Where to go in January

Barcelona, Spain

Architectural, coastal, late-running

13°C in January · 12h 05m from Los Angeles · 4 nights

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Collioure, France

Painterly, Catalan, sun-soaked, small

12°C in January · 12h from Los Angeles · 3–4 nights

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Girona, Spain

Stone, water, quietly sophisticated

13°C in January · 12h 05m from Los Angeles · 2–3 nights

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Nice, France

Sun-bleached, Italianate, unhurried

12°C in January · 12h 15m from Los Angeles · 4–5 nights

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Athens, Greece

Ancient, gritty, sociable, sun-bleached

13°C in January · 13h 50m from Los Angeles · 3–4 nights

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Porto, Portugal

Tiled, steep, warmly unpolished

13°C in January · 11h 20m from Los Angeles · 3–4 nights

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Ischia, Italy

Volcanic, green, unhurriedly Italian

13°C in January · 12h 55m from Los Angeles · 4–5 nights

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Madrid, Spain

Late-night, grand, unpretentious

10°C in January · 11h 45m from Los Angeles · 3-4 nights

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Procida, Italy

Faded pastel, salt-worn, unhurried

13°C in January · 12h 55m from Los Angeles · 2–3 nights

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Puglia, Italy

Whitewashed, olive-shaded, greedy

11°C in January · 13h 05m from Los Angeles · a week or more

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Thessaloniki, Greece

Late-night, food-obsessed, unpolished

11°C in January · 13h 30m from Los Angeles · 3 nights

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Douro Valley, Portugal

Terraced, romantic, wine-soaked

11°C in January · 11h 20m from Los Angeles · 3-4 nights

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Agriturismo country, Tuscany, Italy

Slow, sun warmed, generously fed

10°C in January · 12h 30m from Los Angeles · a week

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Vis, Croatia

Remote, sun-worn, agreeably behind

11°C in January · 12h 45m from Los Angeles · 4–5 nights

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Lugano, Switzerland

Italian warmth, Swiss precision

9°C in January · 12h 10m from Los Angeles · 2–3 nights

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Osaka, Japan

Neon, greedy, cheerfully brash

9°C in January · 11h 35m from Los Angeles · 2–3 nights

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Tokyo, Japan

Neon, precise, endlessly layered

9°C in January · 11h 05m from Los Angeles · 5 nights or more

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Rovinj, Istria, Croatia

Venetian, salty, softly Mediterranean

10°C in January · 12h 30m from Los Angeles · 3–4 nights

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Xi'an, China

Ancient capital, appetite-driven, floodlit

7°C in January · 13h 40m from Los Angeles · 3 nights

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Lucca, Italy

Walled, flat, unhurried Tuscany

11°C in January · 12h 25m from Los Angeles · 2–3 nights

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Provence, France

Sun-bleached, herby, slow-paced

8°C in January · 12h 05m from Los Angeles · a week

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Verona, Italy

Roman, well-dressed, pleasantly unhurried

8°C in January · 12h 15m from Los Angeles · 2 nights

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Florence, Italy

Compact, golden, relentlessly beautiful

10°C in January · 12h 30m from Los Angeles · 3–4 nights

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Chianti, Tuscany, Italy

Slow, sunlit, agricultural, romantic

9°C in January · 12h 30m from Los Angeles · 4–5 nights

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Piran, Slovenia

Venetian, compact, salt-washed

9°C in January · 12h 25m from Los Angeles · 2–3 nights

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Poreč, Istria, Croatia

Easy, pine-scented, family-first

9°C in January · 12h 30m from Los Angeles · a week

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The Dordogne, France

Golden-stone, riverine, comfortably rural

9°C in January · 11h 40m from Los Angeles · a week

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Langhe, Piedmont, Italy

Foggy, patient, seriously delicious

7°C in January · 12h 10m from Los Angeles · 3–4 nights

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Tbilisi, Georgia

Ramshackle, generous, wide awake

7°C in January · 14h 10m from Los Angeles · 3–4 nights

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Côte des Basques, Biarritz, France

Longboards, Belle Époque, Atlantic light

11°C in January · 11h 40m from Los Angeles · 3–4 nights

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La Rioja, Spain

Unhurried, generous, faintly grand

9°C in January · 11h 35m from Los Angeles · 3–4 nights

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The Loire Valley, France

Level, green, quietly grand

9°C in January · 11h 25m from Los Angeles · 4–5 nights

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Kyoto, Japan

Ordered, seasonal, quietly formal

8°C in January · 11h 35m from Los Angeles · 4-5 nights

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San Sebastián, Spain

Elegant, green, seriously food-obsessed

11°C in January · 11h 40m from Los Angeles · 3 nights

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Nashville, Tennessee

Loud, friendly, relentlessly musical

9°C in January · 4h from Los Angeles · 3–4 nights

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Paris, France

Elegant, walkable, quietly demanding

8°C in January · 11h 25m from Los Angeles · 3–4 nights

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