Where to go in January

PortAventura, Spain

Loud, sunny, unapologetically thrilling

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

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Cadaqués, Catalonia, Spain

White, windswept, artily bohemian

12°C in January · 12h 05m from Los Angeles · 2–3 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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Mount Toubkal, Morocco

Steep, dusty, quietly hospitable

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

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Porquerolles, France

Car-free, pine-shaded, softly Provençal

13°C in January · 12h 15m from Los Angeles · 2–3 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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Athens, Greece

Ancient, gritty, sociable, sun-bleached

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

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Pamukkale, Turkey

Chalk-white, steaming, faintly surreal

12°C in January · 14h 10m from Los Angeles · 1–2 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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Taormina, Sicily, Italy

Cliff-perched, romantic, volcano-shadowed

13°C in January · 13h 20m from Los Angeles · 3 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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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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Thessaloniki, Greece

Late-night, food-obsessed, unpolished

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

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Antiparos, Greece

Whitewashed, unhurried, low key

13°C in January · 14h from Los Angeles · 3-4 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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Saturnia hot springs, Tuscany, Italy

Steamy, rural, faintly pagan

11°C in January · 12h 30m from Los Angeles · 2–3 nights

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Dubrovnik, Croatia

Grand, historic, romantically crowded

12°C in January · 13h from Los Angeles · 3-4 nights

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Lake Como, Italy

Elegant, watery, unapologetically romantic

9°C in January · 12h 10m from Los Angeles · 3–4 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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Varenna, Lake Como, Italy

Steep, quiet, unhurriedly pretty

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

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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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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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Gardaland, Italy

Loud, green, cheerfully Italian

8°C in January · 12h 15m from Los Angeles · a day or two within a lake garda week

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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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Venice, Italy

Watery, theatrical, quietly melancholy

8°C in January · 12h 20m from Los Angeles · 3 nights

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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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Bay of Kotor, Montenegro

Stone, mountain, mirror-flat water

12°C in January · 13h 05m from Los Angeles · 3–4 nights

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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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Florence, Italy

Compact, golden, relentlessly beautiful

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

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Playa de Gulpiyuri, Asturias, Spain

Odd, tiny, quietly remarkable

13°C in January · 11h 20m from Los Angeles · a half day from llanes

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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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Sestri Levante, Liguria, Italy

Pastel, unhurried, properly Italian

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

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