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Best Instagram Photos of 2013

By Gabrielle Blitz
December 23, 2013
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Best Instagram Photos of 2013: Big Ben, London
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

Best Instagram Photos of 2013: 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

Best Instagram Photos of 2013: Keu Henua, Rapa Nui
Credit: jbeebs18

A pensive Moai indeed #Easter #Island
—@jbeebs18

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Scotland

Best Instagram Photos of 2013: Scotland
Credit: pmistyhn

#ullapool #Scotland
—@pmistyhn

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San Diego, CA

Best Instagram Photos of 2013: San Diego, CA
Credit: sweetdivergence

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

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Rome

Best Instagram Photos of 2013: Imperial Forums, Rome
Credit: minerand

Imperial Forums, Rome
—@minerand

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Chicago

Best Instagram Photos of 2013: Chicago
Credit: sweetdivergence

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

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Botswana

Best Instagram Photos of 2013: Botswana
Credit: minerand

Final one on the crazy elephant.
—@minerand

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La Cite de Carcassonne

Best Instagram Photos of 2013: 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

Best Instagram Photos of 2013: Utah
Credit: murphyslaw_

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

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Monaco

Best Instagram Photos of 2013: Monaco
Credit: floridagirl34210

Beautiful Monaco! #travel #honeymoon
—@floridagirl34210

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Na Pali Coast, Hawaii

Best Instagram Photos of 2013: 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

Best Instagram Photos of 2013: Hong Kong
Credit: willrong

Shot of the week. Glamorous #HONGKONG
—@willrong

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Snoqualmie Falls, WA

Best Instagram Photos of 2013: Snoqualmie Falls
Credit: gjsmith89

Remember “Twin Peaks”?
—@gjsmith89

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Madrid

Best Instagram Photos of 2013: Plaza de Toros de Las Ventas, 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

Best Instagram Photos of 2013: Plitvice Lakes, 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

Best Instagram Photos of 2013: Big Ben, London
Credit: jnasa

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

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Botswana

Best Instagram Photos of 2013: Kalahari Desert, Bostwana
Credit: minerand

Adult female giraffe at Kalahari Desert, Botswana
—@minerand

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Australia

Best Instagram Photos of 2013: 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

Best Instagram Photos of 2013: Dunton Hot Springs, CO
Credit: ontippytoes

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

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Positano, Italy

Best Instagram Photos of 2013: Positano, Italy
Credit: muratdincler

#Positano #colorful #style #Amalfi
—@muratdincler

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Hallandale Beach, FL

Best Instagram Photos of 2013: Hallandale Beach, FL
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—@londonspop

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Paris, France

Best Instagram Photos of 2013: The Louvre, Paris
Credit: carinaokula

Paris #realtime #ParisLight
—@carinaokula

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Guanajuato, Mexico

Best Instagram Photos of 2013: Guanajuato, Mexico
Credit: willrong

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

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Saint Emilion, France

Best Instagram Photos of 2013: Saint Emilion, France
Credit: carinaokula

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

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Alberta

Best Instagram Photos of 2013: Peyto Lake, Banff National Park, 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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