The country boasts three restaurants in the top five alone.

As much as it pains me to admit it as a stomach - and - rear Italian , if you ’re looking to plan your next holiday around fine dining , you should scrape Italy off your inclination and aim for a nearbyEuropean countryinstead .

This year’sWorld ’s 50 Best Restaurantslist was just announce , andSpaintakes the peak for having not one but six total eating place across the list , which is more than any other rural area . That ’s not the only commendable facial expression , either . Three of those Spanish restaurant really made it to the top five .

In case you have any doubts at this distributor point , the world ’s good eating place of 2024 is located in Spain , too . Barcelona ’s Disfrutar gets the top pillage this yr , upgrading from last twelvemonth when it came in second overall . The second best eating place in the world is Asador Etxebarri , located in Atxondo , another Spanish urban center in the Second Earl of Guilford of the country . Rounding up the top three is a Parisian restaurant , namely tabular array by Bruno Verjus — but a third Spanish eatery , nickname Diverxo and locate in Madrid , runs aright behind it in the fourth spot . Take a face at the full list of the World ’s 50 Best Restaurants for 2024 below :

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1.Disfrutar — Barcelona , Spain2.Asador Etxebarri — Atxondo , Spain3.Table by Bruno Verjus — Paris , France4.Diverxo — Madrid , Spain5.Maido — Lima , Peru6.Atomix — New York City7.Quintonil — Mexico City , Mexico8.Alchemist — Copenhagen , Denmark9.Gaggan Anand — Bangkok , Thailand10.Don Julio — Buenos Aires , Argentina11.Septime — Paris , France12.Lido 84 — Gardone Riviera , Italy13.Trèsind Studio — Dubai , UAE14.Quique Dacosta — Denia , Spain15.Sézanne — Tokyo , Japan16.Kjolle — Lima , Peru17.Kol — London , England18.Plénitude — Paris , France19.Reale — Castel di Sangro , Spain20.Wing — Hong Kong21.Florilège — Tokyo , Japan22.Steirereck — Vienna , Austria23.Suhring — Bangkok , Thailand24.Odette — Singapore25.El Chato — Bogotá , Colombia26.The Chairman — Hong Kong27.A Casa do Porco — São Paulo , Brazil28.Elkano — Getaria , Spain29.Boragó — Santiago , Chile30.Restaurant Tim Raue — Berlin , Germany31.Belcanto — Lisbon , Portugal32.Den — Tokyo , Japan33.Pujol — Mexico City , Mexico34.Rosetta — Mexico City , Mexico35.Frantzén — Stockholm , Sweden36.The Jane — Antwerp , Belgium37.Oteque — Rio de Janeiro , Brazil38.Sorn — Bangkok , Thailand39.Piazza Duomo — Alba , Italy40.Le Du — Bangkok , Thailand41.Mayta — Lima , Peru42.Ikoyi — London , England43.Nobelhart & Schmutzig — Berlin , Germany44.Mingles — Seoul , South Korea45.Arpege — Paris , France46.SingleThread — Healdsburg , California47.Schloss Schauenstein — Fürstenau , Switzerland48.Hiša Franko — Kobarid , Slovenia49.La Colombe — Cape Town , South Africa50.Uliassi — Senigallia , Italy