TIME magazine has unveiled its ‘The World’s Greatest Places’ list for 2024. The annual accounting of “extraordinary destinations to visit and stay this year” expands in number (to 100 from 50) and scope (to include hotels, cruises, restaurants, attractions, museums, parks, and more) over last year, and runs the gamut from other-worldly art to active travel and engaging communities to “learning more deeply about ourselves.” And, yes, Canada is represented.
To compile the 2024 list, TIME solicited nominations from its international network of correspondents and contributors, as well as through an application process, “with an eye toward those offering new and exciting experiences.”
In no specific order here are the lists, broken down into places to stay, and places to visit:
Places to Stay
- Modern Elder Academy – Santa Fe, N.M.
- White Desert – Antarctica
- Angama Amboseli –
- Kimana Sanctuary, Kenya
- Bambu Indah – Ubud, Indonesia
- Vermelho Hotel – Melides, Portugal
- Sun Ranch – Coopers Shoot, Australia
- Our Habitas Ras Abrouq – Dukhan, Qatar
- Highland Base – Kerlingarfjoll, Iceland
- Snow Peak Long Beach Campfield – Long Beach Peninsula, Washington
- Belmond’s Eastern & Oriental Express – Malaysia
- Sinchi Wayra – Yasuní National Park, Ecuador
- Boca de Agua – Bacalar, Mexico
- Kantishna Roadhouse – Denali National Park, Alaska
- Four Seasons Resort Koh Samui – Koh Samui, Thailand
- Burhan Wilderness Camps – Bardiya, Nepal
- Le Grand Mazarin – Paris
- Silversands Beach House – St. George’s, Grenada
- Dunas de Formentera – Formentera, Spain
- Dar Tantora – AlUla, Saudi Arabia
- Cortina d’Ampezzo – the Dolomites, Italy
- Havila Polaris and Havila Pollux – Norway
- The Wayback – Pigeon Forge, Tenn.
- Sangwa Camp – Haa Valley, Bhutan
- The Manchester – Lexington, Ky.
- Anantara Convento di Amalfi Grand Hotel – Amalfi, Italy (photo above)
- Raffles London at the OWO – London
- Under Canvas Lake Powell-Grand Staircase – Big Water, Utah
- 100 Princes Street – Edinburgh
- Kwetu Nairobi – Nairobi
- Höfe Trail – Osttirol, Austria
- Natural Selection’s Guided Cycling Safari – Okavango Delta, Botswana
- Fontainebleau – Las Vegas
- Mine + Farm Inn – Guerneville, Calif.
- Casa Lucia – Buenos Aires
- wukalina Walk – Tasmania, Australia
- Melesin Distillery – Leskovik, Albania
- Potlatch Club – the Bahamas
- De Durgerdam – Durgerdam, the Netherlands
- Royal Caribbean Icon of the Seas
- Caiman House – Yupukari, Guyana
- Communal Kutaisi – Kutaisi, Georgia
- Warren Street Hotel – New York City
- One Za’abeel – Dubai
- Bowie House, Auberge Resorts Collection – Fort Worth
- Mt Cook Lakeside Retreat – Lake Pukaki, New Zealand
- Silvestre Nosara – Nosara, Costa Rica
- Reverb by Hard Rock – Hamburg
- World Equestrian Center – Ocala, Fla.
- The Inn at Stonecliffe – Mackinac Island, Mich.
- Omni Homestead Resort and Warm Springs Pools – Warm Springs, Va.
Places to Visit
- Maui Cultural Lands – Lahaina, Hawaii
- Kamba African Rainforest Experiences – Odzala-Kokoua National Park, Republic of the Congo
- Pearling Path – Muharraq, Bahrain
- WA EV Network – Western Australia
- Aviva Studios, home of Factory International – Manchester, England
- Hassan Fathy’s New Gourna Village – Luxor, Egypt
- Moroccan Culinary Arts Museum – Marrakech, Morocco
- Bab Al Salam Mosque – Muscat, Oman
- Reethaus – Berlin
- Ivomo Tea Cooperative – Gisakura, Rwanda
- Bar Magritte – Brussels
- Buffalo AKG – Buffalo, N.Y.
- Yum Cha – Santiago, Chile
- Saka Museum – Jimbaran, Indonesia
- The Diyarbakir Express – Turkey
- Iris – Hardangerfjord, Norway
- Grootbos Florilegium – Gansbaai, South Africa
- Dive Tutukaka – Tutukaka, New Zealand
- CPKC Stadium – Kansas City, Mo.
- VYN – Simrishamn, Sweden
- Kunstsilo – Kristiansand, Norway
- Sharaan Nature Reserve – Saudi Arabia
- Manam Chocolate – Hyderabad, India
- International African American Museum – Charleston, S.C.
- Iberá Provincial Reserve – Corrientes province, Argentina
- Zeyrek Cinili Hamam – Istanbul
- Matterhorn Alpine Crossing – Switzerland and Italy
- Air CCCC – Singapore
- Baths of Caracalla – Rome
- Magugu House – Johannesburg
- Sanxingdui Museum – Guanghan, China
- The Rabbit hOle – North Kansas City, Mo.
- Putep ‘t-awt – Cacouna, Quebec (photo above)
- Naar – Himachal Pradesh, India
- Ruta de los Abastos – O’Higgins region, Chile
- Aranya – Beidaihe, China
- Hornsgatan Slow Fashion District – Stockholm
- Agua Caliente Cultural Plaza – Palm Springs, Calif.
- Museum of Solutions – Mumbai
- Olivia Foundation – Mexico City
- teamLab Borderless Digital Art Museum – Tokyo
- La Maison Rabelais – Amboise, France
- EDP Art Reef – Albufeira, Portugal
- Origem – Salvador, Brazil
- CERN Science Gateway – Meyrin, Switzerland
- Museum of Mountain Jews – Red Village, Azerbaijan
- Montgomery Whitewater – Montgomery, Ala.
- Via Transilvanica – Romania
- Marie Selby Botanical Gardens – Sarasota, Fla.
- Abrahamic Family House – Abu Dhabi
- Tomorrow’s Greatest Place – New Murabba
To see the full list (and the amazing accompanying photos), click HERE.