Relaxing holidays

Relaxing holidays: 267 destinations rated 3 or more out of 5, each with its best travel window, typical daytime highs and budget level.

Africa & Middle East

• Accra & the Cape CoastGhana
• Aqaba & the Jordanian Red SeaJordan
• Banjul & the Gambian coastGambia
• The Bazaruto ArchipelagoMozambique
• Beirut & the Bekaa ValleyLebanon
• Cape Town & the Garden RouteSouth Africa
• Cape VerdeCape Verde
• Dakar & the Petite CôteSenegal
• Diani Beach & the Kenyan coastKenya
• Fes & ChefchaouenMorocco
• IsfahanIranAdvisory
• Jeddah & the Red Sea coastSaudi Arabia
• Kruger & the South African LowveldSouth Africa
• Lake MalawiMalawi
• LamuKenya
• MadagascarMadagascar
• MauritiusMauritius
• Muscat & the Wahiba SandsOman
• The Nile & the Red SeaEgypt
• The Okavango DeltaBotswana
• Réunion IslandRéunion
• Serengeti & ZanzibarTanzania
• The SeychellesSeychelles
• Sharm El Sheikh & the Red SeaEgypt
• ShirazIranAdvisory
• South Luangwa National ParkZambia
• Tel Aviv & JerusalemIsrael
• Tunis & the Tunisian coastTunisia

Asia

• Almaty & the Tian ShanKazakhstan
• The Andaman IslandsIndia
• BaganMyanmar
• Bali & LombokIndonesia
• Cebu & the VisayasPhilippines
• Chengdu & the panda sanctuaryChina
• Chiang MaiThailand
• Da Nang & Hoi AnVietnam
• GoaIndia
• Guilin & the Li RiverChina
• HokkaidōJapan
• Jeju IslandSouth Korea
• Kerala's backwatersIndia
• Komodo IslandIndonesia
• Krabi & BangkokThailand
• Kuala LumpurMalaysia
• Kyrgyzstan – Issyk-Kul & the Tian ShanKyrgyzstan
• Luang Prabang & the MekongLaos
• The MaldivesMaldives
• Mongolia – the steppeMongolia
• OkinawaJapan
• Osaka & the Kansai regionJapan
• PalawanPhilippines
• PenangMalaysia
• PhuketThailand
• Raja AmpatIndonesia
• Sabah – Borneo's rainforestMalaysia
• Samarkand & the Silk RoadUzbekistan
• Singapore & MalaysiaSingapore
• Sri LankaSri Lanka
• Srinagar & KashmirIndia
• Taipei & the Taiwanese coastTaiwan
• Xi'an & the Terracotta ArmyChina
• YangonMyanmar
• Yogyakarta & the temples of JavaIndonesia

Europe

• AarhusDenmark
• The Albanian RivieraAlbania
• The AlgarvePortugal
• AlsaceFrance
• The Amalfi CoastItaly
• Amsterdam & the Dutch coastNetherlands
• AndalusiaSpain
• Andorra & the PyreneesAndorra
• The AzoresPortugal
• BakuAzerbaijan
• Barcelona & the Costa BravaSpain
• BathEngland
• The Bay of KotorMontenegro
• Belfast & the Causeway CoastNorthern Ireland
• BergenNorway
• Biarritz & the French Basque coastFrance
• BolognaItaly
• BordeauxFrance
• BratislavaSlovakia
• BrittanyFrance
• Bruges & BrusselsBelgium
• Bucharest & the CarpathiansRomania
• BudapestHungary
• Bulgaria’s Black Sea CoastBulgaria
• Cinque Terre & the Italian RivieraItaly
• Copenhagen & the Danish coastDenmark
• CorfuGreece
• CornwallEngland
• CorsicaFrance
• The CotswoldsEngland
• CreteGreece
• CyprusCyprus
• Dublin & the east coastIreland
• DubrovnikCroatia
• EdinburghScotland
• Florence & the Tuscan hillsItaly
• The French RivieraFrance
• Gdańsk & the Baltic CoastPoland
• Geneva & Lake GenevaSwitzerland
• GothenburgSweden
• Gran CanariaSpain
• GranadaSpain
• HamburgGermany
• HelsinkiFinland
• IbizaSpain
• InnsbruckAustria
• IstriaCroatia
• Kraków & the TatrasPoland
• Lake Bled & the Julian AlpsSlovenia
• Lake ComoItaly
• The Lake DistrictEngland
• Lake OhridNorth Macedonia
• LanzaroteSpain
• Lisbon & SintraPortugal
• LjubljanaSlovenia
• The Loire ValleyFrance
• LyonFrance
• MadeiraPortugal
• MallorcaSpain
• MaltaMalta
• MenorcaSpain
• MostarBosnia and Herzegovina
• MunichGermany
• Naxos & ParosGreece
• Neuschwanstein & the Bavarian AlpsGermany
• The Norwegian FjordsNorway
• OsloNorway
• Plitvice Lakes National ParkCroatia
• Porto & the Douro ValleyPortugal
• Prague & BohemiaCzech Republic
• ProvenceFrance
• The Rhine ValleyGermany
• RhodesGreece
• RigaLatvia
• Rügen & the Baltic CoastGermany
• SalzburgAustria
• San SebastiánSpain
• SantoriniGreece
• SarajevoBosnia and Herzegovina
• SardiniaItaly
• The Scottish HighlandsScotland
• SevilleSpain
• SicilyItaly
• SnowdoniaWales
• Sofia & the Rila MountainsBulgaria
• Stockholm & its archipelagoSweden
• Swedish LaplandSweden
• TallinnEstonia
• Tbilisi & the CaucasusGeorgia
• TenerifeSpain
• TransylvaniaRomania
• Turin & PiedmontItaly
• ValenciaSpain
• VeniceItaly
• ViennaAustria
• VilniusLithuania
• WarsawPoland
• The Wild Atlantic WayIreland
• Yerevan & the Armenian highlandsArmenia
• YorkEngland

Latin America & Caribbean

• Antigua & BarbudaAntigua and Barbuda
• ArubaAruba
• BarbadosBarbados
• BarilocheArgentina
• BelizeBelize
• Bocas del ToroPanama
• Bogotá & the Colombian AndesColombia
• The British Virgin IslandsBritish Virgin Islands
• Buenos Aires & MendozaArgentina
• Cabo San LucasMexico
• CartagenaColombia
• The Cayman IslandsCayman Islands
• Costa RicaCosta Rica
• CuraçaoCuraçao
• Easter IslandChile
• The ExumasBahamas
• Fernando de NoronhaBrazil
• FlorianópolisBrazil
• The GalápagosEcuador
• GuadeloupeGuadeloupe
• Iguazu FallsArgentina
• JamaicaJamaica
• Lake AtitlanGuatemala
• Lima & the Peruvian coastPeru
• MartiniqueMartinique
• MedellinColombia
• Montevideo & Punta del EsteUruguay
• Nicaragua's volcanoes and colonial townsNicaragua
• Panama City & the canalPanama
• The PantanalBrazil
• ParatyBrazil
• Providenciales & Grace BayTurks and Caicos
• Puerto VallartaMexico
• Punta Cana & SamanáDominican Republic
• Rio & IguaçuBrazil
• Roatán & the Bay IslandsHonduras
• Salvador & the Bahia coastBrazil
• San Juan & the Puerto Rican coastPuerto Rico
• Santiago & the Chilean wine valleysChile
• St LuciaSaint Lucia
• TulumMexico
• The US Virgin IslandsU.S. Virgin Islands
• Yucatán & the Riviera MayaMexico

North America

• Acadia & the Maine coastUnited States
• AshevilleUnited States
• AustinUnited States
• BermudaBermuda
• The California CoastUnited States
• Charleston & the LowcountryUnited States
• Charlotte & the Blue Ridge ParkwayUnited States
• The Florida KeysUnited States
• Hawai‘i – Big Island & MauiUnited States
• Honolulu & WaikikiUnited States
• KauaiUnited States
• Lake TahoeUnited States
• Los AngelesUnited States
• Miami & South BeachUnited States
• Nantucket & Cape CodUnited States
• Napa & Sonoma wine countryUnited States
• Nashville & the SmokiesUnited States
• New England in the fallUnited States
• New OrleansUnited States
• NewfoundlandCanada
• Nova ScotiaCanada
• The Outer BanksUnited States
• Palm Springs & Joshua TreeUnited States
• Portland & the Oregon CoastUnited States
• Prince Edward IslandCanada
• Québec City & MontréalCanada
• San Diego & La JollaUnited States
• Santa Fe & northern New MexicoUnited States
• Savannah & the Georgia coastUnited States
• Seattle & the San Juan IslandsUnited States
• Toronto & Niagara FallsCanada
• Vancouver IslandCanada
• Whistler & the Sea to SkyCanada

Oceania

• Adelaide & Kangaroo IslandAustralia
• AucklandNew Zealand
• Bay of IslandsNew Zealand
• Bora Bora & MooreaFrench Polynesia
• BrisbaneAustralia
• Byron Bay & the Gold CoastAustralia
• CairnsAustralia
• Christchurch & CanterburyNew Zealand
• Christmas IslandChristmas Island
• FijiFiji
• The Great Barrier ReefAustralia
• K'gari (Fraser Island)Australia
• Melbourne & the Great Ocean RoadAustralia
• Nelson & the Abel TasmanNew Zealand
• New CaledoniaNew Caledonia
• New Zealand – North IslandNew Zealand
• New Zealand – South IslandNew Zealand
• Ningaloo ReefAustralia
• PalauPalau
• Perth & Margaret RiverAustralia
• Rarotonga & AitutakiCook Islands
• RotoruaNew Zealand
• SamoaSamoa
• Sydney & the NSW coastAustralia
• TasmaniaAustralia
• TongaTonga
• WellingtonNew Zealand
• The WhitsundaysAustralia