Remote islands, hidden sunset 位置／汚点／見つけ出すs and 170,000 冷淡な War （船に）燃料を積み込む／（軍）地下えんぺい壕s: Time Out 明らかにする／漏らすs the best 11 underrated summer travel experiences in Europe for 2024, from Scotland to Crete

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If you're in the market for hidden gems far from the maddening （人が）群がるs that'll give your summer bucket 名簿（に載せる）／表（にあげる） a bit of sparkle - look no その上の.

Below we 現在の Time Out's 名簿（に載せる）／表（にあげる） of 'European Underrated Summer Travel Ideas 2024',?based on the thoughts and 地元の insights of Time Out's 全世界の 編集（者）の team.

The 入ること／参加（者）s 含む an ice-cream はう in Copenhagen, a 2,000-mile cycling 追跡する through the Balkans, a road trip in Scotland 'that 申し込む／申し出s the very best of the country's scenery, 野性生物 and whisky' and secret 楽園 islands. There's also 'an Indiana Jones-style adventure' that 明かすs 冷淡な War （船に）燃料を積み込む／（軍）地下えんぺい壕s.

Grace 耐えるd, Time Out Travel Editor, said: 'We all like the idea of summertime in Europe ? long, lazy days in the Mediterranean 日光, whiling away an evening people-watching in 地元の 妨げる／法廷，弁護士業s ? but the reality is often much いっそう少なく romantic, with overtourism, 急に上がるing prices and scorching 気温s blighting many a Euro Summer fantasy. But it doesn’t have to be that way ? as our 名簿（に載せる）／表（にあげる） of the best things to do this summer shows, a 広大な／多数の／重要な summer holiday in Europe can take on many forms, from hopping around river beaches to road trips and outdoor art 追跡するs.'?

Scroll 負かす／撃墜する for the 十分な 名簿（に載せる）／表（にあげる）?and cast your 投票（する） for the best 入ること／参加（者） in our 投票 at the 底（に届く）.

Be a shepherd for a week in the Pyrenees?

The Pyrenees mountains have undergone a '復活 of their 地元の lifestyle' with 地元の shepherds welcoming guests to spend time with them

Time Out's Stuart Butler 述べるs the Pyrenees mountains as 'a gorgeously unspoilt spine of 頂点（に達する）s separating フラン from Spain'.

Better still, the area has recently undergone a '復活' of its 地元の lifestyle, with many Pyrenean shepherds welcoming guests to spend time with them, Stuart says.

'You can learn about the shepherding life in the French Vall?e d’Ossau, Vall?e d’Aspe and in the high Pyrenees,' he 明らかにする／漏らすs.

Sail around Croatia's lesser-known islands

Visit Croatia's lesser-known islands - 含むing Ist, Olib and Premuda (pictured)

Away from Croatia's more popular island-hopping 目的地s of Brac and Hvar is 'a cluster of little-known islands' accessible 経由で the Jadrolinija フェリー（で運ぶ）'s newly introduced 401 line, which sails from Zadar.

So says Time Out's?Peterjon Cresswell, who recommends the islands of Ist, Olib, Silba and Premuda in particular.

'Sailings leave at reasonable times' and 許す you 'to experience Croatia as it once was', he 追加するs.

Go on a Copenhagen ice-cream はう

The ice-cream scene in Denmark's 資本／首都 is an underrated summer 扱う／治療する

'Copenhagen’s ice-cream scene, much like summer in this bijou city, is an underrated 扱う／治療する,' says Time Out's Laura Hall.

'When they’re not swimming in the harbour, dining alfresco and building sandcastles on the beaches half an hour away, 甘い-toothed Danes will be eating ice cream.

'In the summer you’ll find soft ice ? the Danish 称する，呼ぶ／期間／用語 for Mr Whippy ice creams ? everywhere. It’s 隠すd in pastries at Andersen & Maillard パン屋, and shows up at Coffee 集団の／共同の as a "coffee soft ice", a tall 渦巻く of vanilla ice cream dusted with chocolate 砕く on 最高の，を越す of a dose of espresso.'

Road trip Scotland's North East 250

Loch Muick, above, is one of the 最高潮の場面s of?Scotland’s North East 250

Time Out's Richard Franks 述べるs this 250-mile Abe rdeenshire 宙返り飛行 as 'Scotland in miniature'.

Why?

Because 'it 申し込む／申し出s the very best of the 城s, scenery, 野性生物 and whisky 設立する どこかよそで in the country'.

最高潮の場面s 含む Loch Muick, Braemar 城, Glenlivet distillery and the beach in Portsoy.

追跡（する） for Albania's 冷淡な War （船に）燃料を積み込む／（軍）地下えんぺい壕s

An 概算の 170,000 冷淡な War （船に）燃料を積み込む／（軍）地下えんぺい壕s are strewn across Albania, 含むing Tirana's BunkArt, pictured, which is now home to art galleries

Albania is home to an 概算の 170,000 冷淡な War （船に）燃料を積み込む／（軍）地下えんぺい壕s, によれば Butler.

'Visiting as many of them as possible will take you on an Indiana Jones-style adventure to all four corners of the country,' he says.

'Created under Albania’s former 共産主義者 独裁者, Enver Hoxha, some of these （船に）燃料を積み込む／（軍）地下えんぺい壕s ? such as Tirana’s BunkArt ? are enormous multi-storey, 原子の 爆弾-proof structures that now house impressive art galler ies or museums showcasing the horror of the Hoxha period.'

引き上げ（る） a web of 追跡するs in Greece's new Sitia Geopark

Sitia Geopark is 位置を示すd in the rarely visited eastern half of Crete

The Unesco-classed Sitia Geopark is in the 'rarely visited eastern half of Crete island', 明らかにする／漏らすs Time Out's Heidi Fuller-Love, and can be reached 経由で a 40-minute bus ride from Sitia town.

She continues: 'It’s home to countless 危うくするd 種類 of flora and fauna - I saw a kettle of griffon vultures 急襲するing low 総計費 as I clambered out of Zakros’ Gorge of the Dead, いわゆる because the Minoans once used the beehive of 洞穴s pocking the surrounding cliffs as a 共同墓地.'

Heidi 追加するs that while there she '見本d Cretan stuffed snails... and 引き上げ（る）d off the calories along the Geopar k’s web of thyme-scented 追跡するs'.

小旅行する Berlin's sunset 位置／汚点／見つけ出すs

In Berlin, 沈む a sundowner on an afternoon 巡航する 負かす／撃墜する the River Spree, pictured

Catch the sunset at Klunkerkranich, above, a club on the 最高の，を越す-床に打ち倒す of a car park

'Berlin’s not often thought of as a summertime 目的地, but it’s during the warmer months the city is at its most sociable - and beautiful,' says Time Out's Kate Bettes, who recommends spending 'a long 週末 追跡（する）ing 負かす／撃墜する its sundown 警戒／見張りs'.

Begin at Klunkerkranich, a club on the 最高の，を越す-床に打ち倒す of a car park where you can 'see the sunset's orange light turning the Berlin TV Tower pink', she 示唆するs, 追加するing: 'In Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg, 引き上げ（る） past the waterfall in Viktoriapark to reach the highest point in the city, and sit at the feet of the forbidding cast アイロンをかける Prussian war 記念の for the sunset.

'Picnic in the grassy expanse of Tempelhofer Feld as evening 落ちるs. Take an afternoon 巡航する 負かす／撃墜する the River Spree for some sundowners, or above the water with street buskers at Oberbaumbrucke.'

Spa away on Saaremaa island

Saaremaa is?replete with sau nas and swimming pools - the perfect place to 'spa away in'

Saaremaa island's Kuressaare 城?

'The island of Saaremaa is one of Estonia’s best-kept secrets,' 宣言するs Time Out's Shafi Musaddique, partly because 'it’s the perfect 退却／保養地 to spa away in'.

He explains: 'There’s no 不足 of spa hotels at affordable prices, replete with saunas and swimming pools, with the old town centre of Kuressaare having the highest number of spas per capita in the world.'

The island is also home to the 'みごたえのある' Kaali meteorite 噴火口，クレーター and the 星／主役にする-形態／調整d Kuressaare 城.

How to get there? 経由で プロペラ 計画（する） from Tallinn airport or 'land and フェリー（で運ぶ） through western Estonia'.

Cycle the Balkans

The new cross-Balkan bike 追跡する, 開始 this summer, covers eight countries over 2,090 miles

Challenge yourself to a cycling adventure on the new cross-Balkan bike 追跡する, 開始 in July 2024.

The 大勝する takes in eight countries and connects all of former Yugoslavia 加える Albania over 2,090 miles (3,364km) of mapped-out roads and pathways, explains Time Out's?Peterjon Cresswell.

'You may 始める，決める out and tap out anywhere you like, of course, but に引き続いて the emerald-green river Soca through Slovenia seems as gentle an introduction as any,' he 令状s.

'投機・賭けるing into the Goriska Brda ワイン 地域 許すs you to 見本 the white Rebulas and blue Pinots at bucolic 丘の頂上 wineries 命令（する）ing panoramic 見解（をとる）s. For an 都市の experience thrown in, the Tito-built city of Nova Gorica should give you your fill of heroic statuary and fractured history.'

Relax on central Portugal's inland beaches

In central Portugal are river beaches with sun loungers and beach 妨げる／法廷，弁護士業s?

Those looking to escape （人が）群がるd beaches are encouraged to 長，率いる inland to the warm waters and wild nature of central Portugal's river beaches, also known as a 'praias fluviais'.

Time Out's Lucy Bryson says that there are several 'dotted around this under-the-レーダ part of Portugal'.

She 追加するs: 'During the summer season, they're equipped with?lifeguards, sun loungers, and beach 妨げる／法廷，弁護士業s serving salty 地元の olives washed 負かす／撃墜する with 危険に affordable jugs of ワイン.'

Follow an outdoor art 追跡する in the south of フラン

North of Aix-en-Provence is Chateau la Coste, where 'a 同時代の art walk weaves around 列／漕ぐ／騒動s of grapevines'. One of the 作品 there is Prune Nourry's Mater Earth (above), 'an enormous 妊娠している woman 現れるing from a grassy field'?

避ける the '群れている of summer tourists in Provence' and 長，率いる to the 地域's outdoor art spaces instead, advises Time Out's Alexis Steinman.

North of Aix-en-Provence is Chateau la Coste, where 'a 同時代の art walk weaves around 列／漕ぐ／騒動s of grapevines'. The writer's favourite is Prune Nourry's Mater Earth, 'an enormous 妊娠している woman 現れるing from a grassy field'.

Then there's the 'Friche d’Escalette' in Marseille, where you can 'amble between hills and 残余s of brick 塀で囲むs to see 同時代の art like ジーンズ Prouve’s movable pavilions'.

Then take a boat from Hy?res to Ile de Porquerolles and visit the 回転／交替ing 展示（する）s at 郊外住宅 Carmignac, a museum which is 'perched above idyllic beaches and breathtaking cliffs'.

For more visit www.timeout.com/europe/travel/underrated-summer-travel-ideas.?