Conde Nast Traveler

Condé Nast Traveler magazine is filled with the travel secrets of celebrated writers and sophisticated travelers. Each monthly issue features breathtaking destinations, including the finest art, architecture, fashion, culture, cuisine, lodgings, and shopping. With Condé Nast Traveler as your guide, you'll discover the best islands, cities, spas, castles, and cruises.

editor’s letter

LIKE MAGIC • The caught-in-time Mexican town of Loreto is using tourism to preserve its bay—and the marine creatures who live there—for future generations

WHEN IN ROME • Mary Katrantzou, Bvlgari’s creative director of leather goods, on the spots she keeps returning to in the Italian capital

HIDDEN VALLEY • In South Australia, fresh initiatives and openings are creating a new top wine destination

IT’S IN THE BAG • Actor Rosamund Pike on meaningful trips, wellness rituals, and staying grounded on the move

FOOD WAYS • A new movement across North America is spotlighting and preserving Indigenous ingredients and culinary traditions

DANCING ON THEIR OWN • For their honeymoon in the Pacific, New York City Ballet stars Tiler Peck and Roman Mejia made the most out of a short stay before heading back onstage

what’s new in wellness • IT’S A WILD, WILD WORLD OF SELF-CARE OUT THERE, WITH HEALTH TRENDS SOMETIMES SEEMING TO CHANGE WITH THE SEASONS. LONGEVITY AND BIOHACKING ARE STILL ALL THE RAGE, BUT THERE’S BEEN A REEMPHASIS ON THE BASICS—AND HUMAN CONNECTION—AS A PATHWAY TO HEALING

Body-Mind Connection • At a retreat in South Africa, Mary Holland learns how quickly eating well can lead to feeling good

Come Together • With loneliness on the rise worldwide, health-minded resorts are leaning into the power of friendship.

Club Medi • Group walks, cosseting decor, mind-altering sound baths—the newest science-based spas are trying something different.

Picture Imperfect • Numerous high-end resorts are adding art therapy to their programming. As Maria Yagoda finds out, it’s all about letting go

THE 2026 GOLD LIST • It’s time again for us to tell you about the hotels (and cruises) we really, really love right now. Our 32nd annual Gold List collects our editors’ current favorite places to stay and ships to sail (all vetted by our team of contributors and editors around the globe). They’re memorable for many reasons: service that made us feel like Hollywood stars; architecture that transported us to 1920s London or 18th-century Lake Como; and meals in Vietnam, in Australia, and at sea that we know will inspire Proustian responses. What do all of these experiences have in common? We’ll be carrying them with us for years to come. To paraphrase the old saying: New friends are silver, but old friends are gold.

THE MOUNTAINS ARE CALLING • Two generations after the 1960 Winter Olympics made Lake Tahoe a household name, the region that spans the California-Nevada border remains unparalleled in the diversity of terrain and experiences it offers skiers. Rebecca Misner bombs down black diamonds and indulges in après pleasures to provide a primer on the area

MORE TO THE STORY • Looking to go beyond Panama’s capital city and famous canal, David Amsden road-trips between the notoriously narrow country’s Pacific and Caribbean coasts, encountering secret villages, untouched isles, and new-wave retreats

FOLK TALE • Tangled up in myth and tradition, Germany’s Black Forest once had a reputation for being as antiquated as its cuckoo clocks. But new woodland dwellers are cutting fresh tracks

JAMES CAMERON on PAPUA NEW GUINEA