Best places in September

Food, beaches, and three or four cities that each justify the trip.

Paris is only the opening act — wine country, the Alps, and two coastlines.

The benchmark for food, history, and beauty.

Ruins in the morning, a swim by noon, taverna until dark.

A continent pretending to be a country — cities, deserts, and the best national parks anywhere.

The ski and alpine benchmark — every other mountain range is measured against this.

Warm, affordable, endlessly deep — beach, wellness, and culture in one place.

Ancient history and hypermodern cities at a scale that's hard to grasp until you're there.

Dubrovnik, the Adriatic coast, ancient cities. Compact and beautiful.

Prague earns the crowds. The rest of the country is the bonus.

A handful of islands where the landscapes and the ocean genuinely earn the flight.

Geysers, glaciers, northern lights, hot springs.