It's the last chance to extend the summer!
While the summer frenzy has died down, it's time to fly off season where the sun plays extra time.
Around the Mediterranean basin, the weather remains fine well beyond the start of the school year.
For last-minute summer visitors, the ever-bright star and delicious temperatures.
In September and October, even at the gates of autumn, you will realize your dreams of swimming and hiking without shivering.
The off-season also allows you to benefit from undeniable advantages: flights at lower prices, attractive prices, promotional offers, and less crowds than in summer for almost equivalent sunshine.
You still have to choose your destination carefully.
If the sun and the beach are within medium-haul flight range, the summer remake can play out Indian summer style,
or tropical version.
Over here summer!
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The best family travel destinations
Andalusia: an off-season to the rhythm of ferias and flamenco
The flamenco biennial is in full swing until October 1, 2022 in Seville.
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With its temperate Mediterranean climate, Andalusia stretches out the pleasures of summer.
In September, the
feria
season goes into overtime in an unabated effervescence.
The party is in full swing in Seville with the Flamenco Biennial (September 8 to October 1, 2022).
On September 15, many cities celebrate the Reconquista with re-enactments of battles, parades and ceremonies.
It is also the season of grape harvests and harvests, accompanied by festivities such as the
fiestas de la vendimia
(harvest festivals, from September 3 to 18, 2022) in Jerez de la Frontera.
In October (from October 14 to 30, 2022), the cultural scene of Cadiz is dedicated to the Ibero-American Theater Festival.
The off-season still allows swimming, from the Mediterranean to the Atlantic.
From sea bathing to festive crowds, Andalusia is one of the winning combinations of the end of summer.
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The best travel time per season
The Canary Islands: spring air and alliance with a nature of great biodiversity
Papagayo beach, in Lanzarote, ideal in September.
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This confetti of seven Spanish islands still has natural spaces untouched by mass tourism.
Here summer never really takes a vacation and the mildness drags on, carried by the trade winds.
Each of the Canary Islands has its own character and landscapes.
Gran Canaria owes its success to its heterogeneity, from the volcanic landscapes to the panoramas of a jagged coast, passing through the mountains of the interior.
Tenerife the festive wins the palm of the seaside resorts, without neglecting either its historical heritage or the presence of the impetuous Teide volcano.
Even more volcanic, Lanzarote has succeeded in the daring bet of merging art with nature.
Fuerteventura the Saharan finally marks the retina of its steppes burned by the sun.
With swimming as a common denominator, possible until October,
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The best period island by island
Malta: British and North African influences under a radiant sun
The sweetness of the nights continues in Valletta, with a rich cultural program to be enjoyed in September October.
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Mediterranean Malta is rocked by British and North African influences in the heat of the sirocco, a dry and hot wind from the Sahara, tempered by sea breezes.
At the end of the season, the sunshine is just as good as in the heart of summer, with similar temperatures of around twenty degrees.
This is a favorite time to visit the Trois-Cités, explore archaeological sites and hike in mineral settings.
Swimming and nautical activities remain possible in a warmer sea in October than in spring, while the beaches have regained their calm and their magic.
With the
Notte Bianca
(Nuit Blanche, October 1, 2022), one of the most important cultural events in Valletta, the cultural program is endless.
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Weather, beaches… The best period by region
Madeira: summer with the air of spring and the exuberance of tropical gardens
The island of flowers enjoys an extremely pleasant climate in September October.
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Its permanently flowered tropical gardens bear witness to this: the weather is fine all year round in Madeira.
This Atlantic island promises dry, sunny weather and moderate heat.
The mildness of the subtropical oceanic climate, tempered by the trade winds and the Gulf Stream, makes the "island of flowers" a perfect destination to escape the rigors of the continental winter.
The summer visitors have left the island, and it is not yet won by the rains of autumn and winter (from November).
The temperature in September-October is the same as in the heart of summer (20 to 25°C), and you swim in a sea that has had all summer to warm up.
Sweetness and good sunshine: this is the recipe for Madeira in the off-season for strolling through the botanical gardens which have become silent again,
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Tuscany: cities of art draped in caressing lights, grape harvest and olive harvest
Siena in its natural setting and with (slightly) fewer tourists.
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The Italian summer is sliding smoothly into autumn, leaving latecomers free to grab late tickets for the summer holidays.
In the cities (Florence, Siena…) and the medieval villages of Tuscany, the pace slows down but the terraces remain open.
In the art galleries, the works reveal their details in a rediscovered intimacy with the visitor.
The wine estates come alive for the harvest, as in Chianti.
In September and October, it is also the olive harvest, another highlight of agricultural life.
The climate retains its summer attributes, but the caressing lights drape the cities of art, the undulating valleys, the vineyards and olive groves with a certain melancholy.
The calm of the off-season calls for exploring Tuscany in
slow tourism mode
, over the stages in the
agriturismi
, agritourism farms in the middle of the countryside.
A stay under the sign of rural traditions.
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The best travel time per season
Sicily: la dolce vita, from baroque cities to islands
The flamboyant cathedral of Noto.
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The summer temperatures in Sicily, boosted by the sirocco, the dry wind from the Sahara, have softened, like the prices, and the high influxes have flown away at the turn of September.
The mercury has dropped back to around 25°C under a less oppressive sun, calling for swimming and beautiful getaways on the islands.
For city dwellers who love art and history, the conditions are right for discovering the Mediterranean charms of Sicily, from the archaeological sites to the Baroque towns of the Noto Valley.
In these cities, the alleys with their eternal charm have regained their tranquility.
Declining imperceptibly in the sky, the sun illuminates the facades with a light that becomes softer and more subtle, revealing the magic of la
dolce vita
.
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Crete: Olympian calm in mythological sites and gorges
This is the right time to discover the Samaria Gorge.
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The Mediterranean climate of Crete is particularly appreciated at the start of the school year.
This intermediate season is appreciated with a few degrees less, the calm found in ancient ruins, in the alleys of towns and villages, on the coasts and in the hollow of wild creeks.
Also on the hiking trails, in the gorges and valleys, you can enjoy a milder climate.
The Samaria Gorge, among the longest in Europe, remains open until mid-October or the end of October.
A light breeze brings an appreciable warmth to the surrounding air.
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Climate, affluence… The best period by region
Croatia: remake of summer on the Adriatic coast
You can still swim in the Krk waterfalls.
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The beautiful season continues on the coast of Croatia.
In the last days of summer and at the dawn of autumn, attendance lost density, lowering prices.
All along the Adriatic coast, the sun is there where the summer crowds are no longer.
Nicknamed the "Croatian Tuscany", Istria boasts its cultural mixes: Roman remains, Venetian influences and Baroque palaces.
The crystalline Plitvice Lakes, among the most beautiful hiking spots in the region, shimmer in silence.
As for the Dalmatian coast (Dubrovnik, Zadar…), it crumbles into a myriad of islands and islets.
Off the rocky coasts pierced with coves, the sandy beaches of the islands of Krk, Rab and are still the scene of sea bathing. But Dalmatia is not only seaside.
Its hinterland has the harshness of the mountains,
and its rural villages whisper the secrets of old stones.
The off-season is one of the best times to discover Croatia's architectural gems and natural wonders.
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Climate, temperatures, crowds… The best time per region
Quebec: summer Indian summer version
While waiting for the always flamboyant autumn, Quebec welcomes its visitors in relative peace of mind during this season.
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Those who want to extend the boreal summer by changing continents will opt for the Indian summer in Quebec.
Between mid-September and mid-October, this meteorological phenomenon, specific to North America, provides eastern Canada with mild days.
There are temperature peaks of 25°C in Quebec and the Maritime provinces.
It is in the first half of October, with variations according to latitude, that the Indian summer reaches its peak.
During this micro-season, summer is replayed gently, with the added bonus of flamboyant colors.
This is one of the best times to get lost in the boreal forest.
The most beautiful fall dresses unfold in Charlevoix, Mauricie and the Laurentians.
Until the end of October, it is still the best time to see whales in Tadoussac Bay.
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Weather, temperatures… The best times per season
Bali: an ideal climatic cocktail in the tropics
Gili Rengit Island.
Water temperature: between 26 and 29 C°.
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Tropical summer lovers and those thirsty for a change of scenery will fly to Bali, where it is still the dry season until October.
The equatorial climate gives temperatures a constant, between 25 and 30 ° C.
Moderate heat, good levels of sunshine and low rainfall form the ideal cocktail for visiting temples and archaeological sites, hiking in the mountains and rice terraces.
After excursions inland, beach parties are still possible.
Even the most beautiful beaches, such as those of Sanur, Seminyak, Padang Padang or Jimbaran, have regained their calm after the high season.
The water temperature is invariably between 26°C and 29°C.
The Balinese tropical summer is therefore far from having said its last word.
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Weather, temperatures, crowds… The best period island by island
Heartbreak for Kyrgyzstan
Change of scenery guaranteed in this Central Asian country.
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Special mention for Kyrgyzstan, a destination off the beaten track.
The beginning of autumn is one of the most pleasant periods for hiking there in the mild temperatures, with averages of around twenty degrees during the day.
The sunshine remains very good and the rainfall low.
During treks in the green plains as far as the eye can see and expeditions in the arid mountains, we meet the nomads on horseback, guardians of these wild lands at the end of the world.
The valleys and mountains are pierced with lakes like the Issyl Kul, a veritable inland sea which, after the effort, will provide seaside comfort.
Against the tide of the calendar, Kyrgyzstan is synonymous with authentic adventure.