Conde Nast Traveler

Condé Nast Traveler magazine is filled with the travel secrets of celebrated writers and sophisticated travelers. Each monthly issue features breathtaking destinations, including the finest art, architecture, fashion, culture, cuisine, lodgings, and shopping. With Condé Nast Traveler as your guide, you'll discover the best islands, cities, spas, castles, and cruises.

editor’s letter

GOLDEN CHILD • San Diego’s calendar of sunny days, endless string of beaches on which to enjoy them, and family-friendly attractions have long drawn visitors year-round to the city and surrounding county. Lately new, design-centric hotels and a growing slate of destination restaurants are joining the enduring pleasures to create an era of vibrancy for all travelers to enjoy.

Vienna Hotel Sacher

WILD THINGS • Three new tented camps get you back to nature in Southeast Asia

MAIN CHARACTER ENERGY • With Wild Horse Nine, Rapa Nui steps into the spotlight—and prepares for the travel that is sure to follow

WHERE WE’RE TRAVELING NEXT • Our list of where to go in 2027 is all about how we want to be traveling now—from slowing down to following new culinary trails

CRADLE OF CREATIVITY • Where to pick up Athens’s best jewelry, vintage, pottery, and more from the modern artisans who take inspiration from the city’s ancient roots

JUST LIKE HOME • On the heels of her new show spotlighting Asian diaspora across the US, Awkwafina takes us on a foodie tour of Manhattan’s Koreatown.

In Good Company • A longtime adventurer finds unexpected kinship with more senior travelers—and a joyful new outlook on growing older

GIFTS OF THE NILE • Change is afoot in Luxor, where intimate river sailings and maximalist hotels are offering new ways to experience the Egyptian city’s riches.

STRAIGHT TO THE SOURCE • Mexican chef Lucho Martínez on the flavors that he grew up with in Veracruz and how they continue to inspire him

CHASING THE SUN • FROSTY MORNINGS AND THE RETURN OF THICK WOOL SWEATERS FEEL COZY, AT FIRST. BUT FOR MUCH OF THE U.S., WINTER CAN SEEM ETERNAL. WHEN PLUMMETING TEMPS AND 4 P.M. SUNSETS ARE NO LONGER NOVEL, IT’S TIME TO FIND SOME SUNSHINE. FROM NEW WAYS TO DO CARIBBEAN FAVORITES TO SECRET ISLAND SURF SPOTS, WE’VE GOT YOU COVERED THIS SEASON

A DIFFERENT WORLD • Closer to Africa than Europe, Spain’s Tenerife has historic towns, stargazing, and lofty volcanoes that will make travelers save the beach till later

LETTING LOOSE • On a cruise through French Polynesia, one dad learns an important cultural lesson in parenting: the value of allowing others in

AN ARTFUL WELCOME

AN UNEXPECTED PATH FORWARD • A new nature park in the USVI with a trail network preserves endemic flora and important history, adding dimension to this Caribbean paradise

WINTER’S PLAYGROUND • CANADA’S BANFF NATIONAL PARK IS OFTEN THOUGHT OF AS A SKIERS PARADISE. BUT JEN MURPHY FINDS THAT, WITH OTHER OFFERINGS LIKE NEW NORDIC SPAS AND GUIDED ICE HIKING, THERE IS A SEASONAL ADVENTURE FOR EVERYONE

THE VIBE SHIFTS • Green, gorgeous Boracay—once known as a Filipino party isle—has spent years reinventing itself with the goal of remaining idyllic long after the crowds head home. Matt Ortile checks it out now

THE HAPPY CITY • SUNNY, CHEERFUL BRISBANE HAS LONG BEEN A QUICK STOP WHILE EN ROUTE TO THE DELIGHTS OF QUEENSLAND. NOW, WITH A SMART, CHIC GROUP OF LOCALS DEDICATED TO RAISING THE CITY’S PROFILE, TRAVELERS ARE STAYING ON

ALI WONG on ICELAND