Where to go · July

July, at the world’s best hotels.

28 hand-picked hotels are in their quiet season this month — the same rooms, in the months we’d actually go, 12 of them with an open off-peak window right now.

Europe

6

Asia

13
RAAS Jodhpur

rajasthan · IN

RAAS Jodhpur

73% below peak
from $218/night

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

Zaborin

niseko · JP

Zaborin

71% below peak
from $1,302/night

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

Phum Baitang

siem reap · KH

Phum Baitang

64% below peak
from $349/night

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

Ceylon Tea Trails

sri lanka hill country · LK

Ceylon Tea Trails

51% below peak
from $776/night

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

Raya Heritage

chiang mai · TH

Raya Heritage

44% below peak
from $351/night

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

Sowaka

kyoto · JP

Sowaka

28% below peak
from $1,090/night

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

Aman Kyoto

kyoto · JP

Aman Kyoto

In season

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

The Shinmonzen

kyoto · JP

The Shinmonzen

In season

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

HOSHINOYA Kyoto

kyoto · JP

HOSHINOYA Kyoto

In season

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

Asaba

shuzenji · JP

Asaba

In season

The Izu peninsula in the green rains — bamboo groves at their most luminous.

Beniya Mukayu

kaga · JP

Beniya Mukayu

In season

Kaga's gardens in the rainy season: moss at its deepest green.

Gora Kadan

hakone · JP

Gora Kadan

In season

Rainy-season Hakone: hydrangeas, steam rising off the onsen, and the year's quietest weeks.

Ahilya Fort

maheshwar · IN

Ahilya Fort

In season

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

Africa

2

North America

3

Oceania

2

Other

2

One letter a month, the windows as they open.