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22 places fit what you asked for in August.

Death Valley, California, USA

Death Valley, California, USA

Vast, stark, quietly extreme

45°C in August, and dry · 1h from Los Angeles · 2-3 nights

The Wahiba Sands, Oman

The Wahiba Sands, Oman

Silent, amber, star-heavy

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

Saturnia hot springs, Tuscany, Italy

Saturnia hot springs, Tuscany, Italy

Steamy, rural, faintly pagan

32°C in August · 12h 30m from Los Angeles · 2–3 nights

Sossusvlei, Namibia

Sossusvlei, Namibia

Vast, silent, elemental, sun-bleached

27°C in August, and dry · 19h 05m from Los Angeles · 2–3 nights

La Rioja, Spain

La Rioja, Spain

Unhurried, generous, faintly grand

29°C in August · 11h 35m from Los Angeles · 3–4 nights

Madeira coastal road, Portugal

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

Big Sur, California, USA

Big Sur, California, USA

Cliff-edge, foggy, monumentally empty

22°C in August, and dry · 1h 05m from Los Angeles · 2–3 nights

Langhe, Piedmont, Italy

Langhe, Piedmont, Italy

Foggy, patient, seriously delicious

27°C in August · 12h 10m from Los Angeles · 3–4 nights

Key West, Florida, USA

Key West, Florida, USA

Sunburnt, boozy, cheerfully eccentric

30°C in August · 5h from Los Angeles · 2-3 nights

Mosel Valley, Germany

Mosel Valley, Germany

Vine-draped, romantic, slow-paced

25°C in August · 11h 40m from Los Angeles · 3-4 nights

Playa de Gulpiyuri, Asturias, Spain

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

Sunset over the salt flats at Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia

Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia

Blinding, empty, high and strange

13°C in August, and dry · 10h 15m from Los Angeles · 3 days

Icefields Parkway, Canada

Icefields Parkway, Canada

Vast, glacial, gloriously empty

21°C in August · 2h 55m from Los Angeles · 2 days, with a night en route

Chapman's Peak Drive, South Africa

Chapman's Peak Drive, South Africa

Cliff-edge, salt-sprayed, cinematic

16°C in August · 19h 45m from Los Angeles · a half-day, as part of a peninsula circuit

Ring of Kerry, Ireland

Ring of Kerry, Ireland

Wild, wet, green and cinematic

19°C in August · 10h 20m from Los Angeles · 3–4 nights

Great Ocean Road, Australia

Great Ocean Road, Australia

Windswept, cinematic, ocean-side

14°C in August · 15h 45m from Los Angeles · 3 days

Trollstigen, Norway

Trollstigen, Norway

Vertical, dramatic, briskly Norwegian

18°C in August · 10h 25m from Los Angeles · a day, within a longer fjord drive

Stelvio Pass, Italy

Stelvio Pass, Italy

Steep, exhilarating, engine-warm

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

Passo Giau, Dolomites, Italy

Passo Giau, Dolomites, Italy

High, sharp-edged, postcard alpine

15°C in August · 12h 20m from Los Angeles · 3–4 nights in the dolomites

Bealach na Bà, Scotland

Bealach na Bà, Scotland

Wild, exposed, gloriously severe

14°C in August · 10h 15m from Los Angeles · 2–3 nights on the peninsula

Old Man of Storr, Isle of Skye, Scotland

Old Man of Storr, Isle of Skye, Scotland

Bleak, jagged, quietly unsettling

13°C in August · 10h 15m from Los Angeles · 3–4 nights on skye

Furka Pass, Switzerland

Furka Pass, Switzerland

High, bare, cinematic tarmac

13°C in August · 11h 55m from Los Angeles · a day, based in andermatt