Food lovers
Destinations worth the trip for the eating alone.
18 destination guides
Paris
France · best Apr–Jun, Sep–OctBoulevards, bakeries and the best people-watching on earth.
London
United Kingdom · best Apr–SepFree museums, royal parks and a food scene drawn from the whole world.
Rome
Italy · best Mar–May, Sep–OctThree thousand years of history, and dinner at nine.
Barcelona
Spain · best Apr–Jun, Sep–OctGaudí, the Mediterranean and dinner after ten.
Lisbon
Portugal · best Mar–Jun, Sep–OctSeven hills, yellow trams and the sweet ache of fado.
Istanbul
Türkiye · best Apr–May, Sep–OctWhere two continents meet over tea on the Bosphorus.
Tokyo
Japan · best Mar–May, Oct–NovNeon, temples and the most precise bowl of noodles you will ever eat.
Kyoto
Japan · best Mar–Apr, Oct–NovSeventeen World Heritage sites and a thousand quiet gardens.
Bangkok
Thailand · best Nov–FebGolden temples, river ferries and the greatest street food city in the world.
Singapore
Singapore · best Feb–AprA garden city where Michelin stars sit beside hawker stalls.
Jaipur
India · best Oct–MarThe Pink City: forts, palaces and bazaars in Rajasthan's royal capital.
New York City
United States · best Apr–Jun, Sep–OctFive boroughs, eight million people and a pizza slice on every block.
Mexico City
Mexico · best Oct–AprAztec ruins, leafy colonias and tacos at every hour.
Buenos Aires
Argentina · best Mar–May, Sep–NovTango, steak and grand cafés that stay open until dawn.
Vancouver
Canada · best May–SepSea, forest and mountains, all within a bus ride.
Cape Town
South Africa · best Oct–MarTable Mountain, two oceans and the winelands next door.
Marrakech
Morocco · best Mar–May, Oct–NovSouks, riads and the Atlas Mountains on the horizon.
Sydney
Australia · best Feb–Apr, Sep–NovThe world's best harbour and a beach for every mood.