Sports Travel

The All England Club (Wimbledon), Wembley Stadium, Lord's Cricket Ground, Twickenham, the O2. No city has more world-class sports venues across more disciplines.

Madison Square Garden, Yankee Stadium, the US Open at Flushing Meadows, the New York Marathon finish line in Central Park. Every major North American sport in one city.

Camp Nou, the Palau Sant Jordi, the Barcelona Marathon. Spain's sporting culture culminates in football — FC Barcelona is the world's most-followed club sport outside the NFL.

Australian Open (January), Melbourne Cup (November), AFL Grand Final (September) — Melbourne has claimed the title of Australia's sporting capital by hosting four world-class events in different disciplines.

The Formula 1 Grand Prix through the streets of Monte Carlo is the most prestigious race on the calendar and the most socially extravagant sporting weekend in the world.

The Super Bowl is the world's most-attended single sporting event by hospitality and production value. The host city changes but the event always overruns it completely.

Watching the Tour de France from a mountain hairpin — the Col du Tourmalet, Alpe d'Huez — puts you at the foot of cycling's greatest moments for the cost of a picnic.

The Masters at Augusta National is the most exclusive sporting event in the world to attend. No corporate branding. No phone filming. The most beautiful golf course on earth in April bloom.

The Tokyo Olympic legacy infrastructure — Ariake Arena, the Olympic Stadium — combined with the Sumo tournaments (January, May, September) and the Japan football league.

Allianz Arena for Bayern Munich, the Nürburgring within driving distance, Oktoberfest (less sport, more sport-adjacent), and the 1972 Olympic venues still in use.

The adventure sports capital of the world: bungee jumping (invented here), skydiving, white-water rafting, jet boating. Sports travel as extreme recreation.

The Two Oceans Marathon (one of the world's most beautiful), the Comrades Ultramarathon (from Durban), the Cape Argus Cycle Tour (largest timed cycling event in the world).

Roland Garros (French Open), the Tour de France finish on the Champs-Élysées, Paris Saint-Germain at the Parc des Princes, the Six Nations at Stade de France.

Maracanã Stadium, the Rio Marathon route along Copacabana, and the beach sports culture (volleyball, footvolley, capoeira) as a spectator experience in itself.

The Dubai World Cup (world's richest horse race), the Dubai Sevens rugby tournament, and an emerging Formula 1 presence. Dubai does sports events with characteristic excess.

Murrayfield for the Six Nations, Hampden Park for football internationals, the Royal Mile for the Marathon. Scotland's sporting culture is fiercely maintained.

The All Blacks at Eden Park in Auckland, the Crusaders in Christchurch — watching New Zealand rugby in New Zealand is one of the purest sports pilgrimages available.

Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabéu, the Spanish Open at Caja Mágica, and a football culture that treats the sport as an art form worthy of the city's best cultural institution.