TIME Magazine reveals the world's best places to travel in 2025

Grab your suitcase and your passport! TIME Magazine has just released its list of the world’s 100 greatest places to visit in 2025.

From El Salvador to Jaipur to Zimbabwe, the team of editors at the New York-based news magazine has selected remarkable destinations and thrilling new experiences travelers need to know about.

Now in its seventh year, the list highlights everything from resorts to cruises to museums, restaurants and national parks.

US destinations that made the cut include the newly refurbished Waldorf Astoria New York, which is set to reopen later this spring. The 94-year-old Manhattan institution will have 357 redesigned guest suites for travelers to enjoy.

In Georgia, Macon’s Ocmulgee Mounds is a prehistoric Native American site and has been a national historical park since 2019. Now it’s gearing up to become the state’s first national park — get there before the crowds do.

In the Caribbean, the luxury brand Sandals opened its first resort in St Vincent and the Grenadines last March in Buccament, with a sea and mountain backdrop and a 300-foot pool as a centerpiece.

In South America, Colombia’s majestic Magdalena River, which runs for nearly 1,000 miles through the rest of the country, can soon be explored by river cruise, thanks to Ama Waterways. TIME highlights its upcoming seven-night itineraries between Cartagena and Barranquilla, now accepting reservations.

“Ghost” whisky distilleries have been resurrected in Scotland, most notably Port Ellen on the isle of Islay, which reopened last year after being closed for more than four decades. Now it offers a high-end visitor experience, where elegant teas are served alongside the expected drams of whisky.

Over in Paris, the newly restored Notre Dame cathedral gets a shout out. Says TIME, “When fire ravaged Notre Dame in 2019, proposals for rebuilding the 12th-century cathedral included a rooftop pool and a glass spire. But when it finally reopened at the twilight of 2024, it stood as a marvel of dutiful, worshipful authenticity.”

Denmark is represented by the newly opened Tiny Seaside resorts of Loddenhøj and Skarrev in South Jutland. “Its modernist houses are 226 square feet a piece but can each accommodate a family of four, and include private terraces and barbecues,” says TIME.

Himeji Castle with beautiful cherry blossom in spring season. It is regarded as the finest surviving example of prototypical Japanese castle architecture

Namibia’s NamibRand Nature Reserve was named last year as Africa’s first Wilderness Quiet Park. The vast 200,000-hectare desert expanse has been an International Dark Sky Reserve since 2012, so it’s an incredible destination for escaping the noise and bustle of modern life.

In Musanze, Rwanda, the Culinary Innovation Village by Meza Malonga offers a tour of the African continent through food. Congolese-born Dieuveil Malonga visited 48 countries to create his particular blend of Afro-fusion cuisine and he told CNN in 2023 that he hopes it can spark a culinary revolution in his home continent.

Nintendo’s first ever museum opened last October in the Japanese company’s former factory complex in Uji, about an hour south of the city of Kyoto. Says TIME, “You don’t need to know a Shino from a Mario from a Zelda to appreciate the Nintendo Museum, but anyone who spent their childhood (…) glued to their Nintendo Switch or vintage Game Boy may find themselves transported.”

Once a popular stop-off on the Hippie Trail of the 1960s and ‘70s, Pakistan is re-emerging as a hiking destination. Nangma Valley has been dubbed the country’s answer to Yosemite, but without the crowds of visitors.

There are several train journeys highlighted on TIME’s list, but one of the most spectacular is the Ghan, a 75-hour luxury train ride through the Australian outback. The air-conditioned carriages are the ideal cheat for seeing this landscape where temperatures are extreme day and night.

For rest of the 2025 list you have to see on the TIME website.