August, at the world’s best hotels.

August Paris: the city exhales, and grand hotels quietly discount.

August Paris: the city exhales, and grand hotels quietly discount.

August Paris: the city exhales, and grand hotels quietly discount.

August Paris: the city exhales, and grand hotels quietly discount.

August Paris: the city exhales, and grand hotels quietly discount.

August Paris: the city exhales, and grand hotels quietly discount.

The city at its emptiest, with residents and business travel away and the parks at their best.

August Paris: the city exhales, and grand hotels quietly discount.

August Paris: the city exhales, and grand hotels quietly discount.

The city at its emptiest, with residents and business travel away and the parks at their best.

August Paris: the city exhales, and grand hotels quietly discount.

The city at its emptiest, with residents and business travel away and the parks at their best.

The city at its emptiest, with residents and business travel away and the parks at their best.

August Paris: the city exhales, and grand hotels quietly discount.

The city at its emptiest, with residents and business travel away and the parks at their best.

August Paris: the city exhales, and grand hotels quietly discount.

The city at its emptiest, with residents and business travel away and the parks at their best.

Green-season Niseko: alpine hiking and onsen at a fraction of powder-season rates.

Green-season Kyoto: river dining and mossy temples between the tourist waves.

Green-season Kyoto: river dining and mossy temples between the tourist waves.

Green-season Kyoto: river dining and mossy temples between the tourist waves.

Green-season Kyoto: river dining and mossy temples between the tourist waves.

Green-season Kyoto: river dining and mossy temples between the tourist waves.

Green-season Kyoto: river dining and mossy temples between the tourist waves.

The southwest monsoon barely brushes the high tea country — misty mornings, low rates.

Green-season Kyoto: river dining and mossy temples between the tourist waves.

Green-season Angkor: moats full, rice paddies electric green, temples uncrowded.

Off-season Rajasthan: hot afternoons, yes — and palace hotels at half their winter rates.

The green season in Lanna country: dramatic skies, full rivers, empty temples.

The monsoon on the Narmada: the river high, the ghats washed clean, the fort quiet.

High summer in the palm grove — early desert mornings and long shaded afternoons.

Winelands winter: fireside tastings, green vineyards, and the Cape to yourself.

Big Sky without ski-season prices: hiking, fly fishing, dark-sky nights.

Warm sea and desert storms light — the quiet late-summer window.

Warm sea and desert storms light — the quiet late-summer window.

Warm sea and desert storms light — the quiet late-summer window.

Green season in the rainforest: rivers full, wildlife loud, lodges at their gentlest rates.

Warm sea and desert storms light — the quiet late-summer window.

Late-summer Baja: warm Pacific swells and the desert before the winter crowd.

New Zealand's quiet season: misty river mornings and the lodge at winter rates.

Wild winter on the Southern Ocean: storm-watching, whales offshore, fires lit.

The green season under the Pitons — brief showers and the island unhurried.

The green season: warm seas, passing rains, the island near-private.