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THE GOLD LIST EDITOR’S LETTER
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THE GOLD LIST 2020 • THE EDITORS’ ALL-TIME FAVORITE HOTELS
THE GOLD LIST SHIPS • THE EDITORS’ FAVORITE VOYAGES TO THE MOST EXCITING PLACES
THE DESTINATION THE MIDDLE EAST • THOUGH TRAVELERS TODAY MIGHT THINK ABOUT THE REGION FOR REASONS OTHER THAN THEIR NEXT VACATION, ITS HEADY MIX OF CULTURES AND LANDSCAPES HAS LONG CAPTURED THE WESTERN IMAGINATION. NOW, FRESH EXPERIENCES PROVIDE NEW REASONS TO GO.
THE OBSESSION PALACE POMP • OPULENT OPENINGS ELEVATE THE CRAZE FOR ALL THINGS REGAL
THE ZONE THE CORAL TRIANGLE WITH DAVID DOUBILET • THE VETERAN UNDERWATER PHOTOGRAPHER HAS SPENT THE PAST 50 YEARS DOCUMENTING INCREDIBLE CREATURES IN HIS FAVORITE PLACE ON EARTH—AND SEEING CLIMATE CHANGE FIRSTHAND
THE SHOPPING SCENE ROME • THIS GILT-EDGED CITY IS A STEALTH FASHION CAPITAL, MORE EXTRAVAGANT THAN MILAN AND MORE LAID-BACK THAN PARIS. TODAY THE BIG PLAYERS ARE FOUND IN FRESCOED FLAGSHIPS THAT SIT ALONGSIDE QUIRKY FLEA-MARKET DENS.
THE FUTURE TREND SPACE STREETWEAR • LOUIS VUITTON’S VIRGIL ABLOH STORMS AHEAD WITH HIGH-TECH GEAR FOR THE NEXT GENERATION OF NOMADS
THE URBAN REBOOT MEDELLÍN • HOW EL POBLADO BECAME THE MOST EXCITING NEIGHBORHOOD IN SOUTH AMERICA’S MOST EXCITING CITY
Tipping Point • After years of uncertainty, Egypt—one of the greatest destinations of them all—is back in business. Longtime expert Anthony Sattin sizes up the old and the new
WHAT TO SEE & WHAT TO IGNORE
SUPER NATURAL • THE LAND OF THE MID NIGHT SUN REMAINS AS EPIC AS EVER — BUT AS IT BECOMES INCREASINGLY FRAGILE, THE SUBLIME LANDSCAPES AROUND ANCHORAGE HAVE TAKEN ON NEW MEANING
FACE FORWARD • ZIMBABWE IS NATURE IN THE RAW, A PLACE WHERE BIG-GAME SPOTTERS GET UP CLOSE TO SOME OF THE MOST ENDANGERED SPECIES IN AFRICA. PETER BROWNE RETURNS TO HIS HOMELAND FOR A SLOW SAFARI ALONG THE COUNTRY’S BACK ROADS
THE GLOBETROTTER PAUL THEROUX • THE NOVELIST AND MASTER OF TRAVEL WRITING, WHO MADE HIS NAME JOURNEYING FROM THE U.K. TO JAPAN AND BACK BY TRAIN FOR THE GREAT RAILWAY BAZAAR, HIT THE OPEN ROAD FOR HIS LATEST BOOK
THE INSIDER ADDRESS TAJ RISHIKESH • A NEW TRADITION-ROOTED SANCTUARY IN THE PLACE WHERE ROCK STARS WENT TO MEDITATE