Open season: the seven best beach destinations of autumn

September‑October is a very pleasant holiday time.
Prices at the resorts begin a solemn decline on the beaches is rapidly reducing the number of tourists, and the weather is conducive to long trips and excursions. Having carefully studied the map of the world, we have found seven directions for you, where it will be warm and not boring in the velvet season.
Santorini, Greece

Weather: September air +24…+26, water +22, October air +22…+24, water +21

Blue domes of churches, snow-white walls of almost toy houses on the ledges of rocks and colorful volcanic beaches have long turned Santorini into a postcard island. Both nature and people worked on the creation of the island. Nature for him three and a half thousand years ago blew up the volcano Santorini and left on the surface only the edge of the crater. Everything else, along with the crater has sunk to the bottom and from there the Aegean sea is still boiling: on the surface of the water the temperature does not fall below +30 C even in September‑October. The place of the “saucepan” is quite simple to determine: there are almost always tourist boats cruising and diving fans tickle their nerves.

Where to stay: Proteas Hotel in Kamari. Double room in September will cost 4 300 rubles per day.
Liguria, Italy

Weather: in September air +24…+26, water +23, in October air +21…+23, water +21.

Strewn with beaches, palazzos and photogenic fortresses, the Italian region of Liguria begins with Genoa, a city of bankers, seafarers and adventurers. It was here that Christopher Columbus grew up, who discovered a good half of the world. The first Bank appeared there. And for the first time we realized that it was time for Italy to unite. Continue reading →