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If your zodiac sign or your best year ranking doesn’t help you choose your next destination, maybe it’s time to look at your favourite colour. See our tours here!
The saffron orange of a Buddhist monk’s robe, the blue of a beach in the Bahamas, the red of a chilli field somewhere in India or the green of a bamboo forest in Arashiyama, Japan. And the purple of lavender fields in the south of France? The white of lime in Crete or La Mancha, the pink of dams in Mexico or the yellow of colonial facades in Cartagena de Indias.
Blue: Marble Chapel, Chile
Blue is a colour that exudes confidence and tranquillity and is a good indicator for choosing a destination based on our emotional state. The same feeling is experienced by those who travel by boat to the “marble chapels” of General Carrera, a must-see along the Carrera Astral, a road that runs through the Aysén region of Chilean Patagonia. The blue magic created by the water erosion of the karst landscape itself is ideal to visit in autumn and spring in the southern hemisphere, when the lake level allows swimming.
Option B: Don’t underestimate the charm of the indigo village of Chaouen (Morocco) or the tiles of Porto’s beautiful Church of Alma.
Green: Hoh Rainforest, Washington State, USA
Green should be a timeless colour, like nature, sustainability, hope. We could list a long list of places around the world, but our favourite place is the Hoh Rainforest on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington State. Considered the only rainforest in the United States, this 39 square kilometre forest thrives along the Ho River, where pines, spruces, cedars and maples create a fragrant paradise worthy of a Tim Burton movie.
Option B: Casa Xanadu in Calpe, as part of the Bophil 2023 celebrations, or Rice Mountain in Sapa, northern Vietnam.
Red: Lake Natron, Tanzania
From the space station, it may look like a wound oozing from the Earth’s crust, but in reality this red stain belongs to algae affecting Lake Natron. This iconic Great Rift Valley, on the border between Tanzania and Kenya, is only for the brave: it thrives next to the stratovolcano Ol Doinyo Lengai, and its waters are home only to the so-called Alcolapia fish and flamingos, which can adapt to the alkaline depths and feed on algae, their best natural dye.
Option B: Visit the Red Fort in Agra, India, enjoy the sunrise at the Taj Mahal or head to the fishing lodges of Norway’s Lofoten Islands, part of the archipelago.
Yellow: Luoping, China
Ask anyone and they’ll tell you there’s no yellow ocean in the world. And that makes the Chinese county of Luoping in springtime a very appealing place to visit. Especially in the period from March to June, when thousands of rapeseed blossoms hatch. Here travellers can meet locals collecting flowers for oil production or beekeepers setting up their tents in the middle of this natural carpet and waiting for the bees to arrive.
Option B: The colonial architecture of the cathedral of Granada (Nicaragua) or the sunflower fields on the other side of the walled city of Monteriggioni (Tuscany).
White: Amorgos, Greece
The pink of the ninth kudzu and the blue of the gate confirm that this is not a mirage, but that you are in Amorgos, a beautiful alternative to the tourist totems of Greek islands such as Mykonos, Santorini or Paros. This oasis thrives on the charm of small villages like Katapola and its picturesque harbour, and above all on the charm of the Monastery of Panagia Chosoviotissa, built on an epic cliff 300 metres above sea level, from where you can best appreciate the contrasting colours.
Option B: the icy fjords of Ilulissat, synonymous with a trip to uninhabited Greenland, or the natural sculptures of Egypt’s White Desert.
Orange: Yi Peng Festival, Thailand
There are many ways to leave the darkness behind, and in Thailand people like to do it with thousands of flying lanterns during the famous Yi Peng Festival, or Lantern Festival. Held every year on the full moon of the second month of the Lanna calendar – usually in mid-November – in the north of the country, especially in cities like Chiang Mai, the festival is an ode to happiness that rivals the stars themselves and lasts for hours.
Option B: Australia’s Mount Uluru, a symbol that melts at sunset, or the dying acacia trees on the orange sand dunes of Deadvlei in Namibia.
Pink: Toulouse, France
A group of grandparents playing boccia, a loving couple kissing on the banks of the Garonne and a new bridge that promises to take you to the traditional neighbourhood of Cus Dillon. As a backdrop, to drown out the colours of everything here. Toulouse, also known as the “pink city of France” for the colour of the bricks of its oldest buildings, is one of the best places to discover the joys of life, the history of the abbey or the purple flowers to be found in the main craft shops. Toulouse is pink, but does not settle for monochrome.
Option B: The palaces of the pink city of Jaipur in India or the salt pans of the small fishing village of Las Coladas in Yucatan, Mexico.
Purple: Supertree Grove, Singapore
This Asian city offers a range of experiences that will never leave you indifferent. Take in panoramic views from the infinity pool at the Marina Bay Sands, lose yourself in the Indian Quarter or take refuge in the futuristic Gardens by the Bay, where attractions such as Supertree Grove stand out. The purple light show of 20 artificial trees, ranging from 25 to 50 metres high, recalls the avant-garde fantasy of our arrival (or the best way to Pandora’s satellites in the movie Avatar).
Option B: the lavender fields of Brievega in Guadalajara – you can use our colour calendar to decide where to go in Spain – or the purple wisteria tunnels of the Fuji Garden in Kawachi, Japan.
