Travel + Leisure India & South Asia

Travel + Leisure South Asia, a stylish and authoritative guide for today’s global traveler, offers stunning photography, incisive commentary, vivid narratives and practical travel information with a strong emphasis on Asia. From the best spa’s to the tastiest street food, from the most luxurious resorts to the hottest rooftop bars, from the latest restaurants to the region’s top designers, from the quietest beaches to the busiest shopping streets – Travel + Leisure South Asia delivers, month after month.

Letter from the Editor

Travel + Leisure India & South Asia

DISCOVERIES THE NEXT 20

DAPOLI, MAHARASHTRA • For a lesson in slow, regenerative travel from a small coastal town.

FLINDERS REEF, AUSTRALIA • For the continent’s oldest coral reef and a diving experience that is far more diverse than the Great Barrier Reef.

FUKUOKA, JAPAN • For Japan’s most liveable city—where street food, design, islands, forests, and a slower rhythm of urban life offer a glimpse into the country’s future.

HAMPI, KARNATAKA • For a destination reimagined, from temples and palaces to hidden gems in boulder-strewn scrublands, riverside wetlands, and a thriving ecosystem.

HELSINKI, FINLAND • For a masterclass in living well, and a city that has made sustainability feel effortless.

JAFFNA, SRI LANKA • For an island that doesn’t care to be discovered, yet is willing to share its remarkable bounty.

JIZZAKH, UZBEKISTAN • For a landscape where Silk Road history, disappearing seas, nomadic culture, and mountain wilderness come together in one remarkably under-explored region.

KARAKALPAKSTAN, UZBEKISTAN • For a slice of the western frontier that is rewriting its future through avant-garde art, climate storytelling, and a creative community.

LAND OF PALMS, BRAZIL • For the next stop of the FIFA Women’s World Cup where a new wave of community-led stays, coastal adventures, and lesser-known landscapes is shifting the spotlight beyond Rio.

MANGYSTAU, KAZAKHSTAN • For a story of transformation—from hardest-to-reach landscapes to UNESCO recognition, improved connectivity, and adventure infrastructure.

MARDIN, TURKEY • For a different Turkey—one shaped by Syriac monasteries, Mesopotamian history, layered cuisines, and one of the country’s most extraordinary cultural landscapes.

MOZAMBIQUE, AFRICA • For one of Africa’s most exciting conservation stories. White-sand islands, coral reefs, dhow sailing traditions, and the Indian Ocean’s next great destination.

NATIONAL (HIKING) TRAIL, ARMENIA • For a country entering its new chapter—where ancient monasteries, village-to-village hiking trails, and a new generation of hotels, artists, and film-makers are transforming the Caucasus.

SVALBARD, NORWAY • For action at the edge of the Arctic Ocean, where glaciers meet polar bears, abandoned mining towns, and one of the world’s most ambitious climate stories.

THE ARLANZA WINE ROUTE, SPAIN • For the next great wine destination—where high-altitude vineyards, medieval villages, and family-run wineries offer a glimpse into the future of wine travel.

THE AZORES, PORTUGAL • For volcanic landscapes, crater lakes, thermal springs, and a slower rhythm of life that makes for a compelling European alternative.

THE CARIBBEAN ARCHIPELAGO, PUERTO RICO • For salsa-filled streets, colonial architecture, Vieques, Culebra, and the rhythms of Loíza.

THE KONKAN COAST, INDIA • For an unhurried coast where authenticity was never a selling point, just a way of life.

WHITE CONTINENT, ANTARCTICA • For what was a once an inaccessible continent to new expedition routes, improved polar infrastructure, and once-ina-lifetime wildlife journeys.

WINE COUNTRY, SLOVENIA • For Europe’s green heart—alpine...