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Looking at all those top nines from 2018 on Instagram was almost as irritating as posts about Bird Box. Almost. Because as harmless as it might seem to post a tic-tac-toe board of the year’s favorite memories, it often became an overwhelming barrage of food you wanted to eat, animals you wanted to pet, and countries you wanted to visit — and made planning your travel schedule for the year ahead harder than you thought.
So what are the spots that you can visit in 2019 that’ll pretty much guarantee a top-nine-worthy trip? We took a look around the world and found the places that are either doing some seriously epic stuff in 2019, are about to blow up with tourists, or are old standards we’re discovering new sides of. In no particular order (because they are all equally epic — yes, even the Midwest), these are the 25 places you should visit in 2019.
This year’s Where to Travel list was written by Noelle Alejandra Salmi, Matthew Meltzer, Tim Wenger, and Laura Reilly, with nominations from the entire Matador Network editorial staff.
1. Dominica
No island in the Caribbean has the dominating nature of Dominica. It’s apparent as soon as you fly among mountaintops to the island’s only airport, swearing you’re going to land in the middle of a jungle until an airstrip miraculously appears out of nowhere. The air smells like a spa, scented by gum trees and Caribbean humidity, a smell that can almost soothe your muscles during one of the island’s ass-kicking hikes.
But those hikes — many of which are straight up muddy cliffs through thick jungle — are some of the most rewarding in the world. You’ll find yourself swimming under a 200-foot waterfall in a crystal-clear river, with literally no people around for miles. Dominica isn’t big on sandy beaches or fruity cocktails, but for tropical wilderness and awe-inspiring appreciation of nature, it’s one of the most perfect places in the world.
This year, the island finally goes a little upscale too, welcoming the new Cabrits Resort and Spa Kempinski along the sands of Portsmouth. It’s the first five-star hotel to grace the island, and though it might not be as rugged as the rest of your vacation, it’ll be a welcoming place to relax after all that jungle trekking.
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