Alexandria ranks ninth among the many finest cities within the U.S., Travel + Leisure readers say

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – Alexandria has landed on Travel + Leisure’s checklist of the ten finest cities within the United States for the fifth consecutive yr, scoring 83.53 out of 100 within the journal’s 2026 World’s Best Awards to come back in ninth.

The rating is decided by reader votes. This yr greater than 207,000 readers forged 661,000 votes throughout greater than 10,000 properties within the awards’ thirty first yr. Alexandria positioned behind Santa Fe, Charleston, Savannah, New Orleans, Chicago, Fort Worth, Honolulu and New York — and forward of Greenville, S.C., Bend, Ore., Nashville and Asheville.

Travel + Leisure describes Alexandria as the proper residence base for a visit to Washington, D.C. — or a vacation spot in its personal proper. The journal factors to Old Town’s King Street, the waterfront, the Torpedo Factory Art Center, the African American Heritage Trail and the Mount Vernon Trail among the many metropolis’s attracts, alongside neighborhoods like Del Ray and the West End’s rising craft brewing and worldwide eating scene.

“Combining colonial history and contemporary style with waterfront scenery, great food, and outdoor fun, Alexandria has everything a visitor could want,” Travel + Leisure writes, “and its location just minutes from Washington, D.C. is a bonus.”

Visit Alexandria secured the nomination and ran a get-out-the-vote marketing campaign to encourage reader participation. The tourism group mentioned constant recognition in nationwide publications helps place Alexandria as a vacation spot and influences journey choices.

The full checklist and Travel + Leisure’s information to Alexandria can be found at travelandleisure.com.