The hotel you choose can make or break your trip. And sometimes, the hotel itself is worth the journey. National Geographic’s first-ever list of the Best New Hotels in the World features 20 unforgettable spots that celebrate exploration, luxury, and local culture. The list couldn’t come at a better time—especially for me. My weekend plans include booking stays for my France trip next month, and this historic château in Burgundy and a boutique hotel in Paris’ Little Tokyo fell into my lap. Hopefully our list will inspire you to stay somewhere new, too.
Also in today’s newsletter: what it's like to take your kid to all seven continents, the ultimate Boston itinerary, and the tourism boom along the world’s original superhighway.
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JEAN-MICHEL COUSTEAU RESORT | VINCENT LEROUX, COURTESY AIRELLES | BOZ GAGOVSKI, COURTESY CORAL SANDS | FAIRMONT JASPER PARK LODGE | WOO KYOUNG LEE, STUDIO WOORI, COURTESY THE HANOK HERITAGE
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From a reimagined 18th-century villa in Malta to a mountain paradise near Yellowstone National Park, these just-opened and reopened hotels are unique, chic, and guaranteed to be worth the journey.
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One evening, my husband was scrolling through a running list of countries [our son] Wilder had visited on his phone when he looked up and said, “We should probably just go for seven by seven.” Wilder was five and had already been to five continents. We had never set out to make that happen. We simply never stopped traveling after he was born.” |
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A city of baseball champions and 18th-century revolutionaries, the capital of Massachusetts manages to attract wildly different crowds. But from Fenway Park to the Paul Revere House, sport and history both tap into one of the city’s greatest strengths: its ability to tell a great story.
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Few cities blend culture and nature quite like Seattle. With more than 6,000 acres of parks and 200 miles of shoreline, including Puget Sound, the city rewards those willing to take the long way. Through the lens of National Geographic photographer Aaron Huey, discover why the scenic route is always worth taking in Seattle.
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Today, this country is home to one of the world’s fastest growing tourism economies, and to woo visitors, it’s leaning hard on the strongest brand it has: this famous trade route. Sprawling tourism developments are popping up using the iconography as something like theme park fodder from hotels to restaurants and even water parks. After attracting about two million international travelers a decade ago, the country is leveraging its heritage to try and get 20 million by 2030.
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