Slovenia in September: Julian Alps and Lake Bled Without the Crowds
Slovenia

Slovenia in September: Julian Alps and Lake Bled Without the Crowds

September empties Lake Bled's boat queues, cools the Julian Alps into perfect hiking weather, and lines up the Vipava and Goriška Brda grape harvest — all for a hotel bill a third lower than August's.

Oliver Hughes · 15 Sep 2026
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Sardinia in September: The Month the Island Gets Its Prices Back

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The Douro Valley Grape Harvest: Portugal's September Wine Trip Without the August Crowds
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The Douro Valley Grape Harvest: Portugal's September Wine Trip Without the August Crowds

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Britain's Autumn Wildlife Season: Deer Rut, Salmon Runs and the First Starling Murmurations

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Interrail in Your 30s and 40s: Why More Britons Are Ditching Flights for European Rail This Autumn

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October Half-Term 2026: Britain's Four School Calendars Don't Line Up, and Neither Do the Fares

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The Cyclades in September: Naxos, Paros and Milos Without the Santorini Circus

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The August Swap: Six European Towns Absorbing the Overflow From Venice and Barcelona

14 Aug 2026 · 5 min
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Spain's August Airport Strikes: What UK Travellers Are Actually Owed

11 Aug 2026 · 6 min
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Coolcations: Why British Travellers Are Chasing Cooler Air This August

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The Azores in August: the Atlantic escape that skips the Canaries' crowds

3 Aug 2026 · 4 min
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Lake Bohinj in August: Slovenia's Alpine Escape Without Bled's Queues

31 Jul 2026 · 7 min
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Sicily

Sicily's Aeolian Islands by Hydrofoil: The August Route That Skips Amalfi's Queues

28 Jul 2026 · 5 min
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Ireland

Donegal in August: Ireland's Wildest County, Without the Airport Queues

25 Jul 2026 · 6 min
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Menorca

Menorca in August: The Balearic Island That Stayed Quiet

22 Jul 2026 · 7 min
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Faroe Islands

The Faroe Islands in August: Europe's Wildest Edge, Without the Iceland Crowds

19 Jul 2026 · 7 min
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The One-Bag Method for a Two-Week European Summer Trip

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Vis and Lastovo: Croatia's Quietest Adriatic Islands in July

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Provence in July: chasing the lavender without the coach parties

10 Jul 2026 · 6 min
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Sweden

Gotland and Öland in July: Sweden's Car-Free Baltic Escape While the South Roasts

7 Jul 2026 · 6 min
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The Scottish Highlands in July: Cooler Air, Empty Glens and How to Dodge the Midges

2 Jul 2026 · 7 min
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The Azores in July: green, wild and three hours from the UK while everyone else queues for Faro

29 Jun 2026 · 3 min
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The night train comeback: how to cross Europe in your sleep this summer

25 Jun 2026 · 6 min
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The Pembrokeshire Coast in high summer: the beaches worth the drive west

23 Jun 2026 · 3 min
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Slovenia

Slovenia in late June: Bled, Ljubljana and the Soča Valley without a car

20 Jun 2026 · 4 min
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Summer Travel 2026: the EES, the 90-day rule and where to go in late June

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Britain's best rail journeys for the scenery

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Car-free Europe: the regions with the best public transport

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camping

Camping and wild camping in Scotland: the rules and the spots

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ferries

Ferries to the Continent: the slow route worth taking

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Flam

The Flam railway: the Norwegian fjords by train

30 May 2026 · 1 min
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Norwich

Norwich and the Norfolk Broads: a quiet corner of England

26 May 2026 · 1 min
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Aarhus

Aarhus: Denmark's cheerful, walkable second city

22 May 2026 · 1 min
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Cornwall

Cornwall in shoulder season: Fowey, not Padstow

17 May 2026 · 1 min
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Puglia

Puglia: Lecce, the trulli and the heel of Italy

13 May 2026 · 1 min
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The Outer Hebrides: a road trip to the edge of Britain

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Why May and September beat August: the case for shoulder season

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Arran

The Isle of Arran in a long weekend: Scotland in miniature

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Eating well on a road trip: skip the motorway services

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The Dolomites by bus and train: the mountains without a car

23 Apr 2026 · 1 min
Stamford: England's finest stone town
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Stamford: England's finest stone town

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Kotor

Kotor Bay in shoulder season: Montenegro before the ships

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Cottage or hotel: which to choose, and when

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The Azores: Sao Miguel in spring

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Easter without the airport: a UK staycation that actually works

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Anglesey

Anglesey: beaches, lighthouses and the Welsh coast at its best

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San Sebastian and the Basque coast: pintxos and surf

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Brasov and the towns of Transylvania

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