Travel Dispatch: Top 10 Reader Favorites From Our ‘52 Places to Go’ List
Where you were most eager to visit.
Travel Dispatch
January 14, 2026

Last week we published our annual list of 52 Places to Go with an interactive element — readers could create lists of their own by “saving” the places they’ve visited and the places on their wish lists.

Which were most popular with readers? Some are lesser-known destinations, and they might inspire some travel ideas of your own.

At sunset, a stone fortress within circular walls juts out into the sea. In the background is a bay dotted with boats and a coast with scattered small buildings. Beyond them are hazy mountains.

Athanasios Gioumpasis/Getty Images

Top 10 reader favorites from our ‘52 Places to Go’ list

A lush green island, with dramatically steep cliffs leading to blue water, is seen from an airplane, a propeller of which is visible in the foreground.

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Read the full 2026 list of ‘52 Places to Go’ here

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