TIME Magazine has released its first annual list for the World's Greatest Places for 2018, including top 100 must-travel destinations - spanning 6 continents and 48 countries around the world. 

In the largest lineup of the list, a range of museums, restaurants, fancy hotels, parks and retreats are named as unique and extraordinary destinations that need to be experienced. 

MVRDV's Seoul Skygarden in Seoul. A 983-metre botanical floating bridge is not only a pedestrian walkway featuring different species on it, the mega-bridge is connected to several parts of the city with multiple stairs, lifts and escalators and it connects the city to the new park, rebounding it to the adjacent urban fabric. Image © Ossip van Duivenbode

The list also includes the well-known architects' buildings built across the world, including MVRDV's topographical Tianjin Binhai Public Library in Tianjin, China, with the studio's giant botanical garden bridge - Seoul Skygarden, Heatherwick Studio's Zeitz MOCAA in Cape Town, Jean Nouvel’s newly-opened Louvre Abu Dhabi on Saadiyat Island, Haha Hadid Architects' Morpheus Hotel In Macau and many more. 

Jean Nouvel's Louvre Abu Dhabi opened in November last year. Image: Louvre Abu Dhabi - Germination by Giuseppe Penone  © Roland Halbe - Louvre Abu Dhabi - Architecte Jean Nouvel

"We evaluated each one based on key factors, including quality, originality, innovation, sustainability and influence," said TIME Magazine regarding the selections.

"The result is a list as diverse as the world it reflects, with 100 entries spanning six continents and 48 countries—highlighting everything from a Texas water park that empowers kids with disabilities to a Maldives resort that’s building an undersea abode to a library in Tianjin, China, that’s almost as wondrous as reading itself," the editors added.

Heatherwick Studio transformed a historic grain silo complex - including The Silo Hotel and the Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa (MOCAA), and opened to the public on Cape Town's V&A waterfront on September 22, 2017. Image courtesy of The Royal Portfolio

"It’s easy to find guides to famous attractions. But which new and newly relevant destinations are worth experiencing right now?," asked the editors. 

Zaha Hadid Architects completed the Morpheus Hotel in Macau, China, the 40-storey building features a particular geometric pattern supporting the lower levels, while those pattern is less densified towards upper levels. Image © Ivan Dupont

To see the full list, click here. 

Top image: MVRDV's Tianjin Binhai Public Library. Image © Ossip van Duivdenbode

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