{"id":323797,"date":"2026-05-20T01:30:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T01:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/323797\/"},"modified":"2026-05-20T01:30:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T01:30:11","slug":"why-sacramento-made-conde-nast-travelers-2026-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/323797\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Sacramento made Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler\u2019s 2026 list"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With the summer travel season about to descend, it\u2019s worth a reminder that you don\u2019t have to go far to enjoy fine dining and quality entertainment.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cntraveler.com\/story\/best-places-to-go-in-the-us-in-2026\">Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler\u2019s Best Places to Go<\/a> in 2026 put Sacramento on its short list of the top 14 spots to visit in the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>From its Michelin-starred dining to its farm-to-fork ethos to its food markets, the travel guide ranked Sacramento alongside Charleston, South Carolina, Boston and Chicago when it released the list late last year.<\/p>\n<p>The article\u2019s author points to openings and major events that were part of the draw in selecting who made the list, including the ongoing <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sacbee.com\/news\/local\/article303678281.html\">Hotel Eleanor project.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The \u201cCity of Trees\u201d also got a nod for its sports teams and \u201cOld Sacramento\u2019s riverfront, where wooden sidewalks and historic buildings transport visitors back to the Gold Rush era,\u201d according to the article.<\/p>\n<p>Other top California attractions on the list included Route 66, Catalina Island and San Francisco.<\/p>\n<p>The best places in the nation to visit in 2026, from Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler<\/p>\n<p>In alphabetical order:<\/p>\n<p>ArkansasBostonBuffaloCatalina Island, CACharleston, South CarolinaChicagoDeer Valley, UtahEast TennesseeIndianapolisOahu, HawaiiPortland, OregonRoute 66SacramentoSan Francisco<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With the summer travel season about to descend, it\u2019s worth a reminder that you don\u2019t have to go&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":323798,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[121,123,122],"class_list":["post-323797","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sacramento","tag-sacramento","tag-sacramento-headlines","tag-sacramento-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323797","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=323797"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323797\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/323798"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=323797"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=323797"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=323797"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}