The lifestyle editors at Vogue thought long and hard about the best places to travel in Interest in globetrotting is at an all-time high, but so is overtourism: there have been local protests in Barcelona, Venice, and Mallorca, while Sicily is facing a tourism-induced water crisis.
And where one wants to go: some people love sweeping cultural trips, others seek adrenaline rushes in the great outdoors.
Then there are those who just want to sit on a beach, have a long lunch with drinks, and read a good book. With all those factors in mind, we got to work on the locations that are piquing our interest—and flight searches—lately. Some you may have never heard of, some very much so. But all of them are worth the trip. Make sure to carve out the time to visit Transylvania too—and not just for those Dracula-worthy medieval castles.
Call it the Yellowstone effect—as the buzz around the Montana-set television series hits a fever pitch, interest around Bozeman and its ski area 45 minutes to the south, Big Sky, does too. The city of Bozeman—home to Montana State University—is also fast becoming a culinary powerhouse: in , local eatery Shan received a James Beard Award nomination for best new restaurant, and chef Charley Graham of Little Star Diner was a semi-finalist for best chef in the mountain region of the United States.
The only thing better than the restaurants, perhaps, is the nature: the Gallatin River and the Bridger Mountains are all within reach, as is Yellowstone National Park. Great food and the great outdoors? Sign us up. From most corners of the world, traveling to Australia already feels like an adventure in and of itself—even its most popular urban centres are a long-haul flight away from, well, anywhere.
