>>> WE ARE THREE DAYS INTO THE NEW YEAR AND DREAMING OF OUR
VACATION.
HERE TO TELL US THE BEST PLACES
TO VISIT THIS YEAR, IS THE
EDITOR FOR CONDE NAST TRAVEL. GOOD MORNING.NDE NAST TRAVEL.
GOOD MORNING. >> GOOD MORNING.
>> I THINK THE CLOSER YOU ARE TO
VACATION, THE MORE YOU DREAM
ABOUT VACATION.
>> WE CAN HELP.
>> YOU HAVE VACATIONS INCLUDING
DOMESTICALLY.
>> THE FIRST ONE WE WOULD START
WITH, I WOULD SAY, WE ARE FEELING LIKE WE HAVE TOO MUCH.
IM GOING TO SEND YOU TO
NASHVILLE WHERE YOURE GOING TO
WANT TO EAT LATE BIT MORE. SORRY ABOUT THAT.BIT MORE.
SORRY ABOUT THAT. ENJOY A LITTLE BARBECUE IN
NASHVILLE.
NASHVILLE.
WERE SUGGESTING NASHVILLE BECAUSE MUSIC CITY IS ALWAYS
AMAZING.
AMAZING.
THERES THE ANALOG COMPLEX, A
300-SEAT AREA.
A.G. LIVE HAS ADDED EVENVENUES.
I DONT KNOW HOW YOU CAN GO TO
THE BARS AND CLUBS ALREADY,
THERE ARE EVEN MORE.
>> IF YOU DONT WANT TO GO TO A
CONCERT HALL AND BUY TICKETS, YOU GO INTO ANY BAR AND YOU WILL
GET A PERFORMANCE.
IT IS AN AMAZING PLACE TO BE.
NASHVILLE, CHECK.
NASHVILLE, CHECK. NEXT ONE?
NEXT ONE?
>> IM GOING TO TAKE YOU TO
MINNEAPOLIS.
I KNOW MINNEAPOLIS IS A LITTLE CHILLY.MINNEAPOLIS IS A LITTLE
CHILLY.
>> MINNESOTA IN JANUARY.
>> WE HAVE THE SUPER BOWL IN MINNEAPOLIS IN FEBRUARY.L IN
MINNEAPOLIS IN FEBRUARY. WHY I WOULD SEND YOU TO
MINNEAPOLIS OVER AND ABOVE THE
SUPER BOWL IS CULTURE.
MINNEAPOLIS GETS OVERLOOKED FOR
WHAT AN INCREDIBLE CULTURAL
SCENE IT HAS.
THE THEATERS THERE ARE LIKE A
FARM TEAM FOR BROADWAY.
YOU SEE BROADWAY BEFORE
BROADWAY.
BROADWAY.
THERES LOTS OF MUSEUMS. THE WALKER ARTS CENTER REOPENED
AFTER AN ENORMOUS ART CENTER.
THERES THE PAISLEY PARK MUSEUM.
A LITTLE BIT OF PRINCE.
>> WHERE DO WE STAY?
>> THE CHAMBERS HOTEL.
YOU WALK AROUND THE CORNER AND
YOU SEE CONTEMPTORARY ART
EVERYWHERE.
EVERYWHERE. >> MINNEAPOLIS IS PREPARED FOR
THE COLD.
THE COLD.
THEY HAVE TUNNELS TO TAKE YOU EVERYWHERE.UNNELS TO TAKE YOU
EVERYWHERE.
YOU NEVER NEED TO STEP OUTSIDE.
THEY UNDERSTAND WHERE THEY ARE
AND HOW THEYVE CHOSEN TO LIVE. AND THEY PREPARED FOR IT.LIVE.
AND THEY PREPARED FOR IT. NEW ORLEANS?
NEW ORLEANS?
>> IS THERE EVER A BAD YEAR TO GO TO NEW ORLEANS? BAD YEAR TO
GO TO NEW ORLEANS? NEW ORLEANS, RIGHT?
YEAH.
YEAH.
THIS YEAR IS THE TRICENTENNIAL. IT IS THE 300th ANNIVERSARY OF.
IT IS THE 300th ANNIVERSARY OF NEW ORLEANS FOUNDING.
ITS SUCH A HISTORIC CITY.
THIS YEAR, IT WILL BE
CELEBRATING THAT EVEN MORE THAN
EVER.
EVER.
>> IS IT REALLY BACK?
>> IT HAS REBOUNDED ENORMOUSLY. I THINK WHATS HELPED IT IS THE.
I THINK WHATS HELPED IT IS THE FOOD AND DRINK SCENE, WHICH
WEVE ALWAYS GONE TO NEW ORLEANS
FOR.
FOR.
BUT THERE ARE VIBRANT NEW RESTAURANTS.E VIBRANT NEW
RESTAURANTS.
I LOVE A RESTAURANT CALLED SHIRE, WHICH IS A BEAUTIFUL
MIDDLE EASTERN RESTAURANT ON
MAGAZINE STREET.
MAGAZINE STREET. AND IN JULY, THERES COCKTAILS.
THEY WERE APPARENTLY INVENTED IN
NEW ORLEANS.
NEW ORLEANS. >> THANK YOU, NEW ORLEANS.
>> YOU CAN GO TO NEW ORLEANS.
AND BAR TENDERSTENDERS COME IN.
>> WHERE DO WE STAY THERE?
>> I WOULD SEND YOU TO THE
BRAND-NEW NOPSI HOTEL.
>> NOPSI.
>> NOPSI. >> I CAN NEVER GET IT.
IN THE OLD -- THE OLD UTILITIES
BUILDING.
BUILDING.
THATS THE ACRONYM.
AND ITS THIS GRAND BUILDING
DOWNTOWN WITH A WONDERFUL LOBBY. HISTORIC CONVERSION.ERFUL LOBBY.
HISTORIC CONVERSION. >> WHO WOULD GUESS THAT THE NEXT
CITY ON THE LIST IS --
>> BOISE. >> BOISE, IDAHO.
ANYBODY FROM IDAHO?
NOT A SOUL.
>> I SAW ONE HAND.
BOISE IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE
OFTEN OVERLOOKED CITY.
AMERICAN AIRLINES HAS PUT IN A DIRECT, FROM CHICAGO. PUT IN A
DIRECT, FROM CHICAGO. YOU CAN GET FROM SAN DIEGO ON
SOUTHWEST.
SOUTHWEST.
IT IS A SMALL COLLEGE TOWN WITH AN AMAZING OUTDOORSY VIBE. WITH
AN AMAZING OUTDOORSY VIBE. YOU CAN DO A LOT OF HIKING.
GREAT CYCLING AROUND DOWNTOWN.
IT ALSO HAS A VAST SUBCULTURE.
ONE OF THE LARGEST EXPAT
COMMUNITIES OF BASK.
YOU CAN PLAY PELL ON THEETON.
ITS A WONDERFUL FUSION OF A
COLLEGE TOWN, AND HIKING, AND
SPANISH FOOD.
SPANISH FOOD. >> A LOT OF EXERCISE.
BACK TO THE FOOD.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO JOURNEY
FARTHER AWAY, YOU HAVE ONE
OVERSEAS RECOMMENDATION.
OVERSEAS RECOMMENDATION. >> I HAVE ONE SPECIAL FAR-FLUNG
RECOMMENDATION, WHICH IS --
MALTA.
MALTA.
>> NEVER BEEN.
BEEN TO ITALY MANY TIMES.
>> OKAY.
YOU CAN CONNECT THROUGH ITALY. THATS AN EASY WAY TO GO.ITALY.
THATS AN EASY WAY TO GO. WHEN I SAY MALTA TO PEOPLE, WE
DO A DOUBLE-TAKE.
>> WHERE IS MALTA?
ISNT IT CLOSE TO SICILY?
>> CLOSE.
>> CLOSE. ITS EAST OF THAT.
BECAUSE OF WHERE IT WAS, IT HAS
A LINK WITH THE MIDDLE EAST WITH
NORTH AFRICA AND THE BRITISH,
WHO WANTED TO USE IT AS A
STRATEGIC STAGING POST IN THE
MEDITERRANEAN.
MEDITERRANEAN.
THATS MADE IT A FUSION CULTURE WITH CRAZY HISTORY.ION CULTURE
WITH CRAZY HISTORY. FOOD THATS A LITTLE EXOTIC.
MIDDLE EASTERN STEW.
THERES A RICOTTA PUFF PIE LIKE A DINISH.RICOTTA PUFF PIE LIKE
A DINISH. >> I DONT LIKE TO EAT FLUFFY
ANIMALS.
ANIMALS.
IF ITS CUTE, I DONT WANT TO
EAT IT.
>> YOU CAN EAT THE PUFF.
>> CHEESE IS FINE.
BUT BUNNY?
>> YOURE MAKING ME FEEL BAD.
>> THUMPER? I DONT KNOW.
>> YOU CAN GO TO MALTA AND NOT
EAT BUNNY.
EAT BUNNY. ITS THE EUROPEAN CAPITAL OF
CULTURE.
CULTURE.
>> AND ITS NOT OVERRUN BY
TOURISTS.
>> IF YOU GO TO THE LITTLE
ISLAND, THATS REALLY RUSTIC. GO SWIMMING AND HAVE OUTDOOR
LUNCHES.
LUNCHES.
>> LOVE IT. MARK, THANK YOU.
THESE ARE GOOD TIPS.
WELL SEE YOU IN BOISE.