However, when you buy something through our retail links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Determining the best places to go in was no easy task. Treating a new year as a blank slate for fresh adventures is overwhelming then, no matter how tattered our passports. 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. Its rugged ice-scape will be easier to reach now that the Nuuk airport has expanded , with flights increasing throughout Also calling to us is Ho Chi Minh City , which, at 50 years since the fall of Saigon this spring, has fully come into its own as a design and dining destination.
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 that speak to our values as travelers in , be it innovation in conservation, astounding creativity, or a profound sense of human connection.
These are the best places to go in —on all seven continents. This is part of our global guide to the Best Places to Go in —find more travel inspiration here. By the end of , Ahr Valley's train line will reopen and reunite its riverside villages with a mile-long red wine hiking trail.
The wine trail leads through the scenic terraces and slopes in the wine-growing region and encourages regular stops for a Pinot Noir, which is the region's speciality. The gently babbling Ahr turned into a raging river—with floods, flash floods, and tidal waves resulting in widespread tragedy. The train that cut through the valley will run again at the end of , connecting its villages with a mile-long, picturesque red wine hiking trail. Numerous wine growers, restaurateurs, and hoteliers have not only taken the reconstruction of the region into their own hands but also its further development.
