8 departure cities
What each city has within reach for the august long weekend, picked for what opens, is held or is at its best those days. Choose your city.
Getaways from Badajoz for 15 August: theatre nights in Mérida, Perseids at Alqueva, swimming in the lake, the Atlantic at Ericeira and the cool of the Serra da Estrela.
Eight getaways for 15 August from Barcelona: altitude and cold water in the Pyrenees, a Perseids sky in the Montsec and, if you stay, the half-empty city.
Two getaways with a night away and five day trips from Girona for 15 August, the Assumption, designed to turn your back on the full coast: Núria lake, the Ripollès greenway, bends at 1,900 metres, shady beech woods and cool cellars underground.
Three getaways with a night away and four day trips from Lleida for 15 August, the Assumption, when the plain goes above 35 degrees: high-mountain lakes in Andorra, the water of the Garonne and Collegats, the Perseids over the Montsec and forests and rivers for the hot hours.
Four getaways with a night away and three day trips from Madrid for 15 August, the Assumption: mountains above 1,700 metres, lakes and rivers to swim in, Consuegra Medieval and La Paloma for those who stay.
Getaways from Pamplona for 15 August: Ordesa first thing, Urbión, canyons at Aínsa, the shade of Irati and the coast of Getaria, Hondarribia and Urdaibai.
Getaways from San Sebastián for 15 August, in the middle of Semana Grande: Gavarnie in its best month, northern Palencia, Burgos and Silos, the Matarraña and the Arcachon bay.
Four getaways with a night away and three day trips from Tarragona for 15 August, the Assumption, four days before Sant Magí: high-mountain lakes in Andorra, the unspoilt Irta coast from the sea, the water of the Matarraña, the nights of Prades and cool cellars underground.
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