TravelAwaits
Jul.17.2021
Honestly? September is my absolute favorite month to travel around Europe. First, the kids are back in school, and with them, their parents. The sun is perfect for sitting outside and swimming in the sea, but you can walk around the emptier city centers without suffering a heatstroke.
I don’t think there is a European city that isn’t worthwhile visiting in September: All the sunny regions are still sunny, all the northern regions not yet cold, all the cities less crowded but just as much fun. The classical music season opens with opera, concert, and ballet performances held in the most iconic venues, and it seems to be the month for antique fairs and flea markets, and two really fun ones feature in my list.
Wind Star sailing ship. Or explore for a week on Greek-owned
Variety Cruisesâ 157-foot, 49-passenger sailing yacht
Galileo, going beyond the norm to lesser-known Cycladic and Dodecanese islands such as Levitha, where a summertime restaurant for sailors is run by the one family who lives on the island.
Best Adriatic cruises
Vikingâs Malta and Adriatic Jewels Cruise includes port stops in Croatia.
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When
Viking Ocean Cruises returns to cruising this summer, it will have three ships sailing from Valletta on Malta to Greece, Italy, and Spain. Our pick is Vikingâs 10-night
Malta and Adriatic Jewels Cruise, roundtrip from Valletta. The ship gets you to Kotor, Montenegro (youâll want to be on deck as you sail through a river valley surrounded by peaks); the fairy-tale-like Old Town of Dubrovnik, Croatia; the Croatian city of Split with its 4th-century Roman palace; and Gozo, Malta, where according to legend giants built the