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

THE 2022 hot list WHERE TO STAY EAT & VISIT NEXT • Each year, we index the best, brightest openings, but for the 26th edition of Condé Nast Traveler’s Hot List, we’ve upped the ante: This time, editors at all seven worldwide editions had a hand in scouting and selecting the entries. At its heart, this is still a hotel list—a whopping 98 made the cut this year, which is a true testament to the industry’s resilience. But because (almost) no hotel is an island, we’ve widened the lens to include the restaurants, culture, transportation, and cruises you need to know, and the destinations that are reinventing themselves. We mean it when we say this may be the hottest Hot List yet.

Pull Up a Chair • For years, hotels have been dining and drinking destinations on their own. These four newbies push that concept further with the help of some of the world’s brightest names in food and drink

Better By the Beach • The ocean may not heal all that ails you, but it comes pretty darn close. These six stunners are just what the doctor ordered

In the Middle of It All • There’s little as exhilarating as cracking the code to a major global city. The best way to do it is to set up camp in its big, glorious urban heart. These hotels are the right way in

The Easy Escape • Our favorite type of getaway is somewhere close to home with just enough vacation-style perks to make you feel you have truly gotten away from it all. Here, four of our top new weekend steal-aways

The Rebirth of Cool • After years of love, it’s natural that some of our longtime favorites need a refresh. These four have stayed true to what has always made them great, even after their upgrades

A New Season • Kyoto, a city famed for its hospitality and paper-fine layers of rich history, has undergone a hotel renaissance since closing to overseas visitors. As Japan reopens, these are the next classics

Very Well and Good • There are hotel spas and then there are spas that have hotels. These six sublime wellness-first retreats in stunning settings are all about a healthier, happier you

Gateway to Nature • Tapping into the zeitgeist of sparse crowds and empty acres, these remote retreats have as much going on outside their doors as under their roofs

TURN UP THE HEAT • Sunny days, wild nights, and proximity to the Caribbean have long made Miami one of the world’s preeminent party towns. Now, new money and a laissez-faire attitude have made it one of the most dynamic destinations in America. Here, five views of the Magic City

FREE WHEELING • Cycling through the Dutch countryside, Tess Taylor discovers that a new way of life is possible—if you’re willing to make a change

SCENE MAKERS • A growing group of creative thinkers is transforming Senegal’s capital into a vibrant global hub

CROSSROADS OF TIME • Traveling Sicily from west to east is a revelation of cultures and histories like nowhere else, discovers Erin Florio

A TRAVELER’S TALE