Conde Nast Traveler’s Best Solo Travel Destinations for 2025

THE LIST >> THIS YEAR’S BEST SOLO VACATIONS, FROM ITALY’S DOLOMITES TO ST. LUCIA’S SPAS

Emigrant Peak towers over the Paradise Valley in Montana north of Yellowstone National Park, where visitors have a host of exhilarating options to explore.

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Have second thoughts about traveling alone?

Think again. “Solo travel has officially become one of the coolest, most popular ways to explore the world – more of a badge of honor than a last resort,” writes Caitlin Morton at Conde Nast Traveler.

In a year where tour companies offer special packages for lone wolves, Morton has compiled a list of the 18 best solo trips to take around the world. The destinations range from Sri Lanka to Copenhagen to the iguana-infested waters of the Galapagos.

Expect fun do-it-yourself activities like biking around temples and glamping in vast geothermal fields. Also, leopard safaris and dining at Michelin-starred restaurants. Here are the first 10 destinations on the list; for the full accounting visit CN Traveler, which provides travel-package recommendations.

1: Ireland

2: Japan’s pod hotels

3: Sri Lanka

4: Montana

5: Italy’s Dolomites

6: Copenhagen

7: Thailand

8: Iceland’s “Golden Circle”

9: Rwanda’s gorilla habitat

10: St. Lucia

— John Metcalfe, Bay Area News Group