🇺🇸 UNITED STATES
Acadia National Park
Granite peaks, lobster shacks and rocky shores on the coast of Maine.
Nature & hiking✈️ 7h4 to 7 nights£££
BEST TIMEJUL–OCT
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Where to go on holiday in July
The school holidays start and southern Europe gets hot and busy. Here's where's at its best in July, from cool northern coasts to Bali's dry season.
Where to go on holiday in July: 40 guides
🇳🇱 NETHERLANDS
Amsterdam
Canal boats, bike rides and pancakes, with a direct train from London.
City break✈️ 1h3 to 4 nights£££
BEST TIMEAPR–AUG
🇫🇷 FRANCE
Annecy
A clear Alpine lake, canal-lined old town and mountains made for paragliding and cycling.
Nature & hiking✈️ 2h5 to 7 nights£££
BEST TIMEJUN–SEP
🇪🇸 SPAIN
Asturias
Green mountains, cider houses and sandy coves on Spain's cool, rainy northern coast.
Nature & hiking✈️ 2h7 nights££
BEST TIMEJUN–SEP
🇵🇹 PORTUGAL
Azores
Whales, crater lakes and hot springs on green volcanic Atlantic islands.
Nature & hiking✈️ 4h7 nights££
BEST TIMEJUN–SEP
🇮🇩 INDONESIA
Bali
Temples, rice terraces, monkeys and warm sea, at very good value.
Beach✈️ 17h10 to 14 nights£
BEST TIMEAPR–SEP
🇨🇦 CANADA
Banff
Turquoise lakes, glaciers and elk wandering through town in the Canadian Rockies.
Nature & hiking✈️ 10h5 to 7 nights£££
BEST TIMEJUN–SEP
🇳🇴 NORWAY
Bergen
Wooden wharf houses, a funicular up the mountain and fjords on the doorstep.
City break✈️ 2h3 to 4 nights£££
BEST TIMEMAY–JUL
🇩🇪 GERMANY
Berlin
Huge playgrounds, a zoo in the middle of town and history on every corner.
City break✈️ 2h3 to 5 nights££
BEST TIMEMAY–SEP
🇲🇾 MALAYSIA
Borneo
Orangutans, pygmy elephants and rainforest river cruises, with islands to finish.
Nature & hiking✈️ 15h10 to 14 nights££
BEST TIMEMAR–AUG
🇫🇷 FRANCE
Chamonix
Skiing under Mont Blanc in winter, cable cars and glaciers in summer.
Skiing✈️ 2h7 nights£££
BEST TIMEJAN–MAR, JUL–AUG
BEST TIMEJUN–SEP
🇩🇰 DENMARK
Copenhagen
Old-fashioned fairground rides, harbour swims and the home of Lego next door.
City break✈️ 2h3 to 4 nights£££
BEST TIMEMAY–AUG
🇵🇪 PERU
Cusco
Gateway to Machu Picchu, with llamas, Inca walls and the Sacred Valley.
Adventure✈️ 13h10 to 14 nights££
BEST TIMEMAY–SEP
🇫🇷 FRANCE
Dordogne
Castles on cliffs, canoes on a slow green river and prehistoric cave paintings.
Nature & hiking✈️ 2h7 to 10 nights££
BEST TIMEJUN–JUL, SEP
🇫🇴 FAROE ISLANDS
Faroe Islands
Waterfalls falling into the sea, puffins and grass-roofed villages.
Nature & hiking✈️ 3h4 to 6 nights£££
BEST TIMEJUN–AUG
🇵🇱 POLAND
Gdańsk
Tall painted merchant houses, amber shops and Baltic beaches a short train ride away.
City break✈️ 3h3 to 4 nights£
BEST TIMEJUN–AUG
🇨🇦 CANADA
Halifax
Lighthouses, lobster rolls and the world's highest tides on Canada's Atlantic coast.
City break✈️ 7h5 to 7 nights££
BEST TIMEJUN–OCT
🇨🇭 SWITZERLAND
Interlaken
Mountain trains, glacier views and turquoise lakes in the heart of the Swiss Alps.
Nature & hiking✈️ 2h5 to 7 nights£££
BEST TIMEJUN–SEP
🇵🇱 POLAND
Kraków
A castle with a fire-breathing dragon, an underground salt mine and great value.
City break✈️ 3h3 to 4 nights£
BEST TIMEMAY–SEP
🇲🇰 NORTH MACEDONIA
Lake Ohrid
A deep, clear lake ringed by mountains, with old stone churches above the water.
Nature & hiking✈️ 3h5 to 7 nights£
BEST TIMEJUN–SEP
🇸🇮 SLOVENIA
Ljubljana
A green, car-free old town, a castle on the hill and Lake Bled less than an hour away.
City break✈️ 3h4 to 7 nights££
BEST TIMEMAY–SEP
🇳🇴 NORWAY
Lofoten
Jagged peaks rising from the sea, red huts and the midnight sun.
Nature & hiking✈️ 4h5 to 7 nights£££
BEST TIMEJUN–AUG
🇮🇩 INDONESIA
Lombok
Quiet surf beaches, jungle waterfalls and car-free islands next door to Bali.
Beach✈️ 17h7 to 10 nights££
BEST TIMEJUN–SEP
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Also good in July
Not quite at their best, but still a good time to go.
- Alentejo
- Ambergris Caye
- Asheville
- Bacalar
- Bangkok
- Barbados
- Barcelona
- Boston
- Brașov
- Cancún
- Cape Verde
- Cappadocia
- Cartagena
- Corsica
- Costa Rica
- Crete
- Dominica
- Dubrovnik
- Galápagos Islands
- Ghent
- Gozo
- Grand Canyon
- Grenada
- Hallstatt
- Hoi An
- Istria
- Kanazawa
- Kaş
- Kefalonia
- Kotor
- Lake Garda
- Lisbon
- Madeira
- Maldives
- Malta
- Matera
- Maui
- Mauritius
- Menorca
- Mexico City
- Miami
- Milos
- Naxos
- New York
- Oaxaca
- Orlando
- Paphos
- Paris
- Penang
- Plitvice Lakes
- Porto
- Prague
- Puglia
- Queenstown
- Rome
- Ronda
- Rovaniemi
- San Francisco
- Saranda
- Saxon Switzerland
- Sri Lanka
- Syracuse
- Tbilisi
- Tenerife
- Tokyo
- Tromsø
- Valencia
- Vienna
- Washington, D.C.
- Zadar
Where to go on holiday in July: common questions
Where can we go in the summer holidays that isn't too hot?
The north of Spain (Asturias), the Azores, Norway, Iceland, the Faroe Islands and the Alps (Annecy, Interlaken, Chamonix) stay in the 20s. Canada's Vancouver, Banff and Halifax are warm but not scorching.
Where is good for a long-haul summer holiday?
Bali, Lombok and Zanzibar are in their dry season, Namibia is cool and dry, and the Maasai Mara's Great Migration usually starts in July. Singapore and Borneo are good too.
Is July a good time for a city break?
Cities in northern Europe are at their best: Copenhagen, Amsterdam, Berlin, Tallinn, Gdańsk and Kraków. Southern cities like Rome and Seville are often too hot for a lot of walking.
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