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    • Saint Lucia

      Saint Lucia

      The Pitons look best from the water at dusk — but the real Saint Lucia is a bowl of pepperpot stew in a fishing village.

    • Dominican Republic

      Dominican Republic

      Pico Duarte is the Caribbean’s highest peak and most people skip it for Punta Cana. That trade-off tells you everything about the DR.

    • Tanzania

      Tanzania

      Three UNESCO sites, one country: Serengeti, Ngorongoro, and Kilimanjaro alone justify the flight to East Africa.

    • Qatar

      Qatar

      Doha’s skyline is genuinely jarring — glass towers with Islamic geometry rising from flat desert, 45 minutes from an inland sea swallowed by dunes.

    • Nice

      Nice

      Cours Saleya’s morning markets smell like the best version of France. By afternoon, the same square is full of rosé and locals.

    • Palawan

      Palawan

      El Nido’s limestone cliffs and lagoons are worth the rough road to get there. Puerto Princesa’s underground river is the bonus.

    • Puerto Vallarta

      Puerto Vallarta

      Puerto Vallarta’s cobblestone Zona Romántica beats any resort pool. The street tacos on Basilio Badillo alone justify the flight.

    • Tenerife

      Tenerife

      Mount Teide hits 3,715m and you can take a cable car most of the way up. The views over the Atlantic make everything else on the island look small.

    • Todos Santos

      Todos Santos

      Todos Santos sits an hour north of Cabo but feels like a different country — art galleries, good tacos, and surf breaks without the resort crowds.

    • Tamarindo

      Tamarindo

      Tamarindo’s surf breaks are beginner-friendly, but the real draw is Las Baulas at dusk — leatherback turtles on a near-empty beach.

    • Tulum

      Tulum

      The clifftop ruins at Tulum are real — but the cenotes just inland are what keep people rearranging their return flights.

    • Cambodia

      Cambodia

      Angkor Wat gets the crowds. The temples of Koh Ker get the silence. Cambodia rewards the travelers who look one stop past the obvious.