Where to visit in 2025: Here are the places our travel experts are booking
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From mountains in Pakistan and a Canadian city to a pint of Guinness in Dublin and the Gunners in Girona, here’s a pick of some of the destinations that Independent Travel has its eye on in 2025. There’s nothing quite like looking at blank diary pages. The turn of the year is one such time, when 12 months stretch out in front of you waiting to be filled with experiences – and brimming with potential when it comes to travel.
![[Toronto promises much, from a sky-high tower down to the revitalised waterfront]](https://static.independent.co.uk/2024/12/31/14/newFile-4.jpg)
It might be the urban thrum of a city that’s caught your eye for a 2025 escape, or a secluded beach with next to nobody around. The Independent’s travel team has equally diverse plans for our globetrotting during the next year. Some of us are hoping to align with new flight routes to explore destinations for the first time, with others looking for a holiday that packs a punch while going easy on the wallet. Some are chasing adventure in the mountains, while some are following Arsenal across Europe.
![[Ancient Petra, in Jordan, where every stone tells a story]](https://static.independent.co.uk/2024/01/12/16/06/Petra.jpg)
So as a new year dawns, here is an insight into the team’s thoughts – and hopefully some inspiration for ways to satisfy your wanderlust in 2025. Read more: Our travel New Year’s resolutions for 2025. Canada, inexplicably, is a country I’ve never managed to get to, despite efforts to reach it in the past. This needs to change in 2025 – friends who live there are growing tired of my excuses. I’m planning a Toronto city break, coinciding with the return of Virgin Atlantic to the ‘Great White North’ after more than a decade of not flying there; the carrier will launch a daily service between London Heathrow and the capital of Canada’s Ontario province. It’s the classic city break lures that excite me about Toronto. A vibrant food scene (Fallen Feathers in hipster neighbourhood Trinity Bellwoods is getting people talking, as are the set menus at chef Eva Chin’s Yan Dining Room); the revitalised waterfront, which I’m keen to explore on two wheels; and maybe even a trip up 114 storeys to the CN Tower’s observation deck. Benjamin Parker.
![[Kythnos, where you can find serenity by the sea]](https://static.independent.co.uk/2024/12/31/15/newFile-12.jpg)
