Best 15 Places to Travel in 2026

Santorini has a food reputation problem — not because the food is bad but because the island's extraordinary visual beauty has allowed mediocre restaurants to charge extraordinary prices for ordinary food to visitors too distracted by the view to notice what they are actually eating. The caldera-facing terrace, the blue dome in the background, the glass of local wine catching the sunset light — the setting does most of the work and the kitchen frequently coasts on it. But Santorini also has genuinely extraordinary restaurants — places where the volcanic soil, the extraordinary local ingredients, and chefs of genuine talent