Where to go in June

Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia

Blinding, empty, high and strange

11°C in June, and dry · 10h 15m from Los Angeles · 3 days

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Mendoza, Argentina

Sun-baked, unhurried, wine-soaked

13°C in June · 11h 20m from Los Angeles · 3-4 nights

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Great Ocean Road, Australia

Windswept, cinematic, ocean-side

13°C in June · 15h 45m from Los Angeles · 3 days

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Wineglass Bay, Tasmania, Australia

Granite, gum trees, cold clear water

13°C in June · 15h 50m from Los Angeles · 2–3 nights at coles bay

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Rotorua, New Zealand

Steaming, sulphurous, culturally rich

13°C in June · 13h from Los Angeles · 3 nights

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Cairngorms, Scotland

Big, bare, weather-ruled

12°C in June · 10h 25m from Los Angeles · 3–4 nights

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Table Mountain, Cape Town, South Africa

High, windswept, city-above-the-sea

10°C in June · 19h 45m from Los Angeles · half a day within a cape town trip

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The Ring Road, Iceland

Elemental, empty, weather-driven

12°C in June · 8h 50m from Los Angeles · 8–10 days

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Bealach na Bà, Scotland

Wild, exposed, gloriously severe

13°C in June · 10h 15m from Los Angeles · 2–3 nights on the peninsula

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Blue Lagoon, Iceland

Steamy, engineered, oddly serene

11°C in June · 8h 50m from Los Angeles · a half-day stop

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Old Man of Storr, Isle of Skye, Scotland

Bleak, jagged, quietly unsettling

12°C in June · 10h 15m from Los Angeles · 3–4 nights on skye

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Courmayeur, Italy

Alpine, refined, unmistakably Italian

12°C in June · 12h 05m from Los Angeles · 4-5 nights

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Lac Blanc, Chamonix, France

High, bright, unambiguously alpine

12°C in June · 11h 55m from Los Angeles · a half day from chamonix

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Bad Gastein, Austria

Faded grandeur, steam and snow

13°C in June · 12h 10m from Los Angeles · 3–4 nights

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Stelvio Pass, Italy

Steep, exhilarating, engine-warm

10°C in June · 12h 10m from Los Angeles · a day, from a base in bormio or the vinschgau

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Queenstown, New Zealand

Alpine, adrenal, lake-bright

6°C in June · 14h 10m from Los Angeles · 4–5 nights

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Brienz Rothorn Railway, Switzerland

Nostalgic, steep, thoroughly alpine

12°C in June · 11h 55m from Los Angeles · a day trip from interlaken

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Berchtesgaden National Park, Germany

Sheer, green, alpine and quiet

11°C in June · 12h 10m from Los Angeles · 3–5 nights

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Pilatus Railway, Switzerland

Steep, precise, gloriously Swiss

12°C in June · 11h 55m from Los Angeles · a day trip from lucerne

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Cares Gorge, Picos de Europa, Spain

Vertical, green, bracing, unshowy

11°C in June · 11h 20m from Los Angeles · 3–4 nights

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Furka Pass, Switzerland

High, bare, cinematic tarmac

11°C in June · 11h 55m from Los Angeles · a day, based in andermatt

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Picos de Europa, Spain

Green, limestone, weather-beaten

11°C in June · 11h 20m from Los Angeles · 4–5 nights

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Vanoise National Park, France

High, clean, companionable, unfussy

11°C in June · 11h 55m from Los Angeles · 5–6 nights

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Dachstein, Austria

Dramatic, alpine, postcard-pretty

9°C in June · 12h 10m from Los Angeles · 3-4 nights

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Kilimanjaro, Tanzania

Slow, cold, single-minded

8°C in June · 19h 20m from Los Angeles · 7-9 days on the mountain

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Glacier Express, Switzerland

Slow, panoramic, engineered grandeur

8°C in June · 11h 55m from Los Angeles · a full day, plus a night at either end

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Tre Cime di Lavaredo, Dolomites, Italy

Vertical, pale grey, high summer

10°C in June · 12h 20m from Los Angeles · 3–4 nights in the area

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Zugspitze, Germany

High, engineered, weather-dependent

7°C in June · 12h 05m from Los Angeles · a day trip from garmisch-partenkirchen

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Schilthorn, Switzerland

High, thin-aired, cinematic

7°C in June · 11h 55m from Los Angeles · a day trip from interlaken

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Gornergrat Railway, Switzerland

High, glacial, postcard-perfect

7°C in June · 11h 55m from Los Angeles · 2–3 nights in zermatt

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Everest Base Camp, Nepal

Demanding, spiritual, spectacular

5°C in June · 15h 40m from Los Angeles · 12-14 days

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Mount Fuji, Japan

Sacred, punishing, oddly communal

5°C in June · 11h 05m from Los Angeles · 2–3 nights

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Aiguille du Midi, Chamonix, France

Thin air, big rock, sharp light

3°C in June · 11h 55m from Los Angeles · half a day from chamonix

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Torres del Paine, Chile

Wind-scoured, granite, exhilarating

3°C in June · 13h 05m from Los Angeles · 5–7 nights

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Jungfraujoch railway, Switzerland

Engineering theatre, thin cold air

4°C in June · 11h 55m from Los Angeles · a half-day trip from grindelwald or lauterbrunnen

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Matterhorn Glacier Paradise, Zermatt, Switzerland

Dramatic, high-altitude, crisp

3°C in June · 11h 55m from Los Angeles · a half-day trip from zermatt

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