The pandemic upended travel last year, forcing quarantined travelers to turn to Instagram to sate their wanderlust of destinations near and far.
We combed through our feed at @ForbesTravelGuide and collected the most liked photos and most viewed videos of 2020 to find the places that kept our followers dreaming of their next trip. Most of the winning entries focused on waterfront locales ranging from Lake Como to Los Cabos.
Scroll to see our most popular Instagram posts, and let us know where you plan on traveling in 2021 by adding the hashtag #FutureTravelGuide to your own Instagram captions — you just might find your photo topping next year’s list.
1. Four-Star Belmond Cap Juluca, Anguilla
2. Annecy, France
3. Switzerland
4. Bern, Switzerland
5. Switzerland
6. Taughannock Falls, Upstate New York
7. Tuscany, Italy
8. Grand Hotel Tremezzo, Lake Como
9. Grand Hotel Tremezzo, Lake Como
10. Tuscany, Italy
11. Four-Star Solaz, A Luxury Collection Resort, Los Cabos
12. Tuscany, Italy
13. Four-Star Condado Vanderbilt Hotel, Puerto Rico
14. Five-Star Montage Los Cabos
15. Maldives
16. Singapore
17. Five-Star The Ritz-Carlton, Half Moon Bay, California
18. Five-Star Las Ventanas al Paraíso, A Rosewood Resort, Los Cabos
19. Four-Star Condado Vanderbilt Hotel, Puerto Rico
20. Four Seasons Resort Hualalai, Big Island, Hawaii
21. Switzerland
22. Mallorca
23. Brazil
24. Forbes Travel Guide Recommended The Cove at Atlantis, The Bahamas
25. Four-Star Edgewood Tahoe
26. London
27. New York City
28. Five-Star Çırağan Palace Kempinski Istanbul
29. Prague
30. Paris