Every year, the entire staff of National Geographic — writers, explorers, photographers — get together to decide the best places to visit in the year to come.
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“Our annual Best of the World feature will inspire you to explore Spain’s Basque Country beyond a total solar eclipse, hike a coast-to-coast trail in South Korea, plan a road trip on America’s iconic Route 66, or celebrate 800 years of maritime history in England,” write the magazine’s staff.
Domestically, places that made the list include Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (impressive arts and culture); Maui, Hawaii (recovering after the 2023 wildfires) and the Badlands of North Dakota (the soon-to-open Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library). In no particular order, here are some other destinations on the magazine’s list of 25.
National Geographic’s best places in the world to travel to in 2026
1 The Dolomites, Milan, Italy
2 Vancouver, Canada
3 Beijing, China
4 Rabat, Morocco
5 Hull, Yorkshire, England
The city of Tulsa, Okla., has preserved its historic Meadow Gold neon sign to shine bright over Route 66 (now 11th Street). (Photo by Scott Varley, Daily Breeze/SCNG)6 Manila, Philippines
7 Akagera National Park, Rwanda
8 Oulu, Finland
9 Route 66, Oklahoma
10 Coastal Oaxaca, Mexico
Source: nationalgeographic.com/travel/article/best-of-the-world-2026
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