Where to go in January

Ometepe, Nicaragua

Slow, rural, volcano-shadowed

27°C in January · sea at 27° · 5h 25m from Los Angeles · 3–4 nights

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Tenerife, Canary Islands

Volcanic, sunny, dependably easy

21°C in January, and dry · 11h 40m from Los Angeles · a week

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Hanalei, Hawaii

Green, damp, barefoot and unhurried

25°C in January · sea at 25° · 5h 35m from Los Angeles · 4–5 nights

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Queenstown, New Zealand

Alpine, adrenal, lake-bright

21°C in January · 14h 10m from Los Angeles · 4–5 nights

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Wineglass Bay, Tasmania, Australia

Granite, gum trees, cold clear water

20°C in January · 15h 50m from Los Angeles · 2–3 nights at coles bay

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Playa de los Muertos, Almería, Spain

Arid, empty, glass-clear

16°C in January · 12h 10m from Los Angeles · 2–3 nights in cabo de gata

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Madeira, Portugal

Green, terraced, gently adventurous

18°C in January · 11h 15m from Los Angeles · a week

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Deià, Mallorca, Spain

Artistic, slow, quietly glamorous

15°C in January · 12h 20m from Los Angeles · 3-4 nights

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Mallorca, Spain

Sunny, mountainous, energetic

14°C in January · 12h 20m from Los Angeles · a week

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Mount Toubkal, Morocco

Steep, dusty, quietly hospitable

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

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Menorca, Spain

Low-key, coastal, unhurried

13°C in January · 12h 25m from Los Angeles · a week

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Kaş, Turkey

Bougainvillaea, boats, easy evenings

16°C in January · 14h 15m from Los Angeles · 4-5 nights

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Folegandros, Greece

Whitewashed, windblown, deliberately quiet

14°C in January · 14h 05m from Los Angeles · 3–4 nights

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Hydra, Greece

Car-free, stone-built, artfully quiet

11°C in January · 13h 50m from Los Angeles · 2–3 nights

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Mulhacén, Spain

High, bare, sun-bleached

11°C in January · 12h from Los Angeles · 3 nights

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Patara, Turkey

Empty, dune-backed, unhurried

15°C in January · 14h 15m 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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Amalfi Coast, Italy

Vertical, lemon scented, gloriously busy

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

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Cinque Terre, Liguria, Italy

Coloured houses, terraced cliffs, salt air

11°C in January · 12h 25m from Los Angeles · 3–4 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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Kotor, Montenegro

Stone lanes, sheer mountains, cats

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

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A working farm stay, Devon, England

Muddy boots, salt air, early starts

8°C in January · 10h 55m from Los Angeles · a week

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Ring of Kerry, Ireland

Wild, wet, green and cinematic

9°C in January · 10h 20m from Los Angeles · 3–4 nights

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Tenby, Pembrokeshire, Wales

Pastel, breezy, cheerfully traditional

9°C in January · 10h 50m from Los Angeles · 2–4 nights

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Isles of Scilly, England

Tidal, wind-scoured, softly subtropical

10°C in January · 10h 45m from Los Angeles · a week

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Brittany, France

Breezy, green, bucket-and-spade

8°C in January · 11h 15m from Los Angeles · a week or more

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Cornwall, England

Salt-blown, sandy, seaside nostalgia

8°C in January · 10h 50m from Los Angeles · a week

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The Cotswolds, England

Honey-stoned, hedged, gently prosperous

8°C in January · 11h 05m from Los Angeles · a long weekend

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Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica

Remote, dense, gloriously noisy

5h 50m from Los Angeles · 3–5 nights

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Rodrigues, Mauritius

Remote, Creole, unhurried, undeveloped

22h 30m from Los Angeles · 4–5 nights

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Lake Bled, Slovenia

Postcard-pretty, compact, easy

5°C in January · 12h 25m from Los Angeles · 2–3 nights

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Lake Bohinj, Slovenia

Quiet, green, properly alpine

5°C in January · 12h 25m from Los Angeles · 2–3 nights

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Triglav, Slovenia

Alpine, earnest, quietly demanding

5°C in January · 12h 25m from Los Angeles · 3–4 nights

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Torres del Paine, Chile

Wind-scoured, granite, exhilarating

13°C in January · 13h 05m from Los Angeles · 5–7 nights

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Wild Atlantic Way, Ireland

Windswept, sociable, endlessly detouring

8°C in January · 10h 20m from Los Angeles · a week or more

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Edinburgh, Scotland

Dramatic, literary, atmospherically Gothic

6°C in January · 10h 25m from Los Angeles · 3-4 nights

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