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    • Saint-Tropez

      Saint-Tropez

      Saint-Tropez works better in May or October. July crowds and EUR30 rosé make the real town almost impossible to find.

    • Amalfi

      Amalfi

      The EUR2 coastal bus delivers better views than any boat tour. Amalfi’s cathedral square alone is worth timing your itinerary around.

    • 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.

    • Norway

      Norway

      Sognefjord alone justifies the flight. But Norway’s real hook is how easy it is to move between Arctic wilderness and a functional, walkable city.

    • Cuba

      Cuba

      Ninety miles from Florida, Cuba feels like another world — crumbling Havana facades, 1950s Chevys, and son music spilling onto every corner.

    • Santorini

      Santorini

      Oia’s sunset crowd arrives 2 hours early. Skip it — Imerovigli has the same caldera view with half the people.

    • Penang

      Penang

      George Town’s assam laksa alone justifies the flight. The street art, clan houses, and hawker stalls make it hard to leave.

    • Taormina

      Taormina

      The Greek Theatre in Taormina frames Mount Etna on one side and the Ionian Sea on the other. No other ancient site pulls off that combination.

    • Amalfi Coast

      Amalfi Coast

      The EUR2 coastal bus between Amalfi and Positano delivers better views than any boat tour — and most people never think to take it.

    • Faroe Islands

      Faroe Islands

      Waterfalls drop straight into the ocean here. The Faroe Islands are 18 volcanic islands where turf roofs and puffin colonies outnumber tourists.

    • Maldives

      Maldives

      Local islands cost a fraction of resort prices and still put you 10 feet from the same reef. The overwater villa can wait.

    • Waikoloa Village

      Waikoloa Village

      Waikoloa sits drier and sunnier than the rest of the Big Island — which means beaches when Hilo is rained out and lava fields ten minutes from your hotel.