Anonymous wrote:I would figure out where you can fly to cheaply or with points first and dates and then come here to crowdsource lodging.

Switzerland if you like to hike.
Portugal if you like wine, beach, culture. (Rebello Hotel; Octant Evora; The Lisboans; Sao Lourenco do Barrocal)
Parts of Spain (so many ideas in the south near Cadiz)
Northern Greece (the Ionian parts near Albania) that you can fly to from London or Athens
Corsica, France (you'll need to ferry or fly from Paris or Nice) - La Signoria

This hotel is $500/night. Probably too much.
But looks AMAZING! Im saving this.....

https://www.hotel-la-signoria.com/en/

Agreeing with the Iceland suggestion and then tack on another location.

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Anonymous wrote:What about Prague or Dubrovnik?

In August?! Are you nuts?!

Prague looks pleasant in August.

DP. I haven't been in summer, but there are some really lovely towns in Czechia that you can reach by public transport from Prague. You could put together a really managble 10-day itinerary just in Czechia alone, or into Prague and out of Krakow with a stop somewhere in the middle.

Poland is also great, Krakow and Gdansk especially. Summer weather is variable- there are heat waves but it's not persistent, all summer heat like in southern Europe. But you'll still probably want somewhere with AC.

Anonymous wrote:My neighbors just went to Iceland- direct flight from IAD ( Dulles Airport) for a week. If you want to go to Easter Europe, ffor example, keep in mind that there are no direct flights to Poland from Washington area. I would just go where you can take direct flight from Dulles Airport to Europe for an easier trip. August is probably the worst month to be in Europe, tons of tourists everywhere.

And Icelandair lets you do a few days stopover before continuing onto somewhere else in Europe. https://www.icelandair.com/flights/stopover/