World's Greatest Places

How We Chose the World's Greatest Places

By TIME Staff

The World's Greatest Places of 2025

Mbano Manor Hotel

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Shebara Resort

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Banyan Tree Veya Valle de Guadalupe

Valle de Guadalupe, Mexico’s trendy wine region in the northern Baja peninsula just 90 minutes from the U.S. border, has long been a draw for in-the-know oenophiles—but now a new crop of luxury hotels and...

By Annie Daly

L’Observatoire

Train travel has long captivated the imagination. L’Observatoire, the new private suite designed by French artist and photographer JR, aims to further engage that curiosity.  The rail carriage was fashioned for the Venice Simplon-Orient-Express, A...

By Rebekah Peppler

Populus

A soaring new aspen has sprouted in downtown Denver. The striking hotel Populus, opened in October, embodies Colorado’s iconic tree inside and out, from the biophilic design by Studio Gang to the warm and woodsy...

By AnneLise Sorensen

Bom Bom

Two decades ago, the lush, less-inhabited half of twin-island nation São Tomé and Príncipe faced high unemployment and an uncertain future. The country, set off the coast of Gabon, is nicknamed the “Galapagos of Africa”...

By Stephanie Vermillion

HX Grand Greenland

Reaching the northernmost, ice-covered limits of Greenland has long been tricky; limited transportation made it one of the most isolated places on Earth. That’s changing following the November opening of Nuuk International Airport, designed to...

By Bailey Berg

Oberoi Vindhyavilas Wildlife Resort, Bandhavgarh

Observing India’s Royal Bengals in their natural surroundings is a coveted experience, but habitat degradation and illegal poaching continue to threaten regional tiger populations. Project Tiger, the country’s first government-led conservation venture, has dramatically increased...

By Jessica Benavides Canepa

NamibRand Nature Reserve

In this land of rippling red dunes and golden grasses crowned by vast skies, listen and you’ll hear something rare: silence. The 730-sq.-mile NamibRand Nature Reserve, which unfolds across Southern Namibia, was recently named Africa’s...

By AnneLise Sorensen

Alpeta Agrotourism & Winery

Shesh. Vlosh. Pules. Albania’s grape varieties may not be on the lips of most wine lovers, but that’s changing. The viticultural history of this balmy Balkan country goes back more than 3,000 years; today’s resurgence...

By AnneLise Sorensen

The Brecon

In a country dominated by five-star hotels—think glitzy Badrutt’s Palace in St. Moritz, which launched a new wing with 25 opulent rooms and suites in January—it’s surprising that such a small hotel can make such...

By Adam H. Graham

Sandals St. Vincent and the Grenadines

The late Jamaican businessman Gordon “Butch” Stewart famously spent decades building the Sandals brand into an empire for all-inclusive-seeking couples across the Caribbean. Now his son Adam offers a modern twist on his legacy with...

By Heather Greenwood Davis

Hôtel Swexan

The family-owned Harwood District stretches 19 blocks in Dallas’ Uptown, just four miles from the Arts District. Its undisputed pièce de résistance, the Kengo Kuma-designed Hôtel Swexan, opened last year, with a name that reflects...

By Becca Hensley

Kasbah Tamadot

Nestled in the foothills of Morocco's High Atlas Mountains, luxury retreat Kasbah Tamadot combines the charming mud brick design of a kasbah draped in locally handmade textiles with luxurious amenities such as an infinity pool...

By Astrid Därr

Pendry Natirar

Past the neon diner signs of rural New Jersey and just down the street from Donald Trump's Bedminster golf club, turn along the Raritan River (more of a babbling brook, really) and past the hikers...

By Emma Barker Bonomo

Georgia Safari Conservation Park

Opened last June, Georgia Safari Conservation Park is the first overnight safari park in the Peach State (and one of the only in the U.S.) where visitors can stay in one- and two-bedroom luxury tents...

By Sucheta Rawal

Hôtel de la Plage

Cap Ferret is the skinny peninsula between the Bay of Arcachon and the Atlantic Ocean on France’s southwest coast, known, if at all, for La Dune du Pilat, Europe’s highest sand dune. Often confused with...

Eriro

Situated at an elevation of more than 5,000 feet in Austria’s Tyrolean Alps and accessible only by gondola, Eriro is all about connecting guests with the epic alpine landscape that surrounds them. Opened in August,...

By Bailey Berg
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