Big Sur, California, USA
Cliff-edge, foggy, monumentally empty
21°C in October, and dry · 1h 05m from Los Angeles · 2–3 nights
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Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia
Blinding, empty, high and strange
18°C in October, and dry · 10h 15m from Los Angeles · 3 days
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Cadaqués, Catalonia, Spain
White, windswept, artily bohemian
21°C in October · 12h 05m from Los Angeles · 2–3 nights
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Chapman's Peak Drive, South Africa
Cliff-edge, salt-sprayed, cinematic
19°C in October · 19h 45m from Los Angeles · a half-day, as part of a peninsula circuit
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Calanque d'En-Vau, Cassis, France
White rock, blue water, effortful
21°C in October · sea at 21° · 12h 05m from Los Angeles · a day trip from cassis
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Mulhacén, Spain
High, bare, sun-bleached
21°C in October · 12h from Los Angeles · 3 nights
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Signal Hill, Cape Town, South Africa
Windy, golden, easily romantic
17°C in October · 19h 45m from Los Angeles · an evening from cape town
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Praia da Ursa, Sintra, Portugal
Raw, windblown, gloriously empty
21°C in October · 11h 30m from Los Angeles · a half day from sintra
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Dalmatia: Hvar, Vis and Korčula, Croatia
Sun-bleached, maritime, unhurried
20°C in October · sea at 23° · 12h 45m from Los Angeles · 1-2 weeks
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Sveti Stefan, Montenegro
Postcard-pretty, stony, sun-warmed
20°C in October · sea at 23° · 13h 05m from Los Angeles · 3–4 nights
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Óbidos, Portugal
Walled, whitewashed, storybook
21°C in October · 11h 30m from Los Angeles · 1–2 nights, or a day trip from lisbon
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Khongoryn Els, Gobi Desert, Mongolia
Vast, dusty, humbling, off-grid
14°C in October, and dry · 12h 55m from Los Angeles · two nights at the dunes, within a week in the gobi
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Èze, France
Vertical, floral, quietly theatrical
19°C in October · 12h 15m from Los Angeles · a night, or a half-day from nice
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Gordes, Provence, France
Sun-bleached stone, lavender, long lunches
19°C in October · 12h 05m from Los Angeles · 4–7 nights
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Venice, Italy
Watery, theatrical, quietly melancholy
19°C in October · 12h 20m from Los Angeles · 3 nights
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Playa de Gulpiyuri, Asturias, Spain
Odd, tiny, quietly remarkable
21°C in October · 11h 20m from Los Angeles · a half day from llanes
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Varenna, Lake Como, Italy
Steep, quiet, unhurriedly pretty
19°C in October · 12h 10m from Los Angeles · 2–3 nights
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Bernina Express, Switzerland to Italy
Slow, engineered, absurdly scenic
19°C in October · 11h 55m from Los Angeles · a full day, or 2–3 nights split along the route
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Cinque Terre, Liguria, Italy
Coloured houses, terraced cliffs, salt air
19°C in October · 12h 25m from Los Angeles · 3–4 nights
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Great Ocean Road, Australia
Windswept, cinematic, ocean-side
17°C in October · 15h 45m from Los Angeles · 3 days
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Annecy, France
Turquoise water, arcades, mountain air
18°C in October · 11h 55m from Los Angeles · 2-3 nights
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Cathedral Cove, Coromandel, New Zealand
White rock, clear water, Christmas red
17°C in October · 13h 05m from Los Angeles · 2–3 nights on the coromandel
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Salzburg, Austria
Baroque, musical, alpine and neat
17°C in October · 12h 10m from Los Angeles · 2–3 nights
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Interlaken, Switzerland
Two lakes, three peaks, constant motion
17°C in October · 11h 55m from Los Angeles · 4 nights
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Semmering Railway, Austria
Nineteenth-century, engineered, quietly grand
14°C in October · 12h 20m from Los Angeles · a day trip from vienna
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Wineglass Bay, Tasmania, Australia
Granite, gum trees, cold clear water
15°C in October · 15h 50m from Los Angeles · 2–3 nights at coles bay
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Ramsau bei Berchtesgaden, Germany
Quiet, green, alpine and unhurried
16°C in October · 12h 10m from Los Angeles · 3–4 nights
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Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Germany
Storybook, walled, quiet after six
15°C in October · 11h 50m from Los Angeles · 2 nights
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Kynance Cove, Cornwall, England
Serpentine rock, turquoise water, wind
15°C in October · 10h 50m from Los Angeles · a half-day from anywhere on the lizard
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Sark, Channel Islands
Quiet, lantern-lit, gloriously old-fashioned
16°C in October · 11h 05m from Los Angeles · 2–3 nights
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Mount Titlis, Engelberg, Switzerland
Alpine, family-friendly, cheerfully touristy
14°C in October · 11h 55m from Los Angeles · 2 nights, or a day trip from lucerne
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Snowdon Mountain Railway, Wales
Steam-hauled, weather-dependent, quietly heroic
14°C in October · 10h 40m from Los Angeles · a day trip from eryri or anglesey
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