The 25 Best Places to Go in the World

Determining the best places to go in 2025 was no easy task. After all, most of our readers suffer from the same affliction we do: an insatiable desire to go everywhere, see everything, and be dazzled by the world’s rich and varied contours. Treating a new year as a blank slate for fresh adventures is overwhelming then, no matter how tattered our passports. Perhaps that’s why we get so excited about change—as a way of narrowing down the abundance of choices. The places that are evolving. The places that are just getting started. The destinations that are being reshaped by new openings: the standout restaurants, culture-defining museums, and boutique hotels swinging their doors open in the coming months. It is those places, imbued with a sense of a fresh start, that have a way of crawling up to the top of our must-visit lists. These are just some of the stories you’ll find below. There are 25 in total. Twenty-five places that, no questions asked, our editors would jump at the opportunity to visit next year. (In many cases, we will be visiting them ourselves; stay tuned.) Twenty-five places we want you to know about, before your TikTok feed—or your kid’s TikTok feed—is swimming in them. Twenty-five places that speak to our values as travelers in 2025, be it innovation in conservation, astounding creativity, or a profound sense of human connection. We hope you’ll see the names not only of spots you have been waiting to visit (and consider this your sign to make it happen) but also of places you’ve never heard of. Because just when you think you’ve seen it all, we promise to shine our spotlight on intriguing new corners of the world. These are the best places to go in 2025—on all seven continents. View Less