Mountain

A storied silver-mining town turned alpine capital of American glamour, where four mountains, a Michelin-starred table and private jets on the tarmac share a single Victorian grid.

A castle, a glacial lake, and the high Rockies — Canada's grandest mountain stage.

The last Buddhist kingdom, guarded by mountains and measured in happiness.

Ninety miles of cliff, redwood and Pacific, kept deliberately wild.

A French Huguenot valley turned the Cape's table of record — vines, mountains, and the country's most decorated kitchens.

Where jagged limestone spires turn rose-gold at dusk and a century of Alpine grand-hotel tradition is being entirely rebuilt for the Olympic spotlight.

Costa Rica's Gold Coast, where cloud forest volcanoes and a private Pacific peninsula share the same week.

The grande dame of alpine luxury, where the world's finest hotels and tables gather above the tree line.

A Dutch fort by the Indian Ocean, tea bungalows in the misted highlands, and the discreet machinery to move between them.

The Bernese Oberland's discreet billionaire village, where chalet wood outranks marble.

The land of fire and ice, where a lava-fed lagoon, a heli-ski lodge under the midnight sun, and turf-roofed suites sit beneath the aurora.

The American West at its most refined, framed by the Tetons.

Malbec vines run to the base of the Andes in Argentina's definitive wine country, where gravity-fed cellars, Michelin-starred estate tables, and villa-scale lodges sit inside the working vineyards themselves.

The world's finest powder, served with kaiseki and steam.

Arabia with the volume turned down — frankincense coast, fortress towns, and a green mountain on the rim of a canyon.

The end of the Americas, where granite towers rise from the steppe and luxury is measured in solitude.

An alpine resort town on the Southern Lakes, where adventure and quiet luxury share the same shoreline.

The beating heart of the Inca world, where Andean altitude meets unhurried luxury.

The Alpine resort that invented winter tourism — and still sets its terms.

Australia's wild island, where end-of-the-earth landscapes meet a quietly exacting table.

Scotland's wild north, where Michelin kitchens and castle estates sit beneath the country's highest peaks.

Nine hundred years of estate life across Val d'Orcia and Chianti, where the castle you sleep in also makes the wine you drink.

A glass city between the mountains and the sea, where Pacific Rim cooking meets temperate-rainforest calm.

An hour with the mountain gorillas, from a lodge at the foot of the volcanoes.

The Matterhorn's own village: car-free, snow-sure, and quietly grand at the roof of the Alps.