30.08.2021.
Who prefers to travel in winter over summer like me? Trading the european winter for tropical destinations is my favourite escape. While staying at the croatian seaside during the summer job sounds so dreamy, still I miss the soft months of June and September to truly explore the mountains, valleys and secluded beaches.
Avoiding the crowds is always my choice though cannot really fulfill it sometimes. In that sense staying few month absorbing the island life is the perfect way to enjoy the beach. Probably I would do it the same without the summer job.
The mountain peace of the summer time would be a relaxing reward, also because of the wheather.
Choosing the nearby destinations becomes pretty astonishing in the light of Covid time.
The bucket list of June:
Provence- France
The lavender fields starting in the middle of June are not the only reason. It’s about the amazing colourful places, charming villages and wonderful beaches that make Provence my dream. Hopefully it will come to happen next year.
The seaside magic awaits while the crowds are not still so strong and time more quiet appears.
Germany
Whether in June or May I just want to see the full beauty of castles and mountain views. When Sun shines it touches the hearts, not only the landscape.
Hidden gorges and lake that blend with the mountains jut enchant with the idea to be absorbed around.
Greece
When bougenvilla rules, it cannot be left out. When the temperatures are lower and easier to hike or walk around, Greece stays the dream of blue. Greece is also an ideal sailing destination.
Island life is my way to go and favourite way to pick up a destination. With treasure of choice in Greece it just waits to be bathed with the sunsets.
The bucket list of July and August:
Italy
Italy is magical always and totally a synonim of romance. Its history is full of hidden misteries where places like Sicily deserve the special title.
The dreamy mountains and lakes of Trentino Alto Adige, the fabulous landscape of Tucany and its southern corners of Puglia are not the only doors to cross. Italian lakes weave the unique beauty, Rome stays the eternal city and Venice holds the shine.
Spain & Portugal
Which one to choose first?
The elegant beauty of Andalucia featuring Sevilla primarily competes with the the entire Portugal. Though Algarve won my heart, it still needs to be explored.
The special attention goes to the islands inviting me hiddenly from Mallorca to Tenerife and Madeira again.
The spiritual rejunevation
Yoga near the beach, uplifting spirit of togethernes invites even without the call- has always been my reason number one to explore the places. Even the nothern places from Denmark till Sweden stay the perfect choice of summer time.
The mountains are calling and I must go
So many hikes I missed while working during the summer like bulgarian lakes, Macedonia, Romania feat. touristic tour of its castles, Albania with the fabulous Skadar lake. Of course, organized with the mountaineering club.
While it’s all stopped during the Covid time, definitely the list is numerous.
Specially dreamy is the combination of mountains and lakes like unbeatable beauty of Slovenia & Soča valley, Austria, Dolomiti, Germany, Switzerland. Even the winter and snow will await you there. My experiences of Olympus mountains you can read here.
Final thoughts
Bursting with travel choice you can create a perfect itinerary during one month in Europe, even less. Staying longer at one place will awaken the mermaid in you. The true vacation deserves quiet places and hidden corners.
What is your favourite way to spend the summer, favourite destinations? Let me known in the comments..
Great recommendations! Our favourite way to spend the summer is exploring new destinations and ticking something off our bucket list. Thanks for sharing.
So many beautiful places to visit. I adore Portugal, I’ve visited so often but there is so much more to see x
Love this! I think pretty much all of these are on my bucket list, although I’m not sure about visiting in the summer. I should be visiting Germany next febuary though, so I’m super excited for that! Thanks for sharing 🙂
Great bucket list, and a perfect summer list!
I’ve never been to Spain or Portugal so they would definitely be up on my list 🙂 thanks for sharing these bucket list locations, I want to check out them all when restrictions allow it 🙂
A fantastic list! Italy has always been my favourite but there are lots of parts I have yet to see.
Some absolutely beautiful recommendations here! Italy definitely has my heart though, there are so many gorgeous spots!
This is a fantastic list. All on my bucket list and this is so well written and makes me excited to explore these places more. Saving this to refer back to! X
Beautiful post and pictures! I miss traveling to Europe. Reading this post gives me a good virtual tour. Thank you for sharing.
This is such a fantastic list!! I plan to go to Europe — one day — and this will be sooo helpful!
Beautiful list of beautiful places to visit. I love spending summers in Greece where I also live and visiting other European countries during winter. Favourite winter destination so far was Prague 🙂
Amazing places, the Italy pictures are so cool and would love to visit the place one day. I want to visit Greece soon too!
Such lovely countries on your bucket list! I went to Portugal when I was only a few years old but would love to go again so I can appreciate it more x
So many wonderful places and memories — all of them seem to be a great choice for a vacation. I certainly have not travelled very much in my life, or as much as I would like so I would love to create my own bucket list. Thanks for sharing!
I’d travel in mid seasons and summers by choice. I’m.not into hiking but mountains and lakes is something I always love to extremes. Italy Greece Spain Germany Austria would be my choices from these. Thanks for sharing xx
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Can I err, say yes to all of this? It looks amazing, I can’t wait to be able to travel again.
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Oh! I wish I saw this earlier! It’s autumn now lol. You have such lovely countries on your summer bucket list. I have never been to any of these countries before but I really want to visit portugal! Thank you for sharing! x
Before we had our daughter we always used to travel in May and June as the weather was much cooler then. Now we have to travel in July and August which rules out a lot of southern Europe as it’s too hot for me. Not sure where we’d like to travel next, we’ve been happy with staycations for the last couple of years, luckily!
Wow looks like some incredible traveling!
I love Europe whether it is in the Summer of Fall. Fall gives plenty of fabulous colorful photos with changing leaves and less tourist traffic, and Summer offers longer day time hours to explore.
I just love Europe so much! Originally from Manchester, I appreciate it so much more now that I live in Australia, as opposed to having it right on my doorstep. Italy in July is beautiful, but for me, it’s too crowded. I’ve visited in October, and although very busy, it wasn’t as bad. However, is there ever a bad time to visit Italy? LOL! I’ve only visited Province in France briefly but would love to go back and drive through the lavender fields. Then there’s Strasbourg, which just looks like something straight out of a fairytale. I could go on, as there are so many places that I love in Europe. I hope you get to tick somewhere new off your bucket list next summer 🙂
This is such a great summer bucket list. Thanks for sharing all of it!
Summer is the perfect season to travel in Europe. Flowers blossoming everywhere and the temperature are pretty mild. Thanks for sharing your collection of the Summer bucket list in Europe.
Amazing list! Greece is on my very, very short list.
Great list! Looks like I’ll be adding some of these to my travel plans.
Such a great list of places to visit! I can’t wait to start travelling more and experience different places.
Thank you for sharing.
Love all of this great advice on summer bucket list of Europe experiences. I can definitely recommend Provence in France. I absolutely loved visiting there. I’ll add the other places on this list to my bucket list for future travel.