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Summer Travel Destinations

Summer travel guides covering peak-season destinations — heatwave-proof itineraries, festival calendars, and how to find quiet corners when everyone else is on the same beach.

  • Front of Sonoma Valley Museum of Art building in Sonoma, California

    Sonoma Valley

    Napa gets the headlines, but Sonoma is where winemakers actually want to drink. The tasting rooms are smaller, the pours are more generous, and nobody is rushing you out.

  • Group on a Amazing Indianapolis Scavenger Hunt Adventure

    Indianapolis

    Indianapolis gets underestimated constantly. The Motor Speedway alone justifies the trip, but the neighborhoods are what made me stay longer.

  • Lookout and cliffs of the Kalaupapa in Molokai, Hawaii

    Molokai

    Molokai has no traffic lights, no high-rises, and no resort strip. That’s the point — and exactly why it feels like Hawaii used to.

  • Between Vail & Denver a Smartphone Audio Driving Tour

    Vail

    Vail’s back bowls are the reason serious skiers reroute their entire trip — 2,700 acres that most resorts can’t touch.

  • Aerial view of Alexander Nevsky Cathedral in Sofia, Bulgaria

    Bulgaria

    Bulgaria does Thracian ruins, Orthodox monasteries, Black Sea beaches, and ski resorts — all for a fraction of what Greece or Croatia will cost you.

  • captain j's miniature golf in Wisconsin

    Wisconsin

    Wisconsin’s supper clubs, frozen custard stands, and Lake Michigan shoreline don’t get enough credit. This state rewards the curious traveler.

  • Architecture in Helsinki, Finland

    Helsinki

    Löyly’s smoke sauna opens to the Gulf of Finland. Suomenlinna is a World Heritage site you reach by €10 ferry. Helsinki rewards slow.

  • Breathtaking view of Edinburgh cityscape from Arthur's Seat

    Edinburgh

    Arthur’s Seat costs nothing and outperforms every castle view in the city. Give it two hours and go early.

  • Birmingham Christmas Markets Scenery

    Birmingham

    The Jewellery Quarter alone justifies a detour — 700 independent businesses in one neighborhood, and most tourists never make it past the Bullring.

  • Toronto, Ontario

    Toronto

    Toronto has 200 neighborhoods and most visitors see three. Start in Kensington Market, then let the city pull you somewhere unexpected.

  • Breathtaking View of Castle de Haar in Utrecht, Dutch Gothic Architecture and Cultural Heritage.

    Utrecht

    Utrecht has canals like Amsterdam but none of the crowds. The wharfside cafes sit a full level below street — it changes how the whole city feels.

  • Aerial view of turquoise bay of San Sebastian or Donostia with beach La Concha, Basque country, Spain

    San Sebastian

    San Sebastian has more Michelin stars per capita than almost anywhere on earth — and the pintxos bars in Parte Vieja cost just €2 a bite.

  • Lardarina Stairway in Corniglia Cinque Terre Italy

    Cinque Terre

    The train between Riomaggiore and Monterosso costs under €5 and beats the ferry on time. Save the boat for Vernazza.

  • Tranquil city park with weeping willows in Alkmaar, Netherlands, serene nature escape

    Alkmaar

    The Friday cheese market is real — guild members, wooden stretchers, giant Gouda wheels. Get there before 10AM or fight the tour groups.

  • Achilleion palace in Corfu Island, Greece

    Corfu

    Corfu’s Old Town isn’t just pretty — it’s Venetian, French, and British all layered on one island. That mix is what makes it different.

  • nebraska destination image

    Nebraska

    Nebraska’s Sandhills cover 20,000 square miles and most people drive past them. That’s the whole point — and exactly why you shouldn’t.

  • Captain Kid Amusement Oregon

    Oregon

    Oregon’s coast, forests, and food scene pull in opposite directions — and that tension is exactly what makes it worth the trip.

  • Belfast Aerial View

    Belfast

    Belfast’s peace walls are still standing, the murals are still painted — and somehow the city turned all of it into something worth seeing.

  • Town Hall in Palermo, Italy

    Palermo

    The Palatine Chapel’s Islamic muqarnas ceiling sits directly above Byzantine mosaics and Latin texts. No other room in Europe looks like this.

  • Iconic Christiania Entrance Sign and Sculpture Against Blue Sky in Copenhagen, Denmark

    Denmark

    Tivoli Gardens took half my day and I regret nothing. The real Denmark, though, is cycling past half-timbered houses to a sand-buried lighthouse.

  • Acquario di Genova Building

    Genoa

    Genoa’s caruggi pull you in fast — narrow, loud, and layered with 800 years of port city life most Italy itineraries completely skip.