When we are planning our holiday vacations, we tend to look for places where we can relax and take a rest from the city’s noise and rush. If you’re like me, you work hard day and night, which is part of the entrepreneurial life. But that also makes it all the more important to take amazing vacations (especially when you live in your own slice of tropical paradise already) so that you can really unwind. To be fair, finding flights to an island similar to the one where Robinson Crusoe lived for a few years might be pretty difficult. But there are at least five islands which might be close to that.
Check out these incredible that are no doubt worthy of your attention, but have not yet been discovered by many. That means you can still rest quietly or pull on those hiking pants and go exploring, all the while enjoying beautiful natural surroundings and forgetting that the city or the rest of the world even exist.
Solta Island (Croatia)
Solta is a small, little-known island, located near the tourist-favorite Korcula and Hvar islands. The latter became famous in 2011 when Beyonce and her husband Jay-Z spent their vacations there.
Solta Island is somewhat similar to the Hvar: it fascinates with orange tile-covered brick roofs, flashing sunlight, the crystal-clear Adriatic Sea, and polished stone beaches. In this very quiet island, surrounded by 24 bays and it is also the home to just 1400 people. But here you can find a few good restaurants where you can enjoy a nice red wine and fresh seafood, seasoned with locally produced olive oil.
On Solta Island there are also many lodging options, from a luxury hotel in an 18th-century castle to inexpensive apartments that the locals offer to tourists.
Azores (Portugal)
This is a group of islands in the Atlantic Ocean, more than a thousand kilometers to the west away from central Portugal. The Azores are sharply distinguished from other islands by its landscapes: volcanoes, bright blue hydrangea, and rocks washed by the ocean – all this fascinate tourists.
Here you can find more blue-green shades than anywhere in the paint palette. Turquoise and emerald-colored crater lakes in Sao Miguel Lagoa das Sete Cidades islands do not leave anyone indifferent.
On Faial Island, you can admire the unique marina where sailors from around the world turn the bay into a real work of art. It is also know for having beautiful, fragrant blue hydrangeas growing all over the island.
The Flores Island is unique not only with the mountains, crater lakes, and waterfalls but also with many fragrant flowers that grow here naturally. So this island is a real paradise for people who love wonderful aromas.
Lummi Island (Washington, USA)
This forever verdant island is the home to one of the New York Times named best restaurants.
According to them, the fantastic food is that one great reason why you should consider flying to Lummi. The food here is produced from local fishermen caught products or herbs growing on the island.
However, fresh and fantastic food is not the only thing that attracts tourists to Lummi Island. Three times a year, the island gets full with the artists and their fans – open studies demonstrate more than 40 “traveling” exhibition.
People are coming to this island to heal as well. Typically, they are directly got to the frog farm located on the island, where they can gain energy or buy flower essences.
Bora Bora (French Polynesia)
Bora Bora Island might not be the first place that comes to mind when thinking about solitude and peacefulness, but in fact, it can offer you all that and a lot more. This real pearl of French Polynesia is widely known as a paradise on Earth. Here people are considered being some of the friendliest in the world, but they also respect your privacy and will give you as much space as you want to.
Here you can also enjoy one of the best Bora Bora hotels, beaches, perfectly calm and warm weather and incredible scenery you will never forget. And since this island is pretty much secluded and not that close to civilization, here you will forget about the outside world very simply – all you will hear there will be ocean sounds and coconuts falling from trees.
Spitsbergen (Norway)
Majestic, snow-covered mountains, fjords, cobalt blue sea and lots of shiny snow will welcome everyone arriving in the Svalbard archipelago. Midway between northern Norway and the North Pole, the Arctic Ocean town of Spitsbergen is the only inhabited island in the region – with around 2,000 people live here.
Although it seems that the cold would reign throughout the year, during the warm season, the temperature can rise to 9 degrees Celsius here. Also, from mid-April to the end of August on the island the sun shines even at midnight, so here you can experience what a polar day is like too. Those who wish to enjoy the Northern Lights can do that from November to February as well.
Husky dog pulled carts, hiking, canoeing, and swimming are the island’s most popular entertainment during the summer. In winter, tourists can ride a snowmobile, ski and enjoy beautiful and indeed breathtaking views you will never forget.
What is your favorite place to escape to? Have you ever been to any of these places? Share your experiences with us in the comments below.
