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Winter Travel Destinations

Winter travel guides covering ski destinations, Christmas markets, Northern Lights chasing, and warm-weather escapes — with December-to-March pricing and weather realities.

  • Upper Sava Valley, Slovenia

    Upper Sava Valley

    The Upper Sava Valley in Slovenia stretches from Kranjska Gora to Bled with Julian Alps framing every view — a valley where ski resorts and emerald rivers share the landscape.

  • Lake Louise panoramic view in Banff National Park, Canada

    Banff National Park

    Banff National Park has Lake Louise, Moraine Lake, and the Icefields Parkway connecting it all — the Canadian Rockies at their most photographed and most accessible.

  • Colorful Buildings in Cartagena, Colombia 

    Cartagena

    Cartagena preserves colonial architecture behind 16th-century stone walls along Colombia’s Caribbean coast — the old town’s color, music, and fruit vendors make every street a scene.

  • Seychelles

    Kochi

    Kochi is where India’s layered history unfolds across islands and peninsulas — Chinese fishing nets, Dutch palaces, Jewish synagogues, and Kerala spice markets sharing one harbor.

  • Mountains ski resort Bad Gastein Austria

    Bad Gastein

    Bad Gastein rises along steep mountainsides with Belle Époque hotels, a waterfall crashing through town center, and thermal springs that have drawn visitors since the Habsburg era.

  • rocks and blue sky at Camp Pintade in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius

    Mauritius

    Mauritius has an underwater waterfall illusion, seven-colored earth at Chamarel, and a Creole-Indian-French culture that shows up best on every dinner plate.

  • Woman on thecenter of Avenida Paulista, Brazil road

    São Paulo

    São Paulo has 12 million people, the best Japanese food outside Japan, a street art scene on Vila Madalena’s Beco do Batman, and a nightlife that makes Rio look early-to-bed.

  • virgin-islands destination image

    Virgin Islands

    The Virgin Islands split between US and British territory with trunk bay snorkeling, Tortola’s sailing, and a Caribbean pace where flip-flops count as formal wear.

  • Beautiful white beach in Saint Lucia, Caribbean Islands

    St. Lucia

    St. Lucia has the Pitons rising from the sea, volcanic mud baths you can actually swim in, and a Caribbean setting that makes other islands feel flat by comparison.

  • Trail and scenic mountain landscape at Puez-Odle Nature Park, Dolomites, Italy

    Dolomites

    The Dolomites are Italian Alps that don’t look like any other mountains — pale limestone towers, pink sunsets called enrosadira, and via ferrata routes bolted into vertical rock.

  • Charming Historic Houses in Rothenburg ob der Tauber

    Rothenburg ob der Tauber

    Rothenburg ob der Tauber looks exactly like a medieval German town should — half-timbered houses, a night watchman tour, and a Christmas shop open year-round inside the walls.

  • Breathtaking Panoramic View of Split, Croatia from Marjan Hill

    Muscat

    Muscat is wedged between the Hajar Mountains and the Gulf of Oman — the Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque, Mutrah Souq, and a wadis-and-fjords coastline that rival Norway’s.

  • moorea destination image

    Moorea

    Moorea is a 30-minute ferry from Tahiti with volcanic peaks, a lagoon that glows blue-green, and a quieter pace that makes Bora Bora feel like a resort and Moorea feel like an island.

  • Baroque ceiling and floral wall details inside Schönbrunn Palace, Vienna

    Kaprun

    Kaprun has year-round skiing on the Kitzsteinhorn glacier and a village at the foot of the Hohe Tauern range — the Austrian Alps at their most accessible and least pretentious.

  • Breathtaking Baroque Interior of the Hofburg Palace in Innsbruck: Opulent design, frescoes, chandeliers, and artistry.

    Saalbach

    Saalbach-Hinterglemm connects 270km of ski runs across a valley in the Austrian Alps — the Skicircus lives up to its name with après-ski that matches the terrain.

  • Zanzibar shore with boats in Africa

    Zanzibar

    Zanzibar’s Stone Town is a UNESCO maze of carved doors and spice-scented alleys — the beaches on the east coast are the postcard, but the history is the reason to go.

  • tahaa destination image

    Tahaa

    Taha’a is French Polynesia’s vanilla island — no airport, no crowds, and a lagoon shared with Raiatea that smells like vanilla orchids and warm coral.

  • Surfer Walking into Ocean at Sunset in Nicaragua

    San Juan Del Sur

    San Juan del Sur is Nicaragua’s Pacific surf town with a giant Christ statue overlooking the bay, consistent waves, and a Sunday Funday that defined Central American party culture.

  • Aerial view of Rio de Janeiro with Christ Redeemer and Corcovado Mountain

    Rio De Janeiro

    Rio puts Christ the Redeemer on Corcovado, Sugarloaf over the harbor, and Copacabana at sea level — a city framed by granite peaks where the geography does the heavy lifting.

  • Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Punta Cana

    Punta Cana

    Punta Cana lines the Dominican Republic’s eastern tip with 30 miles of coconut-palm beaches, all-inclusives, and a Hoyo Azul cenote hidden in the jungle behind the resorts.

  • British Colonial Hotel Nassau Bahamas poolside landscape

    Nassau

    Nassau is the Bahamas’ capital with Atlantis resort, a pirate museum, and a fish fry at Arawak Cay that gives you the local side beyond the cruise port.

  • Airbnb Paris Les Invalides

    New Caledonia

    New Caledonia is a French territory in the South Pacific with the world’s largest lagoon, Kanak culture, and a Nouméa café scene that feels like Paris in the tropics.

  • Mexican Dish at A La Salsa,

    Zacatecas

    Zacatecas is a Mexican colonial silver city at 8,000 feet with a cable car crossing the center, an underground mine turned nightclub, and pink stone buildings glowing at dusk.

  • Taos Ski Valley in Taos, New Mexico

    Taos

    Taos has a 1,000-year-old pueblo, a ski valley that gets serious snow, and a high-desert art colony that attracted Georgia O’Keeffe for a reason.