Travel + Leisure's 2025 World's Best Awards celebrates reader-favorite hotels, destinations, and more around the world. Pictured: Four Seasons Hotel at the Surf Club; Paros, Greece; Gleneagles; Rome, Italy; Four Seasons Resort Chiang Mai; Cunard; The St. Regis Bora Bora. Credit:

Sofi Perazzo (Four Seasons Hotel at the Surf Club); Thomas Gravanis (Paros); Murray Orr (Gleneagles); Camilla Glorioso (Rome); Christopher Wise (Four Seasons Resort Chiang Mai); David Williams (Cunard); Amanda Villarosa (The St. Regis Bora Bora)

World's Best Awards 2025

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For the past 30 years, we’ve asked you, our devoted readers, to choose the destinations, operators, and hotels that have turned a trip into a lifelong memory. Your responses—hundreds of thousands of them—have helped define today’s travel landscape. Some winners have consistently ranked in the awards for more than two decades; others are catching your attention for the first time. Here’s to the journeys taken, and those to come.

Hotels & Spas

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Wildflower Farms, Auberge Resorts Collectin, in New York's Hudson Valley. Credit:

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Winning Hotels & Spas

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Islands & National Parks

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Clear waters off the coast of Mallorca, one of Spain's Balearic Islands. Credit:

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Winning Islands & National Parks

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Cities

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The New York City skyline. Credit:

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Winning Cities

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Safari & Tour Operators

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Elephants in Kenya. Credit:

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Winning Safari & Tour Operators

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Travel + Leisure Readers’ 15 Favorite Tour Operators of 2025
A tented safari camp in Africa.
Travel + Leisure Readers’ 15 Favorite Safari Lodges and Safari Outfitters in Africa of 2025

Transportation

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An airplane on a runway. Credit:

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Winning Trains, Airlines, & Airports

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Cruises

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Passengers on the deck of the Cunard Queen Mary 2. Credit:

David Williams/Travel + Leisure

Winning Cruise Lines

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