Top 10 Destinations for Luxury Vacation

Overwater villas, Michelin-starred restaurants, private island experiences — for those who want to live beyond the budget.

#1 ★ 4.8

Cape Town

South africa, Africa

The most beautiful city in the world, capturing two oceans, penguin beach and Mandela's island at once in the shadow of Table Mountain

#2 ★ 4.8

Maldives

Maldives, Asia

The sound of waves breaking on 1192 coral islands, turquoise lagoons and overwater villas

#3 ★ 4.8

Seychelles

Seychelles, Africa

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.

#4 ★ 4.7

Bali

Indonesia, Asia

Meditation on the rice terrace, temple on the cliff, sunset on the surfboard—all in the same day

#5 ★ 4.7

Mauritius

Mauritius, Africa

A volcanic jewel in the Indian Ocean — a creole island of turquoise lagoons, dramatic mountains and a fusion of five cultures

#6 ★ 4.7

Santorini

Greece, Europe

A white, blue and orange dream on the edge of the caldera

#7 ★ 4.6

Paris

France, Europe

Cliche but still fascinating, the capital of art

#8 ★ 4.6

Reykjavik

Iceland, Europe

Volcano, glacier, waterfall and aurora — Europe's northernmost capital, with a population of 140 thousand, is the leading role in a nature movie

#9 ★ 4.6

Venice

Italy, Europe

120 islands, 400 bridges, zero cars — an imperial remnant standing above water

#10 ★ 4.6

Zanzibar

Tanzania, Africa

A spice-scented honeymoon island in the Indian Ocean, at the crossroads of Ottoman-Arab-Indo-African