Caliente Cultural Plaza

Palm Springs, Calif.

Museum of Solutions

Mumbai

Olivia Foundation

Mexico City

Putep ‘t-awt

Cacouna, Quebec

teamLab Borderless: MORI Building Digital Art Museum

Tokyo

La Maison Rabelais

Amboise, France

EDP Art Reef

Albufeira, Portugal

Origem

Salvador, Brazil

CERN Science Gateway

Meyrin, Switzerland

Museum of Mountain Jews

Red Village, Azerbaijan

Montgomery Whitewater

Montgomery, Ala.

Via Transilvanica

Romania

Marie Selby Botanical Gardens

Sarasota, Fla.

Abrahamic Family House

Abu Dhabi

Tomorrow's Greatest Place

New Murabba


Project Credits

Project Editors: Emma Barker Bonomo and Ashlea Halpern

Audience: Samantha Cooney, Annabel Gutterman, Kitty Ruskin, Kari Sonde, and Meg Zukin

Designer: Chelsea Kardokus

Digital: Nadia Suleman

Editors: Merrill Fabry, Lily Rothman, and Karl Vick

Photo: Eli Cohen

Reporter-researchers: Harry Booth, Leslie Dickstein, Sanya Mansoor, Simmone Shah, Tharin Pillay, and Julia Zorthian

Video: Erica Solano