And the best journeys don’t go directly from A to B — the tangents are as interesting as the destination.  

Here are 24 journeys our travel experts designed over the past year that left a mark on the intrepid travelers who undertook them — from motorcycling through Iceland to living like a local in Vienna, wine tasting across Argentina to shopping the floating markets of Thailand. 

We hope they serve as inspiration, and a gentle nudge out the front door. Embark; the world is waiting.

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JAN

UA

RY

FEBR

UA

RY

MA

RC

H

APR

IL

MA

Y

JUN

E

JULY

AU

GU

ST

SEPT

EM

BER

OC

TO

BER

NO

VE

MBE

R

DEC

EM

BER

Southeast Asia

Scandinavia

India

New York City

Germany & Czech Republic

Thailand

Argentina

Reykjavik

Nicaragua

Australia

Turkey

Around the World

Rio de Janeiro

Alaska

Southern Africa

Italy

Shanghai

Vienna

Hawaii

Santorini

London

Bali

Iceland & Norway

Maldives

a year of travel planned by

Jetsetter

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Mark Twain in Hawaii

i tried surf-bathing once, but made a failure of it. i got the board placed right, and

at the right moment, too; but missed the connection

myself. The board struck the shore in three-quarters

of a second, without any cargo, and i struck the

bottom about the same time, with a couple of

barrels of water in me.

On the first day of Holi, colored powder known as gulal is sprinkled on every member of the family as a good luck omen for the start of spring.

london is home to two opera houses, five orchestras, seven concert halls and 125 dance companies.

Istanbul’s maze of spice-infused bazaars is the physical and spiritual heart of this extraordinary city. Colorful dome roofs ornament the skyline and create smudged reflections in the mighty Bosporus strait, while to the southeast, lunar-like Cappadocia is an ancient world turned upside down. Here, the tufa stone peri bacaları (“fairy chimneys”) are homes, Byzantine frescoes line cave trails deep underground, and the spire-dotted mountains overlook a land locked in time.

Bazaars& FairyChimneys

Journey by Elise MeyerDE S TI N ATION : T UR k EY

WH E N T O G O : JUNEC A P ITA L C IT Y: A Nk A R A

H I GH E S T P OI N T: MO UN T A R A R AT

Fairy chimneys, tent rocks, earth pyramids, hoodoos. Call them

what you want, Cappadocia's rock sculptures define its landscape.