Where to go in July

Cala Macarelleta, Menorca, Spain

Pale, pine-framed, blissfully plain

27°C in July, and dry · sea at 27° · 12h 25m from Los Angeles · a day trip from ciutadella

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Cala Pregonda, Menorca, Spain

Red rock, empty, wind-scoured

27°C in July, and dry · sea at 27° · 12h 25m from Los Angeles · a day trip from fornells

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Fuerteventura, Canary Islands

Windswept, sandy, low-key volcanic

27°C in July, and dry · 11h 50m from Los Angeles · a week

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Lisbon, Portugal

Steep, sunlit, gently melancholic

27°C in July, and dry · 11h 30m from Los Angeles · 3–4 nights

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Little Venice, Mykonos, Greece

Salt-sprayed, showy, sunset-obsessed

27°C in July, and dry · 14h from Los Angeles · an evening, within a 3–4 night mykonos trip

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Menorca, Spain

Low-key, coastal, unhurried

27°C in July, and dry · 12h 25m from Los Angeles · a week

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Milos, Greece

Volcanic, sun-bleached, romantic

27°C in July, and dry · 14h from Los Angeles · 4-5 nights

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Paleokastritsa, Corfu, Greece

Cliff-backed, clear-watered, low-key

27°C in July, and dry · sea at 25° · 13h 25m from Los Angeles · 4–5 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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The Cyclades: Paros, Naxos and Milos, Greece

Sun-bleached, breezy, unhurried

27°C in July, and dry · sea at 26° · 13h 50m from Los Angeles · 10–14 nights

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Voutoumi, Antipaxos, Greece

Clear, tiny, gloriously simple

27°C in July, and dry · sea at 27° · 13h 25m from Los Angeles · a day trip from paxos

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Menjangan, Bali, Indonesia

Calm, reef-fringed, unhurried

27°C in July, and dry · sea at 29° · 17h 05m from Los Angeles · a day trip, or an overnight stop in pemuteran

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Comporta, Portugal

Barefoot, pine-scented, quietly expensive

26°C in July, and dry · 11h 30m from Los Angeles · 5–7 nights

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La Pelosa, Sardinia, Italy

Pale, shallow, carefully protected

26°C in July, and dry · 12h 35m from Los Angeles · a day trip from alghero, or a few nights in stintino

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Malta and Gozo

Sun-baked, historic, easy-going

26°C in July, and dry · 13h 30m from Los Angeles · a week, split between malta and gozo

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Mykonos, Greece

Glossy, loud, expensively bronzed

26°C in July, and dry · 14h from Los Angeles · 3–5 nights

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Naousa, Paros, Greece

Whitewashed, salty, quietly stylish

26°C in July, and dry · sea at 25° · 14h from Los Angeles · 4–5 nights

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Oia, Santorini, Greece

White, vertical, engineered for sunset

26°C in July, and dry · 14h 05m from Los Angeles · 3–4 nights

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Ponta da Piedade, Algarve, Portugal

Golden, salt-sprayed, camera-ready

26°C in July, and dry · 11h 40m from Los Angeles · a half day from lagos

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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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Tenerife, Canary Islands

Volcanic, sunny, dependably easy

26°C in July, and dry · 11h 40m from Los Angeles · a week

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Calanque d'En-Vau, Cassis, France

White rock, blue water, effortful

27°C in July, and dry · sea at 23° · 12h 05m from Los Angeles · a day trip from cassis

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Dalmatia: Hvar, Vis and Korčula, Croatia

Sun-bleached, maritime, unhurried

26°C in July, and dry · sea at 26° · 12h 45m from Los Angeles · 1-2 weeks

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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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The Masai Mara, Kenya

Golden, wide open, big sky

27°C in July · 19h 05m from Los Angeles · 3–4 nights

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Cascais, Portugal

Polished, breezy, easygoing seaside

25°C in July, and dry · 11h 30m from Los Angeles · 3–4 nights, or a day trip from lisbon

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Folegandros, Greece

Whitewashed, windblown, deliberately quiet

25°C in July, and dry · 14h 05m from Los Angeles · 3–4 nights

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Ravello, Amalfi Coast, Italy

Gardens, terraces, quiet and elevated

26°C in July, and dry · 12h 55m from Los Angeles · 3 nights

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Cinque Terre, Liguria, Italy

Coloured houses, terraced cliffs, salt air

27°C in July · 12h 25m from Los Angeles · 3–4 nights

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Vis, Croatia

Remote, sun-worn, agreeably behind

25°C in July, and dry · sea at 26° · 12h 45m from Los Angeles · 4–5 nights

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Madeira, Portugal

Green, terraced, gently adventurous

26°C in July · 11h 15m from Los Angeles · a week

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Porto, Portugal

Tiled, steep, warmly unpolished

26°C in July · 11h 20m from Los Angeles · 3–4 nights

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Antiparos, Greece

Whitewashed, unhurried, low key

24°C in July, and dry · sea at 25° · 14h from Los Angeles · 3-4 nights

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Óbidos, Portugal

Walled, whitewashed, storybook

24°C in July, and dry · 11h 30m from Los Angeles · 1–2 nights, or a day trip from lisbon

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Playa Blanca, Lanzarote, Canary Islands

Volcanic, calm-watered, winter-warm

24°C in July, and dry · 11h 50m from Los Angeles · a week

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Mauritius

Reef-fringed, layered, unhurried

26°C in July · sea at 25° · 22h 35m from Los Angeles · a week to ten days

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