Jeremy Flint

A red sandstone amphitheatre. An ancient woodland on the English coast. A teeny tiny island with a black sand beach. Beauty comes in all shapes and sizes – luckily, the world isn’t held to the same rigid beauty standards as humans are – and we’ve curated this list to celebrate that.  It goes without saying that Time Out’s ranking of the world’s most beautiful places is entirely subjective and by no means exhaustive, but what we can guarantee is real-life experience. Every single beach, lake, city and valley on this list has been visited and vetted by our globetrotting network of travel writers. In short, they’re all well worth making the journey to see for yourself (no social media fakery here).We update this list regularly, ensuring we’re including the big-hitters while considering the impact of overtourism and spotlighting lesser-known beauty spots. So here it is: Time Out’s guide to the most beautiful places on planet Earth. Happy travels!Updated March 2026: There are seven new additions to the list this year, including a terracotta-coloured Old Town in Italy, an opulent Renaissance-style library in New York and a compact mountain range in northern Spain.Grace Beard is Time Out’s travel editor, based in London. At Time Out, all of our travel guides are written by local writers who know their cities inside out. For more about how we curate, see our editorial guidelines. RECOMMENDED:⛰️ The most beautiful UNESCO World Heritage Sites🗺 The most underrated travel destinations i

Clashing wooden sticks, billowing handkerchiefs, jangling bell pads and the occasional ‘woop’: you might think you know what morris dancing looks like. An odd, dusty ritual that’s performed once a year at the village fête? Not anymore: this 500-year-old artform is getting a surprising revamp. Morris dancers are posting videos of themselves on TikTok sharing routines to Beyoncé’s ‘Break My Soul’. Earlier this year, the all-female dancing side Boss Morris accompanied indie outfit Wet Leg’s performance at the 2023 Brit Awards. And, despite the scene’s historically white, male demographic – in 2020, less than one percent of morris dancers were non-white and there was even a reported attempt by white nationalists to appropriate the tradition – morris dancing is becoming trendier, younger and more diverse.  Photograph: Jeremy Flint At its most basic, morris dancing is a form of English folk dance, based on rhythmic stepping and choreographed figures, often soundtracked by instruments like the pipe, fiddle, melodeon and drums. Practised by different teams, known as ‘sides’, for centuries, this age-old dance has come a long way since the Morris Ring formed in 1934, exclusively for men. Now, the three Morris organisations in the UK – the Morris Ring, Morris Dancers UK and the Morris Federation – cater to all genders, and the dance is experiencing a resurgence in popularity. Could it be true? Sometimes (whisper it), in certain circles, people are cautiously saying that morris dancing