Where did 2016 go? How is it December is almost over? What am I doing with my life?
All very valid questions – sadly ones for which I do not have a good answer. Thankfully, the ever-reliable Lonely Planet, aka LP, aka large blue book, tourist bible, call it what you may, have just released their annual top picks for travel in 2017.
Rather than stewing on the above life questions, take a look at what is most travellers’ favourite guide book, what are considered to be the top 10 cities, regions and countries to visit next year. Drawn from hundreds of ideas submitted by Lonely Planet’s staff, authors and extended community of travellers, bloggers and tweeters, the ‘Best in Travel’ is their biggest annual publication.
And while we can’t promise you won’t find yourself joined by countless other like-minded – or should that be like-read – travellers, destinations are at least chosen for their topicality, excitement, value and X-factor.
Here are the top 10s for 2017:
Countries
- Canada
- Columbia
- Finland
- Dominica
- Nepal
- Bermuda
- Mongolia
- Oman
- Myanmar
- Ethiopia
Regions
- Choquequirao, Peru
- Taranaki, New Zealand
- The Azores, Portugal
- North Wales, UK
- South Australia
- Aysén, Chile
- The Tuamotus, French Polynesia
- Coastal Georgia, USA
- Perak, Malaysia
- The Skellig Ring, Ireland
Cities
- Bordeaux, France
- Cape Town, South Africa
- Los Angeles, USA
- Mérida, Mexico
- Ohrid, Macedonia
- Pistoia, Italy
- Seoul, South Korea
- Lisbon, Portugal
- Moscow, Russia
- Portland, Oregon
Value
- Nepal
- Namibia
- Porto, Portugal
- Venice, Italy
- Debrecen, Hungary
- Belize
- Morocco
- Russia
- Bellarine Peninsula, Australia
- Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, USA
Read more about the Lonely Planet’s: Best in Travel for 2017.
What do you think of the Lonely Planet’s top picks? How many of these destinations have you already been to and are any already on your bucket list?
Related articles:
Top travel spots for 2016
World’s cheapest destinations
Are these on your bucket list
