Travel + Leisure names Greenville SC prime 10 US metropolis to go to

GREENVILLE — Greenville is on Travel + Leisure’s fashionable record of prime 10 U.S. journey locations for the second yr in a row — regardless of falling from the seventh spot to tenth.

The record, a part of Travel + Leisure’s World’s Best Awards, is compiled after asking readers to vote for his or her favourite locations. More than 207,000 readers voted this yr, in keeping with the journal.

Greenville made the record for the primary time in 2025. Travel + Leisure describes it as “one of the Southeast’s most appealing small cities — equal parts outdoorsy, food-driven, and easy to explore.” It highlights well-trod actions like having dinner at Soby’s, grabbing a beer at Southernside Brewing and strolling via Falls Park.

Greenville has collected a growing list of accolades lately, reminiscent of being named one in every of America’s finest cities to go to by CNN and a prime small metropolis for foods and drinks by Food & Wine. USA TODAY additionally acknowledged town’s parks, meals festivals and baseball tradition this yr.

Travel + Leisure acknowledged a number of locations throughout the area as a part of its World’s Best Awards, together with a number of resorts within the mountains of western North Carolina and The Wilcox in Aiken.

Charleston, the opposite South Carolina locale to make the record of prime U.S. cities, has lengthy been one in every of Travel + Leisure’s favourite locations. This yr, Charleston acquired the No. 2 spot.

Here’s Travel + Leisure’s full prime 10 record of U.S. journey locations:

1. Santa Fe, N.M.

2. Charleston.

3. Savannah.

4. New Orleans.

5. Chicago.

6. Fort Worth, Texas.

7. Honolulu.

8. New York City.

9. Alexandria, Va.

10. Greenville.