Top 10 Destinations for Luxury Vacation
Overwater villas, Michelin-starred restaurants, private island experiences — for those who want to live beyond the budget.
Cape Town
The most beautiful city in the world, capturing two oceans, penguin beach and Mandela's island at once in the shadow of Table Mountain
Maldives
The sound of waves breaking on 1192 coral islands, turquoise lagoons and overwater villas
Seychelles
An archipelago of three islands in the Indian Ocean, where turquoise lagoons and coco de mer palms hide among 750-million-year-old granite rocks.
Bali
Meditation on the rice terrace, temple on the cliff, sunset on the surfboard—all in the same day
Mauritius
A volcanic jewel in the Indian Ocean — a creole island of turquoise lagoons, dramatic mountains and a fusion of five cultures
Santorini
A white, blue and orange dream on the edge of the caldera
Paris
Cliche but still fascinating, the capital of art
Reykjavik
Volcano, glacier, waterfall and aurora — Europe's northernmost capital, with a population of 140 thousand, is the leading role in a nature movie
Venice
120 islands, 400 bridges, zero cars — an imperial remnant standing above water
Zanzibar
A spice-scented honeymoon island in the Indian Ocean, at the crossroads of Ottoman-Arab-Indo-African