AT THEIR BEST IN JULY

 

EUROPE

 

 

            July is the peak summer month for much of Europe.  For the southern part of the region, the weather may be uncomfortably warm.  For northern and eastern Europe, conditions will be pretty much as warm and pleasant as they are going to get—not that this is saying much by most US standards.  The beach areas in this month are at their best for water sports, although the waters will, in many cases, continue to warm into August. 

 

          As a rule of thumb, you can usually assume that if a place is at its best in a particular month, then the months on either side of the featured month will have pretty good weather too. 

 

 

AIX-EN-PROVENCE, FRANCE

AJACCIO (CORSICA), FRANCE

ALGARVE RESORT AREA, PORTUGAL

ALICANTE AND THE COSTA BLANCA, SPAIN

AMALFI COAST, ITALY

ANDORRAN PYRENEES, ANDORRA

ARLES AND THE CAMARGUE, FRANCE

AVIGNON AND THE VAUCLUSE, FRANCE

BARCELONA, SPAIN

BARI AND APULIA, ITALY

BASEL, SWITZERLAND

BELGRADE, YUGOSLAVIA

BORDEAUX WINE COUNTRY, FRANCE

CAEN AND THE NORMANDY COAST, FRANCE

CANNES RESORT AREA, FRANCE

CARCASSONNE AND THE PAYS DU CATHAR, FRANCE

COTSWOLD HILLS, ENGLAND

DUBROVNIK, CROATIA

FLORENCE AND TUSCANY, ITALY

GENEVA AND LAKE GENEVA, SWITZERLAND

GENOA AND THE ITALIAN RIVIERA, ITALY

GERONA AND CATALONIA, SPAIN

GRANADA AND THE ALHAMBRA, SPAIN

GROSSETO AND THE MAREMMA, ITALY

HEIDELBERG, GERMANY

KERKYRA/CORFU ISLAND, GREECE

KIRKENNES AND THE FINNMARK, NORWAY

LA CORUNA AND THE RIAS ALTAS, SPAIN

LAKE COMO RESORT AREA, ITALY

LIMOGES AND THE LIMOUSIN, FRANCE

LISBON, PORTUGAL

LONDON, ENGLAND

LUCCA AND THE TUSCAN PLAIN, ITALY

LUGANO AND LAKE LUGANO, SWITZERLAND

LUXEMBOURG CITY, LUXEMBOURG

LYON AND THE VALLEY OF THE RHONE, FRANCE

MALAGA AND THE COSTA DEL SOL, SPAIN

MALTESE ISLANDS, MALTA

MARSEILLES, FRANCE

MILAN AND THE PO VALLEY, ITALY

MINSK, BELARUS

MONT-DE-MARSAN AND GASCONY, FRANCE

MONTE CARLO, MONACO

MOSCOW, RUSSIA

MURMANSK AND RUSSIAN LAPPLAND, RUSSIA

MYCENAE, GREECE

NAPLES AND THE BAY OF NAPLES, ITALY

NEW FOREST REGION, ENGLAND

NICE RESORT AREA, FRANCE

NIMES AND THE LANGUEDOC, FRANCE

OLBIA & THE COSTA SMERALDA (SARDINIA), ITALY

PALERMO (SICILY), ITALY

PALMA AND THE ISLAND OF MALLORCA, SPAIN

PERIGEUX & THE PERIGORD, FRANCE

PISA AND THE LEANING TOWER, ITALY

REIMS AND CHAMPAGNE COUNTRY, FRANCE

REYKJAVIK, ICELAND

ROME & VATICAN CITY, ITALY

ROVANIEMI AND LAPPLAND, FINLAND

ST. ANDREWS AND THE “OLD COURSE”, SCOTLAND

ST. PETERSBURG, RUSSIA

ST. TROPEZ & THE FRENCH RIVIERA, FRANCE

SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA, SPAIN

SIENNA AND THE CHIANTI REGION, ITALY

SION AND THE VALAIS, SWITZERLAND

SKIROS ISLAND, GREECE

SPERLONGA AND THE VILLA OF TIBERIAS, ITALY

STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN

SWISS RIVIERA, SWITZERLAND

TALINN, ESTONIA

TAMPERE & THE LAKE COUNTRY, FINLAND

THIRA/SANTORINI ISLAND, GREECE

TOULOUSE & THE LANGUEDOC, FRANCE

TOURS AND THE LOIRE VALLEY, FRANCE

TURIN AND THE PIEDMONT, ITALY

VAASA AND BOTHNIA, FINLAND

VALENCIA, SPAIN

VAUCLUSE UPLANDS, FRANCE

ZERMATT AND THE MATTERHORN, SWITZERLAND

ZADAR & NORTHERN DALMATIA, CROATIA

 

AT THEIR BEST IN JULY:  THE UNITED STATES

 

AT THEIR BEST IN JULY:  CANADA

 

AT THEIR BEST IN JULY:  THE REST OF THE WORLD

 

 

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Last edited in January of 2010