• Introduction
• 1. Aspen
• 2. Avalon
• 3. Fire Island
• 4. Little St. Simons Island
• 5. Lopez Island
• 6. Mackinac Island
• 7. Monhegan Island
• 8. Nags Head
• 9. Nantucket
• 10. South Padre Island

Aspen

While you might expect to see Ferraris and Jags cruising around one of the world’s most fabulous and exclusive ski resorts, come summer, the visiting elite swap their wheels for heels and take to the streets to explore this movie-set perfect Victorian mining town. While the A-list pedestrians may still shimmer with bling, the summer months are considerably more laidback (except for a surge of Hollywood-in-the-Rockies vibe during the star-studded Aspen Food & Wine Classic in June). Visitors can stroll Aspen’s charming Durant Avenue, lined with the town’s best boutiques and restaurants (many housed in former saloons and gambling parlors), or take in the fresh mountain air while biking, rafting, hiking, or kayaking in White River National Forest, or on the surrounding mountain terrain. Summer events and festivals ensure that Aspen is never without an audience: the Aspen Music Festival and School is a nine-week affair that takes place every year from late June through mid-August.

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