Pisco Province, Peru  

A new airport in the port town of Pisco is making access to coastal Peru’s top attractions easier than ever. It’s shortened the journey to the Nazca Lines, the 2,000-year-old geoglyphs that are best spotted from a plane, as well as the Paracas National Reserve, a protected swath of desert and marine habitat where visitors can see colonies of sea lions and the occasional group of Humboldt penguins. The lush oasis of Huacachina, in the neighboring Ica province, is a popular day trip for high-speed buggy rides over the surrounding sand dunes. Pisco’s namesake brandy is on tap in the region’s tasting rooms—including one at the oldest distillery in the Americas—and vineyard hotels. —Nicholas Gill