25 breathtaking places and experiences for 2023
| | Wednesday, October 26, 2022 | | | | |
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How do you pick the very best places in the world to go?
Should you go to the Azores for whale watching (sperm whales, above) and other natural escapes? Escape to low-key Karpathos, which is trying to avoid the over-touristed fate of better-known Greek islands? Float through Southern Africa’s Okavango Delta, where you can track a zebra herd wading through the water?
Yes, yes, and yes. These three sites make this year’s “Best of the World” list of 25 breathtaking places and experiences. What else is on our list?
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| Celestial lights: In this 20-second exposure, the Milky Way stretches above the Monjes de La Pacana rock formation in Chile’s hyper-arid Atacama Desert. And that yellow-green glow in the background? It’s not light pollution. It’s airglow caused by atoms in our atmosphere absorbing solar radiation.
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 | | PHOTOGRAPH COURTESY ROB LEWIS PHOTOGRAPHY, SWITZERLAND TOURISM | | Family adventure: From bird watching in Colombia to a chocolate train ride in Switzerland, our editors have selected five top kid-friendly destinations worldwide. Each dodge the crowds and are full of wonder for all ages. (Switzerland’s Bernina Express, above, traverses 55 tunnels and nearly 200 bridges through the Alps.) See our top family travel picks. Catch the full list.
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Readers, let us know where you are thinking of traveling in the new year. Or is there a place you think we should include in our next list? Let us know at Allie.Yang@natgeo.com.
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