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"The Most Fun You Can Have Below the Equator\nForget the old standards: Cape Town, Rio, and Punta del Este. Instead, chase your summer to one of these five stylish, up-and-coming destinations.\nFlorian\u00F3polis, Brazil\n\n The New Rio De Janeiro: A High-Tech All-Night Party\n\nA long, narrow island dotted with lagoons and rain forests, \"Floripa\" combines the beauty of Brazil's wild coast with Rio's sophistication. For starters, it has 42 beaches\u2014from the high-end Jurer\u00EA Internacional, with waterfront beach clubs like Praia Caf\u00E9 de la Musique, to the village of Ribeir\u00E3o da Ilha, where you can slurp oysters at Ostradamus and watch Brazil's tech titans parade past. Supermodel Fernanda Motta and her husband just opened the exclusive hotel Pousada Z\u00E9 Maria. Built by architect Arthur Casas, it blends in with the dramatic rolling landscape. And the nightlife echoes Rio's: Parties in Jurer\u00EA carry on till dawn.\n\nAbove: Ponta dos Ganchos, near Florian\u00F3polis.\n\nPhoto: Courtesy of Ponta Dos Ganchos\nHobart, Tasmania\n\n The New Sydney: Australia's Artsy Cultural Mecca\n\nThe stunning new $80 million Museum of Old and New Art\u2014with its collection of Damien Hirsts, Chris Ofilis, and Egyptian curiosities\u2014recently put this Tasmanian paradise on the map. Now the Aussie jet set is arriving and checking into the Henry Jones Art Hotel. Salamanca Square is crowded with cool restaurants, like the salmon-tapas mecca Smolt. Down the road at Lark Distillery, there's a selection of Tasmanian whiskeys, while Squires Bounty is craft-beer heaven.\n\nAbove: Victoria Dock, in Hobart.\n\nPhoto: Getty Images\nLima, Peru\n\n The New Buenos Aires: A Bustling Culinary Arriviste\n\nPeru has struggled under dictatorships for decades, but it's enjoying a period of stability now, and the capital has become a global food and nightlife hot spot. Join the artsy white-collar crowd for lunch at chef Rafael Osterling's ceviche bar, El Mercado, or on the pool deck of the Miraflores Park Hotel. Locals tuck into plates of tiger catfish at Malabar and sip pisco at Ayahuasca. Late night, hit Aura and you might glimpse native son Mario Testino. Call it a night at the Country Club Lima Hotel.\n\nAbove: Lima's Cerro San Crist\u00F3bal.\n\nPhoto: Getty Images\nTrancoso, Brazil\n\n The New Punta del Este: A Hub of the Laid-Back Elite\n\nIn the state of Bahia, this beach town has a rustic fishing-village vibe but is crowded with well-heeled fashion elites during holidays. The Quadrado, or town square, is lined with restaurants, bars, and glamorous hotels. Capim Santo is one of the square's oldest eateries, and tucked among the mangroves is Uxua Beach Bar, opened by former Diesel creative director Wilbert Das, who also built the Uxua Casa Hotel. The highlight: a pool made of native Bahian aventurine quartz, which is reputed to have therapeutic qualities.\n\nAbove: Trancoso beach.\n\nPhoto: Getty Images\nMaputo, Mozambique\n\n The New Cape Town: Southern Africa's Hottest Scene\n\nThe fast-growing, Portuguese-inflected capital city of Mozambique is sexier (and safer) than almost any other urban destination in Africa. Euro expats mingle with fashionable locals along the boardwalk, Avenida Marginal, which has a surfing beach and the town's best beach-shack bar, Costa do Sol. The local version of the 21 Club is Clube Naval de Maputo, which serves perfect piri-piri prawns, while the hottest bar is Kampfumo Jazz Caf\u00E9. After sunset, check out Coconuts, where nightly parties end well after dawn, when the crowds crawl back to the luxe suites of the Polana Serena Hotel.\n\nAbove: The Maputo waterfront.\n\nPhoto: Getty Images"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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