Best Places to Visit in August

Endless islands, two seasons.

Mountain valleys and wine country.

Bring layers — and an umbrella.

Forty shades of green, always a chance of rain.

Midnight sun or northern lights — both, never at once.

Fjords in summer, aurora in winter.

Two seasons, both spectacular.

Christmas markets and beer gardens.

Tulips bloom for one short window.

Alpine charm in any season.

Prague in spring, Christmas market dreams in December.

Budapest baths year-round.

Adriatic perfection in shoulder season.

A fairy-tale Alpine compact.

Pretty old towns and brutal winters.

Carpathian castles, painted monasteries, wild bears.

Black Sea beaches, Rila monasteries, cheap ski.

Belgrade nightlife and brass-band villages.

Fjord-like bay, Adriatic beaches, Durmitor peaks.

Europe's last cheap Riviera.

High Tatras, hidden castles, half the crowds.

Medieval Tallinn and endless midsummer light.

Art-nouveau Riga and Baltic dunes.

Vilnius baroque and Curonian Spit dunes.

Lake Ohrid and Ottoman bazaars.

Ottoman bridges and emerald rivers.

The Great Migration in Maasai Mara.

Serengeti, Kilimanjaro, Zanzibar.

Dunes and desert wildlife.

Tropical dry season May–Oct.

Endless wilderness — pick season carefully.

Inca Trail dry season May–Sep.

Carnival summer, Pantanal dry winter.

Eternal spring in the Andes.

Galápagos and the equator.

Endless islands, two seasons.

Continental — pick a region first.

Two coasts, opposing monsoons.

Hot & humid year-round, short showers.

Petra under blue skies.

Endless islands, two seasons.

Cappadocia balloons and Aegean beaches.

Paris in spring is a cliché for a reason.

Mild Atlantic country, long beach season.

Midnight sun or northern lights — both, never at once.

Two seasons, both spectacular.

Hot & humid year-round, short showers.

Mild Atlantic country, long beach season.

Bring layers — and an umbrella.

Midnight sun or northern lights — both, never at once.

Two seasons, both spectacular.

An entire continent — pick top or bottom.

Crystal-clear mountain views in autumn.

Night markets, misty mountains, hot springs.

Himalayan kingdom of dzongs and prayer flags.

Desert winters are magical; summers brutal.

Cities, desert, and Atlas mountains.

Pyramids in cool desert winter.

Patagonia summer, wine country shoulder.

Atacama to Antarctica in one country.