No. 29 Canary Islands, Spain These Spanish islands off Africa’s northwest coast are overrun with tourists (mostly Eu...
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No. 30 Rhodes, Greece Rhodes, the largest of the Dodecanese islands, combines ancient ruins with a dynamic café and ...
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No. 28 Phuket, Thailand It’s been almost seven years since the tsunami hit, and Phuket is decidedly back in business. Many resorts renovated...
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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...
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No. 25 Raiatea, French Polynesia Smack-dab in the middle of Tahiti and Bora Bora, this tiny, ...
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No. 26 The Abacos, Bahamas With super-calm waters on all sides, this Bahamian archipelago is...
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No. 24 Cuba Though direct travel to Cuba from the U.S. is currently limited to Cuban-Americans with family still liv...
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No. 23 Koh Samui, Thailand Nearly a million people a year visit this 13-mile-wide island. After all, it’s gorgeous, ...
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No. 22 Oahu, HI Travelers enter this happening Hawaiian paradise through Honolulu, a 5.5-hour flight from ...
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No. 21 Nantucket, MA On this tradition-rich island, old meets new—from classic hotels to swanky restaurants that cat...
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No. 19 Corfu, Greece Centuries of visitors and rulers—among them, Italians, Brits, and Turks—have felt the urge ...
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No. 20 Ambergris Cay, Belize Belize’s largest island attracts travelers eager to experience some of the world’s top ...
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No. 18 Cook Islands This South Pacific island group’s low-key resorts make an affordable alternative to ...
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No. 17 Fiji A collection of hundreds of islands, Fiji is on the dividing line between Polyne...
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No. 16 Bora-Bora, French Polynesia To the northwest of Moorea—which squeaked ahead at No. 14 in the 2011 World’s Bes...
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No. 15 Mykonos, Greece This year was the first that readers were able to vote on Mykonos as an individual ...
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No. 13 Majorca, Spain Though Spanish royals have long been spending their summer holidays on the Balearic ...
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No. 14 Moorea, French Polynesia With jagged mountains, white-sand beaches, and thatched overwater bungalows, this ...
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No. 12 Vancouver Island, Canada The city of Vancouver offers a winning combination of urban delights (neighborhoods ...
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No. 11 Capri, Italy Though this is the first year since 2002 that Capri has broken into the top 5 in ...
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No. 9 Maui, Hawaii Within the Hawaiian-island family, Maui is the celebrity sibling: radiantly beautiful, ...
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No. 10 Galápagos, Ecuador The wild islands of the Galápagos continue to lure travelers 600 miles west of ...
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No. 8 Kauai, Hawaii It may be the most dramatic vista anywhere in Hawaii: from the bluffs above the ...
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No. 7 Big Island, Hawaii The Big Island of Hawaii is a little bit country and a whole lot of lava rock and ...
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No. 6 Sicily, Italy A historical feast with 300 days of sun per year, spectacular landscapes, and a ...
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No. 5 Great Barrier Reef, Australia Though the competition for No. 1 island in Australia, Ne...
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No. 4 Boracay, Philippines Now that even tiny islands such as Koh Samui are becoming mainstream, Boracay, in the ...
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No. 3 Cape Breton, Canada Readers love Cape Breton for its captivating vistas—cliff-backed beaches; forested ...
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No. 2 Bali, Indonesia Lapped by the warm waters of the ...
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No. 1 Santorini, Greece An ancient island that endured one of the largest volcanic eruptions in history, ...
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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...