Since the leading epidemiologists studying the coronavirus pandemic are still emphasizing the critical need for “social distancing” as a way to slow down community spread of the virus, we on the WendyPerrin.com team are still all working from home, staying off mass transit, helping kids with online classes, and limiting our outdoor activities and errands. Even as some states reopen restaurants, shops, beaches, parks, entertainment venues, and public events with restrictions and limited capacities across the country, we imagine many of you continue to spend a lot of time at home too and are feeling acute cabin fever as the weather gets nicer. So as an antidote to the anxiety and claustrophobia that’s going around, we’re sharing gorgeous spots around the globe where you can imagine yourself in blissful isolation, with little human contact and plenty of healthy fresh air. The best news? These places will be waiting for you in real life when it’s time to travel again. If there’s a relaxing place you’re dreaming about to help you get through this difficult time, please let us know in the comments below.

Fakarava atoll, French Polynesia. Photo: Julius Silver/Pixabay

Northern Lights, Norway.

Norcia, Perugia, Italy

Islas de Rosario, Colombia, near Cartagena. Photo: Shutterstock

The Uyuni Salt Flats, Bolivia. Photo: Aracari

Matera’s sassi, ancient cave dwellings, are a UNESCO World Heritage site. Photo: Shutterstock

Lake Lugano, Ticino, Switzerland. Photo: Shutterstock

Belize. Photo: Tim Baker

Rojo Beach Bar. Photo: Absolute Belize

Neist Point, Isle of Sky, Scotland. Photo: Pixabay

The puffins of Westman Islands, Iceland. Photo: Shutterstock

Yoho National Park British Columbia. Photo: Shutterstock

The Empty Quarter, or Rub’ Al Khali desert, of Oman. Photo: Wild Frontiers

The Columbia River creates beautiful road-trip scenery in Oregon. Photo: Pixabay

The Great Barrier Reef, seen from above. Photo: Tourism Whitsundays

The Atacama Desert of Chile has an otherwordly and beautiful landscape. Photo: Awasi

Giant’s Causeway, Northern Ireland. Photo: Shutterstock

Namibia’s Namib Desert, on the Atlantic Ocean. Photo: Shutterstock

Newfoundland scenery. Photo credit: Newfoundland and Labrador Tourism

French Polynesia. Photo: Conrad Hilton Bora Bora

The Reinefjord in Lofoten. Photo: Andrea Giubelli – Visitnorway.com