Best Instagram Photos of 2013

By Gabrielle Blitz
December 23, 2013

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Credit: jnasa

Check out a year’s worth of beautiful travel photos Instagrammed by T+L fans.

Instagram users not only hail from all over the world, but they travel it too. Just consider the list of top five Instagrammed cities of 2013, which hops from New York (No. 1) to Bangkok, then Los Angeles, London, and São Paulo, Brazil.

Throughout the year, we’ve encouraged T+L’s Instagram fans to share their travel photos using the hashtag #TLPicks or #TLTransportMe. Our favorites include images from popular cities like London as well as off-the-beaten-path destinations like Guanajuato, Mexico.

Wherever they go, T+L’s fans have captured vivid travel experiences, from rock climbing in Utah to an up-close encounter with a giraffe in Botswana’s Kalahari Desert. And they’ve enhanced them too, using filters and features like selective focus.

In reviewing the tagged travel photos, we came across Instagrammers who are new to the Travel + Leisure community, along with a few repeat engagers, like @minerand and @sweetdivergence.

Take a look at their most compelling Instagrams from 2013, and share your Instamoments with us in the New Year.

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Mono Lake, CA

Credit: ravenreviews

In the wake of Poseidon. If you could be anywhere right now, where would you be?
—@ravenreviews

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Keu Henua, Rapa Nui

Credit: jbeebs18

A pensive Moai indeed #Easter #Island
—@jbeebs18

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Scotland

Credit: pmistyhn

#ullapool #Scotland
—@pmistyhn

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San Diego, CA

Credit: sweetdivergence

Most dedicated effort for an #instajump I’ve ever seen!
—@sweetdivergence

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Rome

Credit: minerand

Imperial Forums, Rome
—@minerand

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Chicago

Credit: sweetdivergence

Shh, Chicago is America’s best-kept secret!
—@sweetdivergence

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Botswana

Credit: minerand

Final one on the crazy elephant.
—@minerand

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La Cite de Carcassonne

Credit: sweetdivergence

A visit to #Carcassonne has been on my bucket list for a long time. Breathtaking.
—@sweetdivergence

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Utah

Credit: murphyslaw_

Daydreaming about those endless adventures in Utah #takemeback #cantwaitforthissummer #rockclimingfordays
—@murphyslaw_

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Monaco

Credit: floridagirl34210

Beautiful Monaco! #travel #honeymoon
—@floridagirl34210

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Na Pali Coast, Hawaii

Credit: andystenz

I can’t stop posting Hawaii shots. Here’s a kayaker on the Na Pali Coast.
—@andystenz

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Hong Kong

Credit: willrong

Shot of the week. Glamorous #HONGKONG
—@willrong

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Snoqualmie Falls, WA

Credit: gjsmith89

Remember “Twin Peaks”?
—@gjsmith89

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Madrid

Credit: jnasa

Plaza de Toros de Las Ventas, Madrid. I pretended Hemingway was with me. #madrid #toro #bullfighting
—@jnasa

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Croatia

Credit: captainandclark

The Plitvice Lakes look like they belong in Middle Earth. The best part of visiting in the off season is that we didn’t have to fight off hoards of other visitors and the changing of the leaves only enhanced the beauty of the lakes.
—@captainandclark

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London

Credit: jnasa

He’s big…and I hear his name is Ben.
—@jnasa

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Botswana

Credit: minerand

Adult female giraffe at Kalahari Desert, Botswana
—@minerand

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Australia

Credit: theofatty

Such a stunning spectacle at the central of Australia, the biggest rock on earth.
—@theofatty

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Dunton Hot Springs, CO

Credit: ontippytoes

It’s beginning to look a lot like fall in #Colorado
—@ontippytoes

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Positano, Italy

Credit: muratdincler

#Positano #colorful #style #Amalfi
—@muratdincler

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Hallandale Beach, FL

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—@londonspop

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Paris, France

Credit: carinaokula

Paris #realtime #ParisLight
—@carinaokula

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Guanajuato, Mexico

Credit: willrong

Part of me lives in this gorgeous town forever.
—@willrong

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Saint Emilion, France

Credit: carinaokula

Another one from Saint Emilion, such a beautiful place. #bordeaux #darlingweekend
—@carinaokula

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Alberta

Credit: pedrino5

“Be a voice, not an echo.” Icefield Parkway, Peyto Lake, Banff National Park, Alberta. “Do you see the fox?”
—@pedrino5

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