Where to go in July

Death Valley, California, USA

Vast, stark, quietly extreme

47°C in July, and dry · 1h from Los Angeles · 2-3 nights

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Aquaventure, Dubai, UAE

Loud, engineered, relentlessly wet

42°C in July, and dry · 16h 30m from Los Angeles · one or two days within a dubai trip

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The Merzouga dunes, Morocco

Silent, elemental, deep orange

42°C in July, and dry · 12h 25m from Los Angeles · two nights in the desert, inside a week-long loop

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The White Desert, Egypt

Lunar, silent, chalk white

38°C in July, and dry · 15h 10m from Los Angeles · two nights out from cairo

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The Wahiba Sands, Oman

Silent, amber, star-heavy

37°C in July, and dry · 16h 45m from Los Angeles · one or two nights, inside a week in oman

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Wadi Rum, Jordan

Vast, red, silent after dark

34°C in July, and dry · 15h 20m from Los Angeles · 1–2 nights

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The Turquoise Coast, Turkey

Pine-fringed, blue, easy-going

34°C in July, and dry · 14h 15m from Los Angeles · a week to ten days

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Ölüdeniz, Turkey

Turquoise, pine-scented, holiday-bright

32°C in July, and dry · 14h 15m from Los Angeles · 5–7 nights

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The Thar Desert, Jaisalmer, India

Golden, dusty, storybook Rajasthan

37°C in July · 16h 15m from Los Angeles · 3 nights

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Mallorca, Spain

Sunny, mountainous, energetic

32°C in July, and dry · 12h 20m from Los Angeles · a week

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Sa Calobra, Mallorca, Spain

Vertiginous, engineered, rock and sea

32°C in July, and dry · 12h 20m from Los Angeles · a day trip from soller or palma

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The Blue Eye, Albania

Cold, luminous, briefly astonishing

33°C in July · 13h 15m from Los Angeles · a day trip from sarande

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The Pantanal, Brazil

Hot, teeming, wide-open wetland

31°C in July, and dry · 10h 50m from Los Angeles · 4–5 nights

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Khongoryn Els, Gobi Desert, Mongolia

Vast, dusty, humbling, off-grid

32°C in July · 12h 55m from Los Angeles · two nights at the dunes, within a week in the gobi

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Mulhacén, Spain

High, bare, sun-bleached

31°C in July · 12h from Los Angeles · 3 nights

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Mount Toubkal, Morocco

Steep, dusty, quietly hospitable

30°C in July · 12h 10m from Los Angeles · 3–4 nights

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PortAventura, Spain

Loud, sunny, unapologetically thrilling

30°C in July · 12h 05m from Los Angeles · 2–3 nights

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Siam Park, Tenerife, Canary Islands

Loud, tropical, engineered for thrills

27°C in July, and dry · 11h 40m from Los Angeles · a day trip from costa adeje

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Kuta, Lombok, Indonesia

Dusty, salty, surf-shaped

29°C in July · sea at 27° · 17h from Los Angeles · 5-7 nights

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Sossusvlei, Namibia

Vast, silent, elemental, sun-bleached

26°C in July, and dry · 19h 05m from Los Angeles · 2–3 nights

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Komodo, Indonesia

Dry hills, fierce currents, big sky

27°C in July · sea at 28° · 16h 35m from Los Angeles · 4-5 nights, or a week aboard

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Praia da Ursa, Sintra, Portugal

Raw, windblown, gloriously empty

23°C in July, and dry · 11h 30m from Los Angeles · a half day from sintra

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The Atacama Desert, Chile

Thin-aired, mineral, astonishingly clear

21°C in July, and dry · 10h 20m from Los Angeles · 4–5 nights

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Príncipe, São Tomé and Príncipe

Green, volcanic, almost untouched

25°C in July · sea at 28° · 16h 15m from Los Angeles · a week

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Lake Garda, Italy

Big, breezy, made for families

28°C in July · 12h 15m from Los Angeles · a week

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Cape Tribulation, Australia

Ancient, humid, quiet, wild

24°C in July · sea at 24° · 14h 20m from Los Angeles · 2–3 nights

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Tortuguero, Costa Rica

Humid, green, entirely waterborne

30°C in July · sea at 32° · 5h 50m from Los Angeles · 2–3 nights

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Triglav, Slovenia

Alpine, earnest, quietly demanding

26°C in July · 12h 25m from Los Angeles · 3–4 nights

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Railay Beach, Krabi, Thailand

Karst-framed, boat-only, laid-back

29°C in July · sea at 30° · 17h 10m from Los Angeles · 3–4 nights

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The Lake Constance loop, Germany, Austria and Switzerland

Flat, orchard-lined, three-country easy

24°C in July · 12h from Los Angeles · a week

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Interlaken, Switzerland

Two lakes, three peaks, constant motion

25°C in July · 11h 55m from Los Angeles · 4 nights

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Phantasialand, Germany

Detailed, intense, surprisingly beautiful

22°C in July · 11h 30m from Los Angeles · a day trip from cologne

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Palawan, Philippines

Karst-fringed, boat-bound, rough-edged

30°C in July · sea at 30° · 15h 10m from Los Angeles · a week or more

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Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia

Rainforest, reef, humid and wild

30°C in July · sea at 30° · 15h 50m from Los Angeles · ten days to two weeks

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Siargao, Philippines

Salty, laid-back, palm-shaded

28°C in July · sea at 30° · 14h 30m from Los Angeles · 5–7 nights

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Raja Ampat, Indonesia

Remote, reef-rich, spectacularly quiet

28°C in July · sea at 30° · 14h 45m from Los Angeles · a week or more

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