India

Use this T+L guide to choose your own adventures this year.

Looking for inspo of where to go in 2022? We asked some of the most influential people in Asia’s travel industry for their this-year bucket list.

From the white sands of the Seychelles to the peaks of Pakistan.

Can you guess which country has the most bars on the 50 Best list in 2021? Hint: Cocktail culture is roaring back in this Asian capital.

Here’s how to start your bucket-list Indian vacation in New Delhi.

Can you guess which European destination took the top spot?

These TV shows helped sate our wanderlust during lockdowns, and are inspiring us to travel once more.

India is reopening its borders, now allowing foreign visitors on chartered flights, and on commercial airlines next month.

In advance of World’s 50 Best 2021, we asked some of Asia’s 50 Best chefs to share their favorite foods.

The top 100 Best Hotels Overall in 2021 as voted by our readers in the World’s Best Awards.

For every frenetic and high-speed thoroughfare, there’s a narrow, hidden bylane.

Sun, sand and plenty of vitamin sea. From Sicily to the Seychelles to Sri Lanka, these are the top 25 islands in the world in 2021.

What are you looking for in the top cities in the world? A distinctive sense of place, history, culture and crave-worthy food.

The top resorts in India reflect a melange of traditions and terrains that make the country fascinating.

From the depths of the sea to the top of the world: come for the food, stay for the unbeatable views.

Because what’s less romantic than rationing the spa treatments?

In some of the most remote places on Earth, conscientious companies are putting tourism dollars to good use.

High-end hotels are installing high-tech solutions to make their kitchens—and our meals—more sustainable.

The Mughal emperors called Kashmir paradise on Earth. Come float away on Dal Lake with us.

Here are the dishes, drinks, cultural attractions and stays that have us dreaming of booking a plane ticket.

May 21 is Endangered Species Day. Here are 8 amazing animals native to Asia that you can help save.

With sunny beaches, peaceful waters, spice-market seafood and healing Ayurveda, melting-pot Kerala offers the tropical side of India.

Presenting the Travel + Leisure It List 2021

When a chef and a shoe designer decide to build a hotel in these far-flung Indian Islands, the result is a super green luxe haven where you might wind up swapping rooms with your neighbors.

Street-food stalls, mom-and-pop shops, plant-based menus and community activists. We can’t eat in fancy restaurants every night—and this new list proves why we don’t want to, either.

When travel is used as a force for good, it can help provide economic empowerment to communities around the world by creating jobs that pay living wages while preserving traditions at risk of being lost.

The T+L 500 are the world’s best hotels in 2021, as voted by T+L’s discerning readers.

We love our hotels, but #villalife is really something special. Get inspired for your next group trip with this round-up of killer villas across the region.

Meet the modern-day artisans ensuring Jaipur’s intricate textile traditions stay alive.

A rural-luxe retreat and social enterprise empowers women and uplifts the Meena tribe in Rajasthan’s rugged interior.

If knowledge is power, then self-reliance is the new luxury. As the routines of our lives are upended, more of us are seeking to travel in ways that prepare us for whatever the world throws at us next. Here’s how to prep for the survivalist-tourism trend.

Going back to basics starts with walking there yourself. Head up to the Himalayas for some mandatory meditation and enforced check-out of the Internet. You can post photos of those sweeping mountain views when you get home.

High in the Himalayas lies Ladakh, one of India’s most spectacular— and, until recently, unpolished—destinations. As Akash Kapur discovers, you no longer need to rough it to experience the region’s extraordinary geographical and cultural riches.

Here’s when and where you might be able to travel again in Asia.

Bohemian isles, castaway retreats, adults-only hideouts—make it a magical couple’s getaway in one of these lush luxury escapes.

Apart, but somehow not alone. Here’s what lockdown looks like for 10 people across the globe.

Family stays can be stylish too—these new and refurbished hotels, resorts and villas let you go glam with the fam.

Happier days are ahead! For now, virtually escape to these 10 cheerful places.

Rojak gin? Fancy Thai rum? Bring these bottles home instead of the elephant print pants.

T+L’s monthly selection of trip-worthy places, experiences and events.

Three new purveyors of wellness have sprouted up around the region with their own modernized takes on ancient health and beauty wisdom.

Twenty places to visit this year, including the majestic Hunza Valley, Bangkok for those with an appetite, and a new-look Kyoto.

Chef Manish Mehrotra turns Indian comfort food into haute cuisine. His menu is often fusion-y (fluffy kulcha breads come stuffed with bacon or Camembert) but in a way that’s creative, not gimmicky.

Asia’s craft suds scene keeps getting better. We check in with six exciting breweries using local flavors and ingredients to push beer boundaries.

A new mountain resort in Darjeeling offers an intimate chance to get away from it all, while experiencing West Bengal’s tea-making traditions in style.

First class isn’t the only way to fly. How about flatbeds, chefs and your own crew on one-of-a-kind trips that let you skip the customs line? Private-jet tours are taking well-heeled travelers for the most luxurious cultural exchanges.

Rajasthan is littered with the former forts, castles and chateaux of the Rajput Maharajas who ruled the region for centuries. On a royal tour of new palatial digs turned into heritage hotels, Rachna Sachasinh finds luxurious renewal projects that manage to conjure the community spirit of far humbler abodes.

Concealed in the rainforest on the edge of Rhadanagar Beach, Taj Exotica was built to accommodate its surroundings, with endemic plants and 13 hectares of untouched mangrove forest punctuating the 18-hectare site, as well as an organic garden that supplies the property’s three restaurants.

The streets of India’s biggest cities are becoming life-sized canvases for the country’s growing street-art movement kickstarted by a local creative foundation. As the project continues to evolve, we document just a few of the eye-catching works livening up the inner-city districts.