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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.

    • 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.

    • Galician Coast

      Galician Coast

      The Camino ends in Santiago, but the Galician Coast keeps going — all the way to Finisterre, where pilgrims once believed the world stopped.

    • 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.

    • 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.

    • North Carolina

      North Carolina

      NC spans 500 miles wide — the Smokies and the Outer Banks are practically different worlds. Pick your region carefully.

    • Tulum

      Tulum

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

    • Estonia

      Estonia

      Tallinn’s Old Town is medieval Europe at its most intact — and somehow Estonia also runs one of the world’s most advanced digital governments.

    • Uvita

      Uvita

      The whale’s tail sandbar at Marino Ballena is real — low tide reveals the full shape, and humpbacks pass twice a year.

    • Bali

      Bali

      Skip Kuta. The Bali worth your time is Ubud at dawn, Tegallalang before the tour buses, and a temple ceremony nobody planned for.