✈️12 from the NYT's 52 places for 2026

New York Times, '52 Places to Go in 2026,' published in January. Trimmed to twelve, credited, in their order not mine.

01
Revolutionary America
means multiple stops, not one city. still working out the route
02
Warsaw
03
Bangkok
direct flights from most EU hubs now, no logistics excuse to skip it
04
Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica
no direct flights, connect through San Jose, check the date on the puddle jumper schedule
05
Bandhavgarh, India
06
Dallas
on here partly because a status run needs a Dallas leg anyway
07
Oran, Algeria
visa lead time runs longer than people expect, check the date early on this one
08
Route 66
09
Saba, the Caribbean
the airstrip is famously short. gate-checked once, never again for a plane that size
10
Poblenou, Barcelona
11
Nepal's Other Mountains
12
Bayreuth, Germany

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