Beyond the city ring

Mexico City

The Maison's home — Polanco, Reforma and the colonial heart.

Cancún

Caribbean turquoise — the gateway to the Riviera.

Los Cabos

Where the desert meets the sea — Baja's golden coast.

Riviera Maya

Cenotes, jungle and white-sand discretion.

Tulum

Cliffside Maya ruins above a turquoise sea.

Playa del Carmen

Quinta Avenida and the ferry to Cozumel.

Guadalajara

The cradle of tequila, mariachi and Mexican craft.

Monterrey

Mexico's industrial capital beneath the Cerro de la Silla.

San Miguel de Allende

Cobbled colonial perfection in the Bajío highlands.

Puerto Vallarta

Banderas Bay — cobbled charm and Pacific sunsets.

Mérida

The white city of the Yucatán — haciendas and Maya heritage.

Oaxaca

Mezcal, mole and the artisan soul of Mexico.

Cozumel

The Caribbean's premier diving island.

Acapulco

The golden bay of mid-century glamour, reborn.

Querétaro

Colonial aqueducts and the rising wine country.

Guanajuato

A jewel-box city of tunnels, alleys and colour.

Puebla

Talavera tile, baroque churches and culinary depth.

Valle de Guadalupe

Mexico's Napa — the Baja wine country.

Isla Mujeres

A serene Caribbean island off Cancún.

Sayulita

Bohemian surf village on the Riviera Nayarit.

Huatulco

Nine bays of protected Pacific coastline.

Zihuatanejo

An intimate fishing bay beside Ixtapa.

Morelia

Pink-stone baroque capital of Michoacán.

Tequila

The agave heartland and its great distilling houses.

Cuernavaca

The city of eternal spring — Mexico City's garden retreat.

Valle de Bravo

Lakeside weekend escape of the capital's elite.

Mazatlán

The Pacific pearl and its historic centre.

Campeche

A walled Caribbean fortress city in pastel hues.

Todos Santos

A Baja artist town between desert and Pacific.

San Cristóbal de las Casas

Highland Chiapas — indigenous culture and cloud forest.

Bacalar

The lagoon of seven colours, near the Belize border.

Cabo Pulmo

A protected coral reef sanctuary in the Cortez.

Real de Catorce

A ghostly silver town high in the Sierra.

Puerto Escondido

The Oaxacan Pacific's surf and bohemia.

Pátzcuaro

Michoacán's lake town and Day of the Dead heartland.

Chetumal

Caribbean gateway to the southern reef and Belize.

Tepoztlán

A mystical pueblo mágico beneath sacred cliffs.

Xilitla

Edward James' surrealist garden in the Huasteca.

Copper Canyon

A canyon system grander than the Grand Canyon.

La Paz

The Sea of Cortez capital and Espíritu Santo.

Ixtapa

A planned resort coast on the Guerrero Pacific.

Akumal

A turtle bay between Playa del Carmen and Tulum.

Punta Mita

The gated Pacific peninsula of Banderas Bay.

Mayakoba

Lagoon-laced resort sanctuary on the Riviera Maya.

Isla Holbox

A car-free sandbar island north of the Yucatán.

Taxco

The silver city tumbling down a Guerrero hillside.

Tijuana

The border city of bold cuisine and Valle wine.

Loreto

A serene mission town on the Sea of Cortez.

Monte Albán

The Zapotec mountaintop city above Oaxaca.

Mahahual

The Costa Maya's quiet reef coast.

Creel

The Tarahumara gateway to Copper Canyon.

Riviera Nayarit

The emerging Pacific luxury coast north of Vallarta.

Manzanillo

The Pacific port and sailfish capital.

Tepotzotlán

A baroque jewel just north of the capital.

Miami

Where Latin America meets the American art world.

Los Angeles

Beverly Hills, Bel Air and the Pacific.

New York

Manhattan — the world's capital of culture and finance.

Houston

Energy capital and gateway for the Mexican elite.

Dallas

Texan finance, art and the Highland Park set.

Las Vegas

The Strip, the suites and the high-roller floors.

San Diego

Southern California's coastal calm, beside the border.

Aspen

The Rockies' most exclusive winter address.

San Francisco

The bay, the tech fortunes and Napa beyond.

Chicago

Architecture, the lake and the Magnificent Mile.

Scottsdale

Sonoran desert resorts and championship golf.

Palm Beach

Worth Avenue and the Florida winter season.

Toronto

Canada's financial and cultural metropolis.

Bogotá

The Andean capital of art and gold.

Lima

The Pacific capital of the New World's finest cuisine.

Panama City

The financial crossroads of the Americas.

Cartagena

A walled Caribbean jewel of the Spanish Main.

Austin

Texas' creative capital and hill-country tables.

San Antonio

The River Walk and Spanish-colonial Texas.

Phoenix

The Valley of the Sun and Sonoran desert resorts.

Denver

The Mile-High gateway to the Rockies.

Vail

Colorado's grand ski village and back bowls.

Park City

Utah's ski town and the Sundance set.

Jackson Hole

The Tetons, ranch luxury and wild powder.

Boston

New England's capital of history and academia.

Washington, D.C.

The American capital of monuments and diplomacy.

Quito

The Andean colonial capital at the equator.

Santiago

The Andean capital of wine and Pacific access.

Rio de Janeiro

The Marvelous City of beach, mountain and bossa nova.

São Paulo

Latin America's financial and gastronomic colossus.

Buenos Aires

The Paris of South America — tango and estancias.

Antigua Guatemala

A colonial jewel beneath three volcanoes.

Costa Rica (Guanacaste)

Pacific eco-luxury on the Guanacaste coast.

Montego Bay

The Caribbean's heritage of grand-resort glamour.

London

The capital of restraint, finance and grandeur.

Paris

The Maison de l'Élégance — Place Vendôme to Avenue Montaigne.

Madrid

The Spanish capital of art, gastronomy and grandeur.

Dubai

The Gulf's capital of new-world luxury.

Monaco

The Principality — Casino, Grand Prix and the harbour.

Tokyo

Where ancient ritual meets the world's finest service.

Marrakech

Imperial palaces, riads and the Atlas beyond.

Geneva

Lake Léman — banking, watchmaking and discretion.

St Moritz

Alpine grand-hotel tradition since 1864.

Milan

The capital of design and the Quadrilatero d'Oro.

Rome

The Eternal City — antiquity, art and la dolce vita.

Barcelona

Gaudí, the Mediterranean and Catalan flair.

Lisbon

The Atlantic capital of light and tile.

Vienna

Imperial palaces and the world's musical capital.

Singapore

The Lion City — Asia's financial and culinary crossroads.