Death Valley, California, USA
Vast, stark, quietly extreme
45°C in August, and dry · 1h from Los Angeles · 2-3 nights
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63 places fit what you asked for in August, showing the first 36.
The Merzouga dunes, Morocco
Silent, elemental, deep orange
41°C in August, 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 August, and dry · 15h 10m from Los Angeles · two nights out from cairo
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Pamukkale, Turkey
Chalk-white, steaming, faintly surreal
38°C in August · 14h 10m from Los Angeles · 1–2 nights
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Wadi Rum, Jordan
Vast, red, silent after dark
34°C in August, and dry · 15h 20m from Los Angeles · 1–2 nights
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Praia da Marinha, Algarve, Portugal
Honeyed cliffs, clear green water
32°C in August, and dry · 11h 40m from Los Angeles · a half day from carvoeiro
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The Thar Desert, Jaisalmer, India
Golden, dusty, storybook Rajasthan
35°C in August · 16h 15m from Los Angeles · 3 nights
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Mulhacén, Spain
High, bare, sun-bleached
30°C in August · 12h from Los Angeles · 3 nights
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Procida, Italy
Faded pastel, salt-worn, unhurried
30°C in August · 12h 55m from Los Angeles · 2–3 nights
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Oia, Santorini, Greece
White, vertical, engineered for sunset
27°C in August, and dry · 14h 05m from Los Angeles · 3–4 nights
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Sossusvlei, Namibia
Vast, silent, elemental, sun-bleached
27°C in August, and dry · 19h 05m from Los Angeles · 2–3 nights
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Yala, Sri Lanka
Dusty, thorny, adrenal at dawn
31°C in August · sea at 28° · 18h 30m from Los Angeles · 2–3 nights
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Collioure, France
Painterly, Catalan, sun-soaked, small
29°C in August · sea at 24° · 12h from Los Angeles · 3–4 nights
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Khongoryn Els, Gobi Desert, Mongolia
Vast, dusty, humbling, off-grid
29°C in August · 12h 55m from Los Angeles · two nights at the dunes, within a week in the gobi
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Cadaqués, Catalonia, Spain
White, windswept, artily bohemian
28°C in August · sea at 25° · 12h 05m from Los Angeles · 2–3 nights
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The Masai Mara, Kenya
Golden, wide open, big sky
28°C in August · 19h 05m from Los Angeles · 3–4 nights
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Bay of Kotor, Montenegro
Stone, mountain, mirror-flat water
32°C in August · 13h 05m from Los Angeles · 3–4 nights
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Madeira coastal road, Portugal
Dramatic, cliff-hugging, unhurried
27°C in August · 11h 15m from Los Angeles · a day or two, as part of a longer madeira stay
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Ponta da Piedade, Algarve, Portugal
Golden, salt-sprayed, camera-ready
25°C in August, and dry · 11h 40m from Los Angeles · a half day from lagos
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Sveti Stefan, Montenegro
Postcard-pretty, stony, sun-warmed
29°C in August · sea at 27° · 13h 05m from Los Angeles · 3–4 nights
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Praia da Ursa, Sintra, Portugal
Raw, windblown, gloriously empty
23°C in August, and dry · 11h 30m from Los Angeles · a half day from sintra
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Venice, Italy
Watery, theatrical, quietly melancholy
28°C in August · 12h 20m from Los Angeles · 3 nights
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Cinque Terre, Liguria, Italy
Coloured houses, terraced cliffs, salt air
27°C in August · 12h 25m from Los Angeles · 3–4 nights
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Big Sur, California, USA
Cliff-edge, foggy, monumentally empty
22°C in August, and dry · 1h 05m from Los Angeles · 2–3 nights
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Stone Town, Zanzibar, Tanzania
Layered, spiced, sea-worn
28°C in August · sea at 26° · 19h 50m from Los Angeles · 2–3 nights
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Taketomi, Japan
Slow, sandy, gently traditional
30°C in August · sea at 31° · 13h 25m from Los Angeles · 1–2 nights
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Varenna, Lake Como, Italy
Steep, quiet, unhurriedly pretty
27°C in August · 12h 10m from Los Angeles · 2–3 nights
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Annecy, France
Turquoise water, arcades, mountain air
25°C in August · 11h 55m from Los Angeles · 2-3 nights
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Anse Source d'Argent, La Digue, Seychelles
Granite, shallow jade, barefoot
26°C in August · sea at 27° · 20h 30m from Los Angeles · 2-3 nights
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Playa de Gulpiyuri, Asturias, Spain
Odd, tiny, quietly remarkable
24°C in August · sea at 22° · 11h 20m from Los Angeles · a half day from llanes
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Koh Yao Noi, Thailand
Flat lanes, karst views, quiet
31°C in August · sea at 31° · 17h 10m from Los Angeles · 3-4 nights
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La Digue, Seychelles
Barefoot, slow, sun-bleached
25°C in August · sea at 27° · 20h 30m from Los Angeles · 3–4 nights
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Bernina Express, Switzerland to Italy
Slow, engineered, absurdly scenic
27°C in August · 11h 55m from Los Angeles · a full day, or 2–3 nights split along the route
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Ordesa y Monte Perdido, Spain
Vertical, green, properly wild
21°C in August · 11h 50m from Los Angeles · 3–4 nights
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Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Germany
Storybook, walled, quiet after six
24°C in August · 11h 50m from Los Angeles · 2 nights
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Peak 2 Peak Gondola, Whistler, Canada
High, engineered, jaw-dropping in clear air
22°C in August · 2h 40m from Los Angeles · 2–3 nights in whistler
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