The kudos for Alexandria simply carry on coming.
Condé Nast Traveler is out Tuesday, Oct. 7 with its “Best Cities in the US.: 2025 Readers’ Choice Awards” and Alexandria has landed at #3 in the “Best Small Cities” class. This yr, readers solid an astonishing 757,109 votes in the 38th annual Readers’ Choice Awards survey.
“Good things come in small packages, and nowhere is that more evident than in these 10 dynamic, reader-favorite cities,” the journal famous. “Whether you’re on the lookout for a cutting-edge arts scene, inventive new restaurants, or eye-catching architecture, you’re bound to find the next big thing in travel.”
Here’s what the journal needed to say about Alexandria (and see the total checklist of the ten Best Small Cities cities on the checklist beneath the quote):
Washingtonians are all in on the key, nevertheless it’s no shock the remainder of the world is catching up: Alexandria, Virginia, the charming, historic metropolis simply throughout the Potomac River from our nation’s capital, attracts vacationers and would-be residents alike. Most of us begin to think about shifting there instantly after setting foot in Old Town, as soon as they’ve strolled the red-brick sidewalks, clocking road after road of completely preserved rowhouses from the 18th and nineteenth centuries. When you go to, scope out King Street, full of boutiques, eating places, and specialty outlets; then land on the waterfront, the place you may watch the boats bobbing on the water earlier than touring the Torpedo Factory Art Center, a collective of galleries and artists’ studios. End the day at Gadsby’s Tavern, the place a few of our founding fathers used to drink—don’t thoughts the actors in colonial garb.
Here’s a take a look at the highest 10 checklist:
#10: Pensacola, Fla.
#9: Honolulu
#8: Lexington, Ky.
#7: Oakland, Calif.
#6: Savannah, Ga.
#5: San Juan, Puerto Rico
#4: St. Augustine, Fla.
#3: Alexandria, Va.
#2: Santa Fe, N.M.
#1: Charleston, S.C.
Oct. 07, 2025
6:43 p.m.