The Thar Desert, Jaisalmer, India
Golden, dusty, storybook Rajasthan
41°C in May, and dry · 16h 15m from Los Angeles · 3 nights
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Death Valley, California, USA
Vast, stark, quietly extreme
38°C in May, and dry · 1h from Los Angeles · 2-3 nights
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The White Desert, Egypt
Lunar, silent, chalk white
35°C in May, and dry · 15h 10m from Los Angeles · two nights out from cairo
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The Merzouga dunes, Morocco
Silent, elemental, deep orange
34°C in May, and dry · 12h 25m from Los Angeles · two nights in the desert, inside a week-long loop
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Sossusvlei, Namibia
Vast, silent, elemental, sun-bleached
30°C in May, and dry · 19h 05m from Los Angeles · 2–3 nights
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Wadi Rum, Jordan
Vast, red, silent after dark
29°C in May, and dry · 15h 20m from Los Angeles · 1–2 nights
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Praia da Marinha, Algarve, Portugal
Honeyed cliffs, clear green water
26°C in May · 11h 40m from Los Angeles · a half day from carvoeiro
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Pamukkale, Turkey
Chalk-white, steaming, faintly surreal
28°C in May · 14h 10m from Los Angeles · 1–2 nights
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Khongoryn Els, Gobi Desert, Mongolia
Vast, dusty, humbling, off-grid
23°C in May, and dry · 12h 55m from Los Angeles · two nights at the dunes, within a week in the gobi
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Yala, Sri Lanka
Dusty, thorny, adrenal at dawn
31°C in May · sea at 30° · 18h 30m from Los Angeles · 2–3 nights
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Ponta da Piedade, Algarve, Portugal
Golden, salt-sprayed, camera-ready
22°C in May · 11h 40m from Los Angeles · a half day from lagos
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The Masai Mara, Kenya
Golden, wide open, big sky
26°C in May · 19h 05m from Los Angeles · 3–4 nights
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Stone Town, Zanzibar, Tanzania
Layered, spiced, sea-worn
28°C in May · sea at 29° · 19h 50m from Los Angeles · 2–3 nights
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Oia, Santorini, Greece
White, vertical, engineered for sunset
20°C in May, and dry · 14h 05m from Los Angeles · 3–4 nights
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Praia da Ursa, Sintra, Portugal
Raw, windblown, gloriously empty
20°C in May · 11h 30m from Los Angeles · a half day from sintra
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Anse Source d'Argent, La Digue, Seychelles
Granite, shallow jade, barefoot
28°C in May · sea at 30° · 20h 30m from Los Angeles · 2-3 nights
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La Digue, Seychelles
Barefoot, slow, sun-bleached
28°C in May · sea at 30° · 20h 30m from Los Angeles · 3–4 nights
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Collioure, France
Painterly, Catalan, sun-soaked, small
22°C in May · 12h from Los Angeles · 3–4 nights
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Procida, Italy
Faded pastel, salt-worn, unhurried
21°C in May · 12h 55m from Los Angeles · 2–3 nights
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Taketomi, Japan
Slow, sandy, gently traditional
27°C in May · sea at 27° · 13h 25m from Los Angeles · 1–2 nights
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Koh Yao Noi, Thailand
Flat lanes, karst views, quiet
32°C in May · sea at 32° · 17h 10m from Los Angeles · 3-4 nights
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Mulhacén, Spain
High, bare, sun-bleached
21°C in May · 12h from Los Angeles · 3 nights
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Cadaqués, Catalonia, Spain
White, windswept, artily bohemian
20°C in May · 12h 05m from Los Angeles · 2–3 nights
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Big Sur, California, USA
Cliff-edge, foggy, monumentally empty
17°C in May · 1h 05m from Los Angeles · 2–3 nights
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Madeira coastal road, Portugal
Dramatic, cliff-hugging, unhurried
21°C in May · 11h 15m from Los Angeles · a day or two, as part of a longer madeira stay
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Sepilok and the Kinabatangan, Borneo, Malaysia
Humid, green, quietly astonishing
31°C in May · 15h 35m from Los Angeles · 3–4 nights
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Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia
Blinding, empty, high and strange
14°C in May, and dry · 10h 15m from Los Angeles · 3 days
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Chapman's Peak Drive, South Africa
Cliff-edge, salt-sprayed, cinematic
18°C in May · 19h 45m from Los Angeles · a half-day, as part of a peninsula circuit
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Sveti Stefan, Montenegro
Postcard-pretty, stony, sun-warmed
21°C in May · 13h 05m from Los Angeles · 3–4 nights
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Venice, Italy
Watery, theatrical, quietly melancholy
21°C in May · 12h 20m from Los Angeles · 3 nights
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Bay of Kotor, Montenegro
Stone, mountain, mirror-flat water
23°C in May · 13h 05m from Los Angeles · 3–4 nights
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Cinque Terre, Liguria, Italy
Coloured houses, terraced cliffs, salt air
20°C in May · 12h 25m from Los Angeles · 3–4 nights
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Great Ocean Road, Australia
Windswept, cinematic, ocean-side
15°C in May · 15h 45m from Los Angeles · 3 days
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Playa de Gulpiyuri, Asturias, Spain
Odd, tiny, quietly remarkable
19°C in May · 11h 20m from Los Angeles · a half day from llanes
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Cathedral Cove, Coromandel, New Zealand
White rock, clear water, Christmas red
17°C in May · 13h 05m from Los Angeles · 2–3 nights on the coromandel
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Wineglass Bay, Tasmania, Australia
Granite, gum trees, cold clear water
14°C in May · 15h 50m from Los Angeles · 2–3 nights at coles bay
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