Top seven places to travel in March 2027

It’s been a long winter of wrapping ourselves in duvets and dreams. March is knocking at the door, however, with its longer days and snippets of spring. So, don’t go down a rabbit hole in March – go a bit mad instead and treat yourself to a spring break. If you think it’s time to throw off both the duvet and your winter woes by giving yourself a good airing for spring, then take a look at our seven top places to travel in March.

Mash up Mallorca’s mountains

Our road cycling holidays in Mallorca, which are available from the beginning of March, will get your legs and head spinning with the beauty of it all. Mallorca is not only the largest of the Balearics, at 3,640km², it’s also the most mountainous, with the Serra de Tramuntana range creating a strong spine along its north coast. This stretch is just part of the island circuit that you take on, either on our nine day intense cycling tour, with daily distances between 40-118km, or our more relaxed one, where maximum daily distance is 76km. The good news for some is that you can also do these cycling holidays on e-bikes.

Mallorca in March is quite simply a marvel for natural adventurers.

Malta is mega in March

March can feel a bit meh, but not if you add Malta and the Med into the mix. This archipelago, just south of Sicily, has both quirky cultural heritage and quality natural heritage. Given that it has swapped hands between the Phoenicians, Romans and Byzantines, the catholic Order of Malta, the French and British, there’s a lot going on here historically and architecturally. It’s now a republic, a member state of the EU and a small rambling haven. As well as the main island of Malta, it also has an extra natural jewel in its crown – the island of Gozo, with a Maltese maze of ancient trails, sea caves and the red sands of Ramla beach. This walking holiday takes you to both islands where spring temperatures are a respectable 12-18C.

Longer days in Liguria

You want to eke out every moment of daylight on a walking holiday in Liguria, where the crowning glory is the Cinque Terre National Park. Hiking the Cinque Terre is one of the best coastal walking tours in Italy, and getting in before the crowds, and having the extraordinarily beautiful five villages that perch on the prettiest of coasts to yourselves is nothing short of a March marvel. Go for a five day Cinque Terre walking holiday of its highlights, or just give into the gorgeousness of it all on an eight day walking holiday not only of the five villages of Monterosso, Vernazza, Corniglia, Manarola and Rio Maggiore, but also Portofino and Porto Venere.

places to travel in March — The Cinque Terre National Park is even more magical in March, before *cinquemila* people arrive for Easter.

Spring in the Saronic Islands

The Saronic Islands are sailing central as their position in the Saronic Gulf, between the Attica Peninsula and the northeastern coasts of Peloponnese, is one of the closest aquatic havens for Athenian sailors. Made up of seven main islands, the Argo-Saronic archipelago, to give it its full name, also has superb hiking havens. We combine the two main islands of Hydra and Poros into one walking holiday, as they are both strikingly different, while also simply striking. They are open for walkers from 20 March, and you will feel spring in the air in Poros’ forests and Hydra’s more mountainous pine groves, that stretch down to its myriad bays. The average temperatures are 13C but it has been known to be as high as 24C.

Hadrian’s Wall Path

It may still have some muddy patches in March, but Hadrian’s Wall Path is unlikely to have any mobbed ones, as it only starts to see visitors on the via from mid-March. Hike the trail from east to west, starting in Newcastle on the North Sea and completing this iconic Roman ramble of 135km in Solway on the Irish Sea. You can walk the whole thing in eight days, with your luggage transferred for you, staying at three star hotels and guesthouses along the way, where a warm welcome always awaits. If you don’t fancy doing the whole thing this early in the year, which takes eight days, you could always opt for Hadrian’s highlights over six days, or even five days.

Hiking Hadrian’s Wall doesn’t have to be hard. It does have to be done though.

Camino without the crowds

It’s worth considering the one of our Camino de Santiago holidays in March, for two good but very contrasting reasons. Depending on when Easter falls, you can avoid the crowds completing their camino in time for Easter. Or, you can do the opposite and join the camino camaraderie of pilgrims coming together in this special place on Easter Sunday by starting the full Camino Primitivo (also known as the Original Camino) in March and take 16 days to complete it in time to join the others. You can also take on the last 100km section of the Camino Frances, between Sarria and Santiago, which is just long enough to still get your Compostela Certificate. For this section, choose your pace between 12, seven or eight days to walk through Galicia on a soulful journey into spring.

There are also plenty of options for cycling the camino in March, and our holidays where you can cycle the Camino Frances and Camino Portugues, are open as early in the season, and others holding off until April, as they’re on higher ground. For more information, see our blog, Cycling the Camino de Santiago.

Whales and wildflowers in the Azores

Walking in the Azores takes you to an otherworldly archipelago of nine islands which are part of the Portuguese Republic, albeit 1,500km west of the mainland. The best time to see blue whales, which the islands are famous for, is from March to mid-May. Sperm whales are here all year round, however. As the archipelago benefits from the warmth of the Gulf Stream, temperatures rarely dip under 14C throughout the year, even though rain is unpredictable and be prepared for windy weather too. Whichever time you choose to embark on an Azorean adventure, you can hike to volcanic craters, caldeiras hot springs, ancient coastal trails and secret waterfalls. In March, there will also be plenty of purple periwinkle flowers, pink Azorean bellflowers and Bermuda buttercups coming into bloom, along with many others.

We adore the Azores all year, but in spring their flower-filled trails are even more stunning.

We hope this has given you a few ideas for embracing a few late winter natural adventures. To learn about other places to travel in March, from the Sahara to Switzerland, click here, and do not hesitate to contact us for more information. You may also enjoy reading our blog, Best coastal walking holidays.