No. 29 Canary Islands, Spain These Spanish islands off Africa’s northwest coast are overrun with tourists (mostly Eu...

No. 29 Canary Islands, Spain These Spanish islands off Africa’s northwest coast are overrun with tourists (mostly Eu...
No. 30 Rhodes, Greece Rhodes, the largest of the Dodecanese islands, combines ancient ruins with a dynamic café and ...
No. 28 Phuket, Thailand It’s been almost seven years since the tsunami hit, and Phuket is decidedly back in business. Many resorts renovated...
No. 27 San Juan Islands, WA It’s not only Seattle residents who dream of escaping to these islands just northwest of their city, where the w...
No. 25 Raiatea, French Polynesia Smack-dab in the middle of Tahiti and Bora Bora, this tiny, ...
No. 26 The Abacos, Bahamas With super-calm waters on all sides, this Bahamian archipelago is...
No. 24 Cuba Though direct travel to Cuba from the U.S. is currently limited to Cuban-Americans with family still liv...
No. 23 Koh Samui, Thailand Nearly a million people a year visit this 13-mile-wide island. After all, it’s gorgeous, ...
No. 22 Oahu, HI Travelers enter this happening Hawaiian paradise through Honolulu, a 5.5-hour flight from ...
No. 21 Nantucket, MA On this tradition-rich island, old meets new—from classic hotels to swanky restaurants that cat...
No. 19 Corfu, Greece Centuries of visitors and rulers—among them, Italians, Brits, and Turks—have felt the urge ...
No. 20 Ambergris Cay, Belize Belize’s largest island attracts travelers eager to experience some of the world’s top ...
No. 18 Cook Islands This South Pacific island group’s low-key resorts make an affordable alternative to ...
No. 17 Fiji A collection of hundreds of islands, Fiji is on the dividing line between Polyne...
No. 16 Bora-Bora, French Polynesia To the northwest of Moorea—which squeaked ahead at No. 14 in the 2011 World’s Bes...
No. 15 Mykonos, Greece This year was the first that readers were able to vote on Mykonos as an individual ...
No. 13 Majorca, Spain Though Spanish royals have long been spending their summer holidays on the Balearic ...
No. 14 Moorea, French Polynesia With jagged mountains, white-sand beaches, and thatched overwater bungalows, this ...
No. 12 Vancouver Island, Canada The city of Vancouver offers a winning combination of urban delights (neighborhoods ...
No. 11 Capri, Italy Though this is the first year since 2002 that Capri has broken into the top 5 in ...
No. 9 Maui, Hawaii Within the Hawaiian-island family, Maui is the celebrity sibling: radiantly beautiful, ...
No. 10 Galápagos, Ecuador The wild islands of the Galápagos continue to lure travelers 600 miles west of ...
No. 8 Kauai, Hawaii It may be the most dramatic vista anywhere in Hawaii: from the bluffs above the ...
No. 7 Big Island, Hawaii The Big Island of Hawaii is a little bit country and a whole lot of lava rock and ...
No. 6 Sicily, Italy A historical feast with 300 days of sun per year, spectacular landscapes, and a ...
No. 5 Great Barrier Reef, Australia Though the competition for No. 1 island in Australia, Ne...
No. 4 Boracay, Philippines Now that even tiny islands such as Koh Samui are becoming mainstream, Boracay, in the ...
No. 3 Cape Breton, Canada Readers love Cape Breton for its captivating vistas—cliff-backed beaches; forested ...
No. 2 Bali, Indonesia Lapped by the warm waters of the ...
No. 1 Santorini, Greece An ancient island that endured one of the largest volcanic eruptions in history, ...
Just four hours away from the country’s capital, Capones Island is the weekend traveler’s delight. The virgin paradise in the province of...
An archipelago made up of 7,107 islands of lush green tropical forests encircled by pristine crystal-clear beaches – there’s no wonder why t...