Destination guides
405 places, each scored month by month
Every destination Traveline knows, with the honest version of "when should I go": the months it shines, the months to avoid, and what it's actually good for. Pick a month to see what's in season, or a place to see its year.
Western Europe
France: Bordeaux · Brittany · Burgundy · Corsica · French Alps · French Pyrenees · Loire Valley · Lyon · Nantes · Normandy · Paris · Provence · Strasbourg · Toulouse
Germany: Bavarian Alps · Berlin · Black Forest · Cologne · Dresden · Hamburg · Harz Mountains · Moselle Valley · Munich · Rügen & Baltic Coast
Ireland: Connemara · Donegal · Dublin · Ring of Kerry
Luxembourg: Luxembourg
Netherlands: Amsterdam · Rotterdam · South Limburg · Wadden Islands
Switzerland: Engadin · Geneva · Swiss Alps (Interlaken & Zermatt) · Swiss Jura · Ticino · Zurich
United Kingdom: Belfast · Cardiff · Cornwall · Cotswolds · Edinburgh · Lake District · Liverpool · London · Manchester · Scottish Highlands · Snowdonia (Eryri)
Southern Europe
Croatia: Istria · Plitvice Lakes National Park · Slavonia
Cyprus: Cyprus
France: Nice
Greece: Athens · Corfu · Crete · Meteora · Mykonos · Pelion Peninsula · Peloponnese · Santorini · Thessaloniki · Zagori
Italy: Amalfi Coast · Bologna · Cinque Terre & Ligurian Coast · Dolomites · Florence · Italian Lakes (Como & Garda) · Matera & Basilicata · Milan · Naples · Piedmont & Langhe (Turin & Barolo) · Puglia · Rome · Sardinia · Sicily · Tuscany · Umbria (Assisi & Perugia) · Venice · Verona
Malta: Malta
Portugal: Alentejo · Azores · Coimbra · Douro Valley · Faro · Lisbon · Madeira · Peneda-Gerês National Park · Porto
Spain: Barcelona · Bilbao · Canary Islands · Galicia & Rías Baixas · Granada · Ibiza · La Rioja · Madrid · Malaga · Mallorca · Menorca · Seville · Spanish Pyrenees · Valencia
Central Europe
Austria: Carinthian Lake District · Hohe Tauern National Park · Innsbruck · Salzburg · Vienna · Wachau Valley
Czech Republic: Bohemian Switzerland · Brno · Krkonoše Mountains · Prague · West Bohemian Spa Triangle
Hungary: Budapest
Poland: Bieszczady Mountains · Gdansk · Krakow · Masurian Lake District · Warsaw · Wroclaw · Zakopane
Slovakia: Bratislava
Slovenia: Julian Alps · Slovenian Coast & Karst
Northern Europe
Denmark: Aarhus · Bornholm · Copenhagen · North Jutland
Estonia: Tallinn
Finland: Finnish Lakeland · Helsinki · Koli & North Karelia · Lapland · Åland Islands
Iceland: North Iceland · Reykjavik · South Coast & Vatnajökull · Westfjords
Latvia: Riga
Lithuania: Vilnius
Norway: Bergen · Helgeland Coast · Jotunheimen National Park · Lofoten Islands · Oslo · Svalbard · Tromsø
Sweden: Dalarna · Gothenburg · Gotland · Stockholm · Swedish Lapland
Eastern Europe
Romania: Bucharest · Cluj-Napoca · Danube Delta · Maramureș · Transylvania
The Balkans
Albania: Albanian Alps · Albanian Riviera · Tirana
Bosnia and Herzegovina: Sarajevo
Bulgaria: Bulgarian Black Sea Coast · Rila and Pirin Mountains · Sofia
Croatia: Dubrovnik · Split · Zagreb
Montenegro: Budva Riviera · Durmitor & Montenegro Highlands · Kotor · Lake Skadar
North Macedonia: Skopje
Serbia: Belgrade
Slovenia: Ljubljana
Middle East
Jordan: Dead Sea Jordan · Petra · Wadi Rum
Turkey: Antalya · Cappadocia · Datça Peninsula & Carian Coast · Istanbul · Kaçkar Mountains & Black Sea Coast · Lake Van & Eastern Anatolia · Southeastern Anatolia & Mardin
The Gulf
Oman: Muscat
Qatar: Doha
United Arab Emirates: Dubai
North Africa
Egypt: Aswan & Nubia · Cairo · Luxor · Siwa Oasis · South Sinai
Morocco: Essaouira & Atlantic Coast · Fes · High Atlas · Marrakech · Moroccan Sahara
Sub-Saharan Africa
Kenya: Lamu Archipelago · Masai Mara · Mount Kenya & Laikipia · Nairobi
Namibia: Namibia (Sossusvlei & Swakopmund)
South Africa: Cape Town · Drakensberg · Garden Route · Greater Kruger · Wild Coast
Tanzania: Mahale Mountains & Lake Tanganyika · Mount Kilimanjaro · Serengeti & Ngorongoro · Zanzibar
Indian Ocean
Mauritius: Mauritius
Seychelles: Seychelles
East Asia
China: Beijing · Chengdu · Chongqing · Gansu & the Silk Road · Guilin & Yangshuo · Hainan Island · Harbin & the Snow Region · Hong Kong · Huangshan & Huizhou Villages · Shanghai · Xi'an & the Terracotta Army · Yunnan & Shangri-La · Zhangjiajie & Wulingyuan
Japan: Hokkaido (Sapporo & Niseko) · Japan (Tokyo–Kyoto–Osaka route) · Japanese Alps · Kyoto · Kyushu · Okinawa · Osaka · Seto Inland Sea · Tohoku (Sendai & Hachimantai) · Tokyo
South Korea: Gyeongju · Jeju Island · Seoraksan National Park · Seoul
Taiwan: Taipei
Southeast Asia
Cambodia: Siem Reap
Indonesia: Bali · East Java Volcanoes · Komodo National Park · Raja Ampat · Tana Toraja · Yogyakarta & Central Java
Malaysia: Kuala Lumpur · Langkawi · Penang · Sabah
Philippines: Batanes · Bohol · Cordillera Central · Palawan · Siargao
Singapore: Singapore
Thailand: Bangkok · Chiang Mai · Isan · Khao Sok National Park · Koh Chang · Koh Lanta · Koh Phangan · Koh Phi Phi · Koh Samui · Koh Tao · Krabi & Railay · Mae Hong Son Loop · Phuket · Thailand (Bangkok–North–Islands route)
Vietnam: Ha Giang & the Northern Highlands · Hanoi · Ho Chi Minh City · Phong Nha-Kẻ Bàng · Phú Quốc · Vietnam (Hanoi–Hoi An–Saigon route)
South Asia
India: Andaman Islands · Delhi · Goa · Jaipur · Kerala · Ladakh · Meghalaya · Rajasthan (Delhi–Jaipur–Udaipur route) · Varanasi
Maldives: Maldives
Nepal: Annapurna Region & Pokhara · Chitwan National Park · Kathmandu
Sri Lanka: Colombo · East Coast Sri Lanka · Jaffna Peninsula · Sri Lanka (island loop)
Central Asia
Kazakhstan: Almaty
Uzbekistan: Aral Sea & Karakalpakstan · Samarkand · Ugam-Chatkal National Park & Chimgan
The Caucasus
Armenia: Yerevan
Azerbaijan: Baku
Georgia: Adjara & Black Sea Coast · Georgian Caucasus · Kakheti Wine Region · Tbilisi
North America
Canada: Canadian Rockies · Montreal · Newfoundland · Nova Scotia & Cape Breton · Quebec City & Charlevoix · Toronto · Vancouver · Vancouver Island · Yukon
Mexico: Baja California Sur · Chiapas Highlands & Rainforest · Copper Canyon · Oaxaca & Central Valleys · Valle de Guadalupe
United States: Alaska Inside Passage · Big Sur & the Central Coast · Chicago · Coastal New England & Acadia · Colorado Rockies · Florida Keys & Everglades · Grand Canyon & Northern Arizona · Great Smoky Mountains · Hawaiian Islands · Joshua Tree & Palm Springs · Las Vegas · Los Angeles · Miami · Napa & Sonoma Wine Country · New Orleans & Cajun Country · New York · Olympic Peninsula & Pacific Northwest · San Diego · San Francisco · Santa Fe & Northern New Mexico · Seattle · Utah National Parks · Washington DC · Yellowstone & Grand Teton · Yosemite & the Sierra Nevada
Central America & Caribbean
Costa Rica: Arenal and Monteverde · Guanacaste · Osa Peninsula · San Jose
Cuba: Havana · Trinidad & the Escambray Mountains · Viñales Valley
Mexico: Cancun · Mexico City
South America
Argentina: Buenos Aires · Iguazú Falls · Los Glaciares & El Chaltén · Mendoza Wine Region · Salta & the Northwest
Brazil: Brazilian Amazon · Fernando de Noronha · Foz do Iguaçu · Rio de Janeiro · Salvador & Bahia Coast · The Pantanal
Chile: Atacama Desert · Chilean Lake District · Patagonia (Torres del Paine & El Chalten) · Santiago
Colombia: Cartagena · Coffee Cultural Landscape · Colombian Amazon · Medellín
Peru: Cordillera Blanca · Cusco · Paracas & Ica Desert · Peruvian Amazon
Oceania
Australia: Blue Mountains & NSW Coast · Great Barrier Reef & Daintree · Great Ocean Road · Margaret River & Southwest WA · Melbourne · Perth & the West Coast · Red Centre & Uluru · Sydney · Tasmania · The Kimberley · Top End & Kakadu
Chile: Easter Island
Fiji: Fiji
French Polynesia: Tahiti
New Zealand: Auckland · Bay of Islands & Northland · Marlborough & Abel Tasman · Queenstown · Rotorua & Central Plateau · West Coast