Travel calendar No. 06
June
Summer, while it still has room.
June is the summer before summer. The Mediterranean is warm enough, the days are the longest of the year, and the great holiday wave only begins towards the end of the month.
If you like islands, use the first three weeks. What changes afterwards is not the weather but the number of people.
Why this month
Why this month is special
Until around the twentieth of June you can still book houses that have been full since winter for July. The same rooms, the same light, a different rate.
In the north, June belongs to Scotland and Scandinavia: evenings that barely darken, and landscapes made for exactly that.
What should you keep in mind in June?
Europe is still calm in June, though rates have already risen. The Mediterranean is warm and the days are the longest of the year. In southern Africa the most reliable safari season begins, and in Botswana the floodwater arrives. One note: by the second half of June, Italy already feels like high season.
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Pure Voyage Atlas
Where this leads
The Atlas connects what belongs together: the region, the collections, the right season and the houses that sit within the same story.
Related Houses
Within These Collections
Rooms and Suites
Where to go now
Recommended destinations
Coasts and lakes before the holidays begin.
Lombardy, Italy
Lake Como
Water that keeps the mountains still, and mornings that ask nothing.
- Best time to visit:
- Late April to early June, September and October
- Suggested length:
- Three to five nights
Cyclades, Greece
Paros
The Cycladic island that is still lived in rather than staged.
- Best time to visit:
- Late May to early July, September
- Suggested length:
- Five to seven nights
Liguria, Italy
Portofino
A harbour the size of a square, ringed by pines.
- Best time to visit:
- Late May to early July, September
- Suggested length:
- Three to four nights
Where we stay
Addresses that suit it
Houses by the water where more time is spent outside than in.
Mandarin Oriental — Blevio, Comer See
Mandarin Oriental Lago di Como
Historic villas on the quiet eastern shore, with a private jetty and terraced gardens.
- Suits:
- Couples who want the lake from the water rather than the road
- Suggested length:
- Three to four nights
Six Senses — Cala Xarraca, Ibiza
Six Senses Ibiza
The quiet north of the island: one bay, a longevity programme and dinner without a door policy.
- Suits:
- Travellers who like Ibiza, but not the Ibiza of clubs
- Suggested length:
- Four to five nights
Four Seasons — Formentor, Mallorca
Four Seasons Mallorca at Formentor
The 1929 grand hotel on Formentor bay, carefully brought back rather than reinvented.
- Suits:
- Families and couples who want the Mediterranean with history and pine forest
- Suggested length:
- Five nights
On the move
Journeys this month
The north in the longest light of the year — a journey in itself.
Through the month
Seasonal highlights
01
The longest evenings of the year
Daylight until half past nine — why June journeys feel longer than they are.
02
The Cyclades before high season
Warm water, little wind, villages that are still quiet in the evening.
03
Scotland in summer light
The Highlands show their most generous side this month.
Related collections
From the Collection
An Invitation
Once a month: hotels, new openings and travel ideas
One hotel that convinced us, with our advice on suite and season. The openings that actually matter. And a destination at its best right now. No offers, no advertising.