World's 100 Greatest Places

To assemble our second annual list of the World’s Greatest Places, TIME solicited nominations from our correspondents around the world as well as industry experts. Then we evaluated each one based on key factors, including quality, originality, innovation and influence. The result: 100 new and newly noteworthy destinations to experience right now, from America’s hottest hometown pizzeria to a Tokyo museum bringing digital art to life.

A PIONEERING CAMP

LEOPARD HILL

Mara Naboisho Conservancy, Kenya

The volume of wildlife crowning the locally owned Mara Naboisho Conservancy around Leopard Hill is exceptional—elephants playfully clashing tusks, sturdy zebras galloping, big-maned lions nuzzling cubs. But animals aren’t the sole highlight at this eco camp, which opened in early 2018 with six tents outfitted with outdoor showers and retractable roofs for stargazing from bed, starting at $375 a night. The all-Kenyan guide staff includes three trailblazing young Maasai women who attended guide school and learned to drive 4x4s. They pursued this career path with help from Basecamp Explorer, Leopard Hill’s parent company, a staunch supporter of female guiding. —Kathryn Romeyn

A LAGOON OF THEIR OWN

GEOSEA GEOTHERMAL SEA BATHS​

Husavik, Iceland

Overtourism is a tremendous problem for Iceland—its iconic Blue Lagoon packs in visitors by the busload. But roughly 300 miles north in Husavik, a port town along the country’s Arctic Coast Way, a lesserknown geothermal spa gives its guests plenty of room to breathe. Opened in August 2018, Geosea draws its mineral- rich seawaters from two nearby drill holes. It has multiple infinityedged pools and a built- in waterfall, swim- up bar and bathtub -warm water averaging around 100°F. The spa operates year-round, staying open till midnight in summer and 10 p.m. in winter—a spectacular way to catch the northern lights when swimming after dark. —Ashlea Halpern

DINNER AMONG THE FISH

UNDER Lindesnes, Norway