Now, it’s finally time to celebrate them.
Weve selected winners and runners up across seven small town categories to let you in on our travel secrets.
What are the categories?
What are the rules?
How did we choose the winners?
Want to nominate a town for next year?
Wed love to hear from you!
Pleasesubmit your nomination here.
Six years later, Port A is back in business.
Brand new spacious beachfront family-style casitas atPalmilla Beach Resort & Golf Cluboffer full resort amenities.
A newPatton Center for Marine Science Educationeducates visitors about local wildlife and admission is free.
Annual events include renaissance fairs, rodeos, rallies, and races including the highest foot race in America.
But should you venture to Grand Marais, thats exactly what youll find.
Or, more accurately, the talk of the 2.5-square-mile unincorporated community inCalifornias Santa Ynez Valley.
But dont worry, you wont be driving.
The main drag of Los Olivos Grand Avenue is two blocks from the new hotel.
It’s home to the only James Beard Award-winning eatery in the state, Sehnerts Bakery.
McCooks contemporary art scene is another highlight, with a newly finished, community-led downtown mural.
This innovative effort seeks to elevate the art of under-appreciated creators from across the globe while reinvigorating rural Nebraska.
Indoors, massage rooms and a bistro serving local foods complete the revitalizing offerings.
Peter Unger/Getty Images
Vito Palmisano/Getty Images
Cynthia Drake/Travel + Leisure
Kip Stahl/500px/Getty Images
Getty Images
Courtesy of North House Folk School
Maya Kachroo-Levine/Travel + Leisure
Courtesy of Kane County Office of Tourism
Courtesy of Town of Yucca Valley
Courtesy of The Inn at Mattei’s Tavern, Auberge Resorts Collection
Courtesy of Sehnert Bakery
Monica Farber/Travel + Leisure
Christopher Simpson
Heather Ainsworth/Travel + Leisure
Sage Dudick/Travel + Leisure
