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If, in winter, we try to travel to other latitudes to escape the cold and the greyness, the opposite is also true in summer.
All the more so when the high temperatures expected this weekend everywhere in France arrive even before the official start of summer.
This early heatwave episode calls for caution and departure.
Instead of ultra-air-conditioned places, we prefer these regions where the naturally temperate climate is the guarantee of a pleasant stay and where the little wool is essential.
Underground or on islands swept by ocean currents, here are our destination ideas for a cool summer.
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A summer on the Swedish islands
The island of Hamneskär where the Pater Noster lighthouse has stood since 1868.
A summer in Sweden is also an opportunity to enjoy the midnight sun.
Eric Martin / Le Figaro Magazine
From the north of Gothenburg to the border with Norway, the western coast of Sweden is bordered by nearly 8000 islands which constitute the archipelago of Bohuslän.
This preserved territory, which is ideally visited between May and October, has initiated a simple and sustainable tourist development.
Geological curiosities, coastal roads, secret beaches... Our report invites you to discover this wild end of Scandinavia.
Average temperature in summer
: 21 degrees.
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Twelve underground (and cool) sites to visit this summer in France
The Gouffre de Padirac is located 8 km from Rocamadour, in the Dordogne Valley, and has a constant temperature of 13°C.
ERIC MARTIN / Le Figaro Magazine
This is the right time to venture into the bowels of the earth.
And you don't need to be a seasoned speleologist.
From caves carved by nature over millennia to galleries dug by the hand of man, France is full of underground places fitted out for the general public.
If we visit them first for their history or their geological curiosities, we like to find an oasis of freshness there when the mercury rises.
Average temperature
: between 10 and 15°C (summer and winter).
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Heading for the Azores, an archipelago of freshness
The mysterious Mount Pico.
On its lush slopes, bits of laurisilva, the endemic forest of the Azores.
Stanislas Fautré / Le Figaro Magazine
Halfway or almost between Lisbon and New York, the Azores archipelago is scattered over nearly 600 kilometers in the middle of the North Atlantic.
These nine volcanic islands, which once fascinated Portuguese sailors, remain one of the most exotic destinations on the European continent.
The famous anticyclone, which bears his name, is not a guarantee of an eternally blue sky.
But we'll get along just fine.
Maximum temperature in summer
: 25 degrees.
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In Scotland, nature trip in the lochs
Glas-allt Shiel, the hunting lodge originally built for Queen Victoria and completed in 1868, sits at the western end of the north shore of Loch Muick.
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In Scotland,
loch
, a word of Gaelic origin, designates a freshwater lake, a fjord, as well as certain estuaries and bays.
The country has more than 31,000, including 7,500 in the Outer Hebrides, and they are ideally discovered during a
road trip
or a hike.
There are of course the well-known Loch Ness or Loch Lomond, but here are our real favorites that are worth a detour, especially on sunny days.
Maximum average temperature in summer
: 19 degrees.
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