![]() ![]() Why go in September? For an alternative to carnival in the city of canals Participants in the historical parade of the Regata Storica in Venice (Alamy) 5. Blending well with the tawny colours of the landscape, Ongava Lodge has 14 stone-built thatched chalets, on a ridge overlooking a watering hole, in a private game reserve on the edge of Etosha National Park. Nights at desert safari lodges are still on the chilly side, though night skies are spectacular here, in one of the world’s most sparsely populated countries. It’s a perfect time to visit national parks such as Etosha in the north, where elephants, giraffes, lions and leopards crowd at watering holes dotted around a vast salt pan. ![]() September in Namibia is generally the last full month of the dry season and sees a slow return to warmer days after southern winter minimums. Namibia’s place names hint at a land not to be messed with, whether it’s the ships’ graveyard of the Skeleton Coast, or the Kalahari (“great thirst”) Desert. Why go in September? For the beauty of life in the desert The House Hotel is a sturdy stone building centrally located in Galway’s quayside Latin Quarter, with plenty of boutique touches inside including plush fabric headboards and deco-feel furnishings.Ī giraffe drinks at a waterhole in Etosha National Park (Alamy) 4. Day trips north of the city lead to the hills and loughs of Connemara, while to the south are the limestone landscape of the Burren and the towering Cliffs of Moher. Beyond the bivalves themselves, there are cooking classes and tasting trails devoted to other produce of the sea. Food culture is another strength, especially now: while visitor numbers elsewhere on Ireland’s west coast tail off after mid-September, the last weekend of the month brings the Galway International Oyster Festival. The underlying spirit of live music in brightly painted pubs and on the cobblestoned streets is what most people come to Galway in search of. Why go in September? For a city break with seafood and lots of craic Galway’s pedestrianised Latin Quarter (Alamy) 3. Located in Puerto Madryn, gateway to the peninsula, the 86-room Hotel Tolosa has a degree of urban sophistication inside that might come as a surprise in a small city in a remote and rugged region. Southern right whales stay in the area from roughly June to December, and September sees them migrate around the peninsula, often close enough to shore that they can be viewed from land. Perhaps best of all now is the Valdes Peninsula in the province of Chubut, with its historic Welsh settlements. While southern Patagonia is just beginning to unfreeze, flowers start to bloom in the Argentine Lake District, it’s a less humid time at Iguazu Falls, and Buenos Aires is a pleasantly mild starting point for nationwide explorations. The coming of spring in Argentina shifts the thermostat to varying degrees in a country that touches the tropics at one end and points to Antarctica at the other. Why go in September? For whale-watching on the coast of Patagonia OKU Kos is just steps from a quiet stretch of beach on the island’s north coast, and is a place for grown-up relaxation and spa treatments, with cubist architecture echoing the Greek island look.Įncountering a a southern right whale off the Valdes Peninsula (Getty Images) 2. The Dodecanese is pleasingly varied, and aside from the main island of Rhodes, others include Kos with its long, sandy beaches, Kalymnos and its many rock-climbing opportunities, spiritual Patmos and the steaming volcanic caldera of Nisyros. Before ferry services in the Aegean start to wind down for winter, there’s time for unhurried island-hopping within the different groups in the archipelago. If you’re not bound by school holidays, September is the ideal month for travels in the Greek islands: air temperatures are a notch down from their peak, but still at summer holiday levels, and sea temperatures in Greece are warmer than in the earlier shoulder season month of June. Why go in September? For extended summer escapes across the islands ![]() Skala harbour on the island of Patmos (Getty Images) 1. If you click and buy a product, we may earn revenue. These buttons and adverts are clearly signposted, and provide direct links through to external sites. We also feature properties and itineraries from a specially selected list of trusted operators. Our travel journalism is written and edited by independent experts to inform, inspire and advise our readers about the best choices for your holidays. ![]()
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