Every place worth the flight · updated September 2026
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Hotels I’d book again, the restaurants I still think about, and the cities I keep going back to. Tap a pin for the one-line verdict, then the full story.
● Recommended
● Award winner
All 14 placesNewest first
01
Maldives · Island
Maalhos, Baa Atoll
The local island, not the resort island. Ten times cheaper, twice as good.
Recommended
02
Indonesia · Island
Kuta, Lombok
The bonfire dinner on an empty beach that I still think about.
Recommended
03
Thailand · Hotel
Rosewood Bangkok
The only stair-stepper in the city, and a sky pool that earns the cliché.
✦ Best Design Hotel
04
Thailand · Hotel
Four Seasons at Chao Phraya
The river, the garden path, and a bathroom I did not want to leave.
✦ Best City Hotel
05
Thailand · City
Lumphini Park
Five in the afternoon, when the whole city comes out to run.
Recommended
06
Thailand · Island
Ang Thong Marine Park
Forty-two islands and a lagoon inside a collapsed volcano.
Recommended
07
Thailand · Island
Koh Samui
Oysters on the sand for sixty baht. I ate them four times a week.
Recommended
08
South Korea · City
Seoul
Eleven clinics, four days, one very calm face.
Recommended
09
Japan · City
Tokyo
The city I have never once had a bad meal in.
Recommended
10
Switzerland · City
Zurich
Fondue, snow, and the least beach-shaped trip on the list.
Recommended
11
USA · Town
Palm Springs
Rent the house, not the hotel room.
Recommended
12
USA · Town
Malibu
Home. The apartment is on this site, room by room.
Recommended
13
USA · City
New York
Three days, four dinners, no daylight.
Recommended
14
Sri Lanka · Hotel
Kalpitiya
A pool set into the dunes, and nobody else in it.
✦ Best Pool
