Top 100 destinations and activities abroad

• Where to go on a trip?

• Where to go on vacation in which particular period?

• What are the best activities to do where?

• What are the best destinations for a trip, trip, vacation or activity abroad do?

Where is the best place to go if you want to travel briefly in the fall for pleasant weather....and don't want to suffer from jet lag (leaving from Europe)

• Spain : Málaga, Canary Islands
• Madeira
• Malta
• Greece : especially the southern islands
• Cyprus
• Turkey : especially the south coast
• Jordan
• Egypt : Dahab / Sinai & southern Egypt
• Cape Verde Islands
• Morocco
• Kenya combine the beaches at Mombassa or Malindi with a 'short' trip to nearby game parks
• Tanzania : Zanzibar and/or Pemba, please note the visa application process and health requirements

Where best to go if you want to travel short in winter for pleasant weather....and you don't mind a little bit of jet lag (departing from Europe)

• Spain / Canary Islands
• Israel (please pay attention to the political situation)
• Iran (please note the political situation)
• Oman
• Egypt : the southern part along the coast and the Nile
• Gambia
• Senegal
• Ghana
• Kenya
• Tanzania : including Zanzibar and/or Pemba
• Seychelles : for those with a slightly larger budget
• Mauritius: for those with a larger budget
• Reunion: super green French-speaking paradise
• Comoros: exclusive islands
• São Tomé: special and pleasant island
• South Africa: Cape Town and surroundings for one or two weeks

Where is the best place to go if you want to travel briefly in the summer?

• China: Beijing
• Bali: ideal island for one or two weeks, but a short flight
• Maldives: if you need rest or like diving or snorkeling
• Thailand: the most southern beaches on the east coast, or a tour in the north
• Sri Lanka: beautiful and varied island for a vacation of one, two or three weeks
• China: the south coast of China and/or part of the west, Hong Kong (with day trips or a few days into the rest of China)
• India: Goa for the real beach vacation, Kerala for variety

Where best to go if you want to travel briefly in winter with cooler weather

• Skiing in Turkey
• Vancouver and environs (skiing in the Rockies)

Where is best to go if you want a short trip in spring (departure Europe)?

• Madeira & Azores: for hiking, whale/dolphin watching, diving and good food
• Malta: after mid-April the average temperature is 20 degrees
• Greece: on Crete, the average temperature is above 20 degrees from May onwards

Where is the best place to go if you want to travel to a beach destination?

• December / January
• February / March
• April / May
• October / November

December / January

• Egypt: the coast is only really warm in the southernmost part. In the southern part along the Nile the temperature never drops below 23 degrees. The Red Sea area including Eilat is slightly less sunny.
• Canary Islands: the average temperature is just above 20 degrees. The sun only starts shining properly in March.
• Florida: the temperature is around 23 degrees, there are as many as six to seven rainy days these months.
• Malaysia
• Kenya
• South Africa: around Cape Town
• Mexico: in Yucatán on average only four rainy days, in March it gets even better!
• Cuba & Jamaica: Caribbean Islands always have some rain but it remains warm: about 30 degrees.

Risk:

• Mallorca:
• Malaga:
• Bali: relative rainy season

February / March

• Egypt: the beaches in the Sinai and central Egypt are warming up.
• Morocco: the south is already nice and warm, above 20 degrees in March
• Canary Islands: number of rainy days goes from eight in December/January to five in February and March
• Dominican Republic: rainy days from seven to eight in December/January to five to six.
• Antilles: on Curaçao, it rains ten days in December/January, only five days in February/March.
• Malaga: small risk, the temperature is 18 degrees but the sea water about 14 degrees and it rains seven more days in the month.

April / May

• Malta: after mid-April the average temperature is 20 degrees
• Crete from May the average is above 20 degrees

October / November

• Egypt: the beaches in Sinai and central Egypt are still nice.
• Morocco: if you stay in the south, you have the least risk of rain.
• Brazil: in the north-east it is now great weather and there are beautiful beaches to be found
• Madeira: still above 20 degrees on average, then just below that until April. As many as nine rainy days!
• Crete, Cyprus & the Turkish coast generally stay nice until mid-October.
• Tunisia, Malta: after mid-November still about 20 degrees.
• Spain (Malaga) also still always about 20 degrees

Where's the best place to go if you want a weekend getaway abroad (departure Europe)?

• While in the past you could only go to Antwerp, Brussels, London or Paris for an affordable weekend getaway, these days Nice, Barcelona, Rome, Budapest, Vienna and Istanbul are also among the affordable, and feasible options. Even it is no longer unthinkable to fly to New York for a weekend bit jet lag!)
• Also consider Marrakesh, Seville, Malaga, ....

Where is the best place to go if you want to travel for a week to ten days (departure Europe)?

• These days it is increasingly easy to choose a destination far away even for short vacations: taking the car to Italy to go skiing takes as long as a flight to Thailand. Moreover, because of the many new impressions you gain during that time, and the certainty of heat or sun, the return on a short, distant vacation can be a lot higher. In addition, cheap, short vacations to Mediterranean and Canary Island countries have increased dramatically. The danger with these latter vacations is that you go at a time when the water is still freezing cold, the temperature is disappointing or the rain is pouring down.
• Taking into account the possibilities of seeing a lot in a short time and traveling little, the flight time and the temperatures, you will get an overview of the best destinations for the “short” vacation below:

Top:

• Madeira (hiking/diving/eating) - Dahab/Sinai in Egypt (snorkeling/diving/beaches) - Malta - Jordan - Cape Verde Islands - The “green” Caribbean islands like Guadeloupe, St. Lucia and Martinique

Tip:

• Azores (archipelago west of Portugal) - Maldives (if you need rest or like diving or snorkeling) - Zanzibar - Jamaica - Seychelles - Mauritius - Israel (in quiet times)

Where is the best place to go if you want to travel for two weeks ?

Top:

• Yucatan (East Mexico) - Southern Thailand - Zanzibar and Pemba - Fiji - Cuba - Senegal - Jordan - Costa Rica - East Coast Malaysia - South Africa (East or West) - Ghana - Sri Lanka

Tip:

• Kerala (South India) - Reunion (green French-speaking paradise) - Comoros (Island group between Madagascar and Mozambique) - São Tomé (island west of Central Africa) - Iran - Oman - Panama - Cape Verde Islands - Benin - East coast of China - Goa and Hampi (South West India) - Vancouver and environs

Where is the best place to go if you want to travel away for three weeks?

The ideal time for exploring a country or part of a somewhat larger country is three to four weeks. Even world travelers usually don't spend much longer in the same area. In that time you can both travel around, visit cities and rest for a while. Do try to pick destinations where you don't have to travel three days to get from one highlight to the next.

Top:

• Nepal - Sri Lanka (with or without the Maldives) - Zanzibar and other Tanzania - Malawi - Bolivia -Peru - Ecuador - Southern China - Southern Philippines - Northern Brazil - Panama and Costa Rica - Northeast Australia - Laos - Trans-Siberia to Mongolia (fly back)

Tip:

• Darjeeling and Sikkim (Northeast India) -Sulawesi - Eastern islands of Indonesia - Mali and Burkina Faso -Ethiopia - Cameroon -North Argentina - Sumatra -Kerala and Tamil Nadu (South India) -Guatemala and Honduras - Alaska

Where's the best place to go if you want to travel for four weeks?

Top:

• Laos and Cambodia -Tibet and Southwest China or Nepal - Combination between Peru and/or Bolivia/Ecuador -North and South India -Kenya and Tanzania -Ecuador and the Galápagos -Madagascar -Trans-Siberia to China (fly back)

Tip:

• Mayan Route (Yucatan/Guatemala/Belize) - Northern India and the Himalayan region - Argentina and Chile -South Africa (West and East) - Route 66

Where is the best place to go if you want to travel for a few months to a year?

• How long should your world trip be? Do you need a year, or is a month or four enough? Of course, this depends largely on your itinerary and your budget. In practice, hardly anyone manages to make a real world trip in a year. Often whole continents have to be skipped in order not to run out of time or money.
• Anyone who wants to make a trip from Australia through Southeast Asia to India and/or China can basically do it in three to five months. You will then be in a country almost as long as most other world travelers who also have other continents on their schedule.
• When you skip expensive countries like Australia, New Zealand, the U.S. and some South American countries, it is a lot more financially attractive to go for a year instead of a few months. After all, your biggest expense, the flight, is already done by then.
• The advantage of going away for a year is that you can totally rearrange your itineraries and stay in one place for a long time more easily without throwing your schedules into too much disarray.

Where is the best place to go if you want to travel for three to four months?

Top:

• Around Southeast Asia - South and East Africa or Madagascar - India, Nepal and Tibet, Trans-Siberia and China - Around the Andes (Chile, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador)

Tip:

• Hippie route (overland to India) - Pan-American highway: Mexico to Panama - around the Middle East - simple “Round-the-World”
• Backpacking and traveling around the world

Where's the best place to go if you want to travel for six to eight months?

Top:

• Round Southeast Asia with India/China/Myanmar (Burma) - Madagascar and Southeast Africa -, Trans-Siberia + China and Southeast Asia

Tip:

• Gringo Trail in South America, hippie route with Southeast Asia - a mean “Round-the-World”
• Backpacking and traveling around the world

Where's the best place to go if you want to travel for nine to 12 months

Top:

• Round Southeast Asia -India and or China and Australia and/or New Zealand - Africa overland (Tip: hippie itinerary with Southeast Asia and Australia - an extended 'Round-the-World'

Tip:

• Trans-Siberia / China / Southeast Asia / Australia - the Silk Route