Where to Travel Next According to Your Favorite Color

25.12.2023 - 16:51 / cntraveler.com

Surely at some point in your childhood, you sat in front of a globe and spun it around and around until your index finger landed on a random spot. As adults, we rely on content, recommendations, or our own instincts when it comes to visiting a specific destination. To make it a bit easier: Tell us your favorite color and we'll tell you where to travel.

There's a world of color to be seen: the saffron orange of the robes of Buddhist monks, the blues of the Bahamas, the red of the chili bell pepper fields in India, and the bamboo green of the Arashiyama forest in Japan. And what about the purple of the lavender fields in the south of France, the white lime of Crete or La Mancha, the pink of Barragan in Mexico, or the yellow of the colonial facades of Cartagena de Indias?

We pulled together some of the most colorful places around the world.

Blue is a color that conveys confidence and serenity, a good indicator when choosing a destination based on our emotional state. Those exact feelings will engulf anyone who enters the "Marble Chapels" by boat. The caverns can be found in Lake General Carrera, a must-stop during a trip along the Carretera Austral that crosses the region of Aysén in Chilean Patagonia. The spell of blues born of water erosion in the karst formations themselves is ideal to visit during autumn and spring in the southern hemisphere when the lake's water level is higher.

Option B: Don't underestimate the indigo charm of the village of Chaouen in Morocco or the tiles of the beautiful Chapel of Souls in Porto.

Green is an eternal color, like nature, symbolizing sustainability and hope. We could name a long list of places to surround ourselves in this color around the world, but our favorite for the occasion is the Hoh Rainforest on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington. Considered the only rainforest in the United States, this 420 million-square-feet jungle blooms along the Hoh River in the form of pine, fir, cedar and maple trees that evoke a fragrant paradise worthy of a Tim Burton movie.

Option B: Xanadu Building in Calp, Spain, or the rice paddy hills of Sapa, in northern Vietnam.

From a space station, it might look like a wound oozing from the Earth's crust, but that red stain belongs to the algae that invade Lake Natron. This icon of the Great Rift Valley—located on the border between Tanzania and Kenya—is only for the daring. It unfolds next to the stratovolcano Ol Doinyo Lengay. In its waters, you'll find the so-called Alcolapia fish, which are capable of adapting to the alkaline depths, and the flamingos that feed on its algae.

Option B: visit the Red Fort of Agrain India after witnessing the sunrise at the Taj Mahal or aim for the fishermen's houses that dot the archipelago of Lofoten