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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.

    • Peru

      Peru

      The Inca Trail’s high passes hit 4,200m before Machu Picchu even appears. That suffering is the whole point.

    • Tanzania

      Tanzania

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

    • Lake Garda

      Lake Garda

      Sirmione sits on a narrow peninsula jutting into Lake Garda — the Roman ruins and medieval castle alone justify the detour from Verona.

    • 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.

    • Alaska

      Alaska

      Denali isn’t just North America’s tallest peak — it reframes everything you thought you knew about scale and wilderness.

    • Zell Am See

      Zell Am See

      Zell am See skis in winter, swims in summer, and somehow never feels like a tourist trap. The Grossglockner drive alone justifies the detour.

    • Montana

      Montana

      Going-to-the-Sun Road alone justifies the trip — 50 miles of 1932 engineering cutting through the Continental Divide at 6,646 feet.

    • 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.

    • Lauterbrunnen

      Lauterbrunnen

      Trümmelbach Falls is carved inside the mountain itself — ten glacier-fed cascades most visitors walk right past on their way to Jungfraujoch.

    • Seattle

      Seattle

      Pike Place Market before 9am is a different city — locals, no lines, and the fish guys actually talk to you.