Condé Nast Traveller is a well-established travel magazine that has a reputation for finding undiscovered treasures with the help of knowledgeable contributors from all around the world.

“At the end of each year, we look ahead to what's coming next in the travel world as we pick out the top destinations we'd recommend to our fellow globetrotters for the following 12 months,” the journal said in reference to the list.

"Our knowledgeable contributors suggest the places that are currently trending." The Best Places to Go in 2024 list, which highlights locations that need more attention, is comprised of these nominations.

The only Irish location to make the cut, out of the 12 spots on the list, was the counties of Waterford and Wexford, which were included together as a Southeast tourism destination.

The article lists some of the nearby tourist destinations, including the recently renovated Loftus Hall, a sizable country estate on the Hook Peninsula; Hook Lighthouse, the world's oldest continuously operating lighthouse; Ardmore's Cliff House Hotel; Tramore's The Beach House, which serves mouthwatering seafood; and the majestic Mount Congreve.

“Mount Congreve House, another palatial pile overlooking the River Suir with dreamy gardens and a café run by The Pantry at CLIFF, a spin-off of Cliff House Hotel in Ardmore,” writes writer Aoife O'Riordan, "is worth a visit over the border to County Waterford.”

“When the gates close, you will have the gardens all to yourself if you bed down at Mount Congreve’s fairytale gate lodge, which is available to rent, and the Waterford Greenway, an off-road hiking and biking trail along a disused railway line between Waterford City and Dungarvan, passes right by the edge of the estate.”

The eleven places on the list that were still occupied were all in the United Kingdom: Edinburgh, Scotland, and Beaminster, Dorset, England.