World's Greatest Places

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How We Chose the 2023 World's Greatest Places

By TIME Staff

Yosemite National Park, California

By Jessica Shaw

Giza and Saqqara, Egypt

By Johanna Read

Bozeman, Mont.

By Perri O. Blumberg
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Chyulu Hills, Kenya

Kenya's Chyulu Hills stretch across the plains where Amboseli meets Tsavo, a rugged outcrop of volcanic rock gently blanketed in green, with elephants, zebras, and giraffes roaming along the horizon. A short hop via bush...

Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C., has quietly grown from political and historical destination to a seriously legit arts and culture scene that goes well beyond the National Gallery of Art (though it notably has six new exhibits in...

By Erin Gifford

Musanze, Rwanda

Musanze is the largest city in northern Rwanda and the gateway to Volcanoes National Park—home of rare mountain gorillas—which recently announced its expansion from 62 to 76 sq. mi. by 2027, an endeavor that will...

By Sucheta Rawal

Vancouver

Long appreciated by outdoor enthusiasts who enjoy everything from kayaking to skiing, Vancouver’s indoor attractions are finally getting the recognition they deserve. The northwestern city received its first Michelin Guide last year (Toronto is the...

By Paul Feinstein

Rabat, Morocco

Artistic and cultural reinvention is bringing new life to the capital city of Rabat. In 2023, LEED-Gold and HQE-certified Mohammed VI Tower will stand as the tallest tower in Africa, boasting luxury accommodations and a...

By Sucheta Rawal

Churchill, Manitoba

If you’ve always dreamed of seeing the aurora borealis, you’re in luck this year, as solar activity heads toward a peak in its roughly 11-year cycle. One of the best spots to catch the northern...

By Nicholas Derenzo

Dakar, Senegal

Senegal bursts with color, from the bubblegum pink algae that dye Lake Retba to the blue and yellow mini buses, car rapides, that navigate Dakar’s stylish streetscapes. So it’s no wonder Africa’s westernmost capital city...

Dijon, France

Dijon has long been one of France’s great gastronomic cities. While almost all its namesake mustard is now manufactured outside the city, globetrotting gastronomes still frequent Dijon’s Michelin-rated restaurants, such as William Frachot and CIBO,...

By Lauren Jade Hill

Loango National Park, Gabon

The home of "Africa’s Last Eden," Gabon, sandwiched between Congo and Cameroon on the continent’s central Atlantic coast, may not have an ecotourism infrastructure like hot spots Botswana or Kenya. What Gabon does have, however,...

By Jessica Shaw

Pantelleria, Italy

Usually, nothing changes on this sleepy Italian island—a volcanic speck in the Mediterranean between Sicily and Tunisia, buffeted by winds that have whittled its peaks into a rippling green landscape and sculpted its black lava...

By Julia Buckley
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