It might just be warm enough for the park’s nude section to fill up, too this is Germany, after all. Enough hops? The sun is shining on river surfers riding the Eisbach wave in the Englischen Garten – a year-round swell best left to pros. Soak it up in one of the many twinkly pub gardens, or under the vaulted ceiling of a beer cellar. The city has its own version of hygge: ‘Gemütlichkeit’. Expect the same risky mix of fairground rides and beer-filled steins, but smaller and less lairy crowds. Temperature: 19☌ high 8☌ low Season: spring Travel time from UK: 1 hour 50 minutes Time difference: GMT +1Ĭan’t wait until autumn to pull on the lederhosen? May in Munich brings Springfest (or Fruhlingfest), Oktoberfest’s little sister. Inside its 15th-century walls, the rooms are cool with coloured-glass chandeliers and re-upholstered antiques, and there's a terrace shaded by a 200-year-old magnolia.
Where to stay: BB22, a charming little guesthouse on a passageway too narrow to drive down. Sound complicated? Railbookers can deal with the details. From here, you can catch an InterCity sleeper service to several Sicilian destinations: Messina, Catania, Siracuse or Palermo (choosing Messina means you’ll disembark in time for lunch).
Arrive in Paris via Eurostar, then take the overnight Thello sleeper to Milan. Sustainable travel tip: Cool fact: you can travel to Sicily by rail, aboard an InterCity train that gets loaded onto a ferry for the seafaring part of the journey. Bring your towel with you when you go to lunch in the old fishing village of Porto Palo – Sicily’s prettiest secluded cove, Capparrina di Mare, is just a little further west. Come May, the countryside blooms, and the water lapping the beaches is warm. You can wander the shady lanes of baroque hill towns such as Ragusa, then stroll sun-soaked plazas in the coastal city of Syracuse. There’s scalded volcano country and fertile wine land, Greek temples and Roman ruins. The football at the toe of Italy’s boot, the Mediterranean’s largest island is a reliably sunny way to kick off an early summer. Temperature: 22☌ high 12☌ low Season: spring Travel time from UK: 2 hours 55 minutes Time difference: GMT +1 Guests can dine at top chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten's Dune, indulge in the Balinese-inspired One&Only Spa, or relax by the oceanfront pool. Where to stay: On a private oceanfront estate with Versailles-like gardens at Four Season's The Ocean Club. Tiamo runs on solar power, has composting toilets (though you wouldn’t know it to look at them), and employs staff from local communities who are trained as nature guides – take an informed boat tour through mangroves or explore caves and forests inland. Sustainable travel tip: Andros Island isn’t just an unspoiled slice of backcountry untroubled by cruise ships and high-rise hotels it’s also home to Tiamo, an impressive eco-lodge with just 13 thatched bungalows fringed by white beach and thick palms. You might even splash about with a sow at Pig Beach.
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There’s nothing to do but stake out your patch on pristine Cabbage Beach (even quieter at the north end), take your pick of poolside lounge chairs, and pluck the fruits of Gladstone Road Farmers Market (open until the end of the month). Beaches relieved of rowdy crowds settle sedately in the sun. Hurricane season doesn’t set in until June. The winter hordes long gone, and spring-breakers freshly departed. Temperature: 29☌ high 22☌ low Season: dry Travel time from UK: 12 hours Time difference: GMT -5īehold the Bahamian sweet spot: May. For self-catered options, take a look at our list of the best Airbnbs in Brighton. Inside, the arty rooms have boldly painted walls, while the communal spaces are a bit more muted, with exposed-brick walls and vintage furniture. A jaunty pink door marks out the terraced property on Regency Square. Where to stay: Artist Residence Brighton. Sustainable travel tip: Taste Brighton’s independent (and sustainable) spirit with Brighton Food Tours: itineraries focus solely on the city’s indie producers and vendors. Sorry, Kent Riviera: Brighton’s just better.
Plus, the sun should be peeking onto that pebble beach this time of year. As England’s biggest open-access arts festival, count on it to bring the weird. Expect a studiously obscure line-up you’re definitely not hip enough to have heard of (sample bands: Pyschedelic Porn Crumpets Tropical F*** Storm). That’s when the Great Escape new music festival hits: what The Times calls Britain’s answer to SXSW, and Steve Lamacq claims is the music world’s Cannes. It’s still our coolest beach town – for proof, come in May. Brighton invented Britain’s seaside scene long before Margate started luring London creatives from their concrete cocoons. Temperature: 14☌ high 10☌ low Season: spring Travel time from London: 1 hour by train Time difference: GMT +0
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