Where to go in October

Table Mountain, Cape Town, South Africa

High, windswept, city-above-the-sea

12°C in October · 19h 45m from Los Angeles · half a day within a cape town trip

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Seceda ridgeline, Dolomites, Italy

Airy, pastoral, absurdly photogenic

13°C in October · 12h 15m from Los Angeles · a day trip from val gardena

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Vilnius, Lithuania

Baroque, bohemian, cheerfully cheap

12°C in October · 12h from Los Angeles · 2–3 nights

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Copenhagen, Denmark

Low-rise, cycled, candlelit, considered

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

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Hallstatt, Austria

Vertical, ancient, quietly overwhelmed

13°C in October · 12h 10m from Los Angeles · 1–2 nights

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Kranjska Gora, Slovenia

Small, gentle, good value alpine

11°C in October · 12h 25m from Los Angeles · a long weekend, or a week in winter

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Tatra Mountains, Poland and Slovakia

Sharp, sociable, properly mountainous

11°C in October · 12h 15m from Los Angeles · 4–6 nights

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Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy

Rose-lit peaks, well-dressed, alpine grandeur

12°C in October · 12h 10m from Los Angeles · a week in winter, 3–4 nights in summer

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Seefeld, Austria

Sunny, unhurried, quietly comfortable

13°C in October · 12h 05m from Los Angeles · 4–7 nights

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Wengen, Switzerland

Slow, alpine, quietly old-fashioned

13°C in October · 11h 55m from Los Angeles · 4–5 nights

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Alpe d'Huez, France

High, sunny, wide open slopes

11°C in October · 11h 55m from Los Angeles · a week

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Ordesa y Monte Perdido, Spain

Vertical, green, properly wild

11°C in October · 11h 50m from Los Angeles · 3–4 nights

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Stockholm, Sweden

Watery, orderly, quietly stylish

11°C in October · 11h 10m from Los Angeles · 3–4 nights

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Transfăgărășan, Romania

High, hairpinned, cinematic

8°C in October · 12h 55m from Los Angeles · a full day, within a week in transylvania

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Durmitor National Park, Montenegro

Rugged, remote, quietly spectacular

9°C in October · 13h 05m from Los Angeles · 3-4 nights

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Queenstown, New Zealand

Alpine, adrenal, lake-bright

12°C in October · 14h 10m from Los Angeles · 4–5 nights

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Zermatt, Switzerland

Car-free, high alpine, single-mountain obsessed

12°C in October · 11h 55m from Los Angeles · 4–5 nights

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Legoland Billund, Denmark

Cheerful, orderly, built for children

13°C in October · 11h 10m from Los Angeles · 2 nights

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Nida, Curonian Spit, Lithuania

Pine-scented, pale, deeply calm

12°C in October · 11h 40m from Los Angeles · 3–4 nights

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Livigno, Italy

High, snow-sure, surprisingly cheap

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

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Tallinn, Estonia

Medieval, crisp, quietly modern

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

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Riga, Latvia

Art nouveau, cheap, quietly cool

12°C in October · 11h 40m from Los Angeles · 2–3 nights

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Banff, Canada

Alpine, glacial, cinematic

8°C in October · 2h 55m from Los Angeles · 4–6 nights

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Oeschinensee, Switzerland

Turquoise, sheer, easily earned

11°C in October · 11h 55m from Los Angeles · a day trip, or 2 nights in kandersteg

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Boè gondola top station and snowy slopes above Corvara in Alta Badia

Alta Badia, the Dolomites, Italy

Pale peaks, long lunches, gentle blues

9°C in October · 12h 10m from Los Angeles · a week

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Edinburgh, Scotland

Dramatic, literary, atmospherically Gothic

12°C in October · 10h 25m from Los Angeles · 3-4 nights

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Maloja Pass, Switzerland

Dramatic, remote, quietly grand

10°C in October · 11h 55m from Los Angeles · a day trip from st moritz or the wider engadine

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Morskie Oko, Tatras, Poland

Alpine, crowd-drawn, quietly grand

8°C in October · 12h 15m from Los Angeles · a day trip from zakopane

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Sella Pass, Dolomites, Italy

Pale, jagged, cinematic at dusk

8°C in October · 12h 15m from Los Angeles · a day trip from val gardena or alta badia

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Cervinia, Italy

High, sunny, snow-sure, unfussy

9°C in October · 12h 05m from Los Angeles · a week

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North Coast 500, Scotland

Wild, windswept, gloriously empty

12°C in October · 10h 15m from Los Angeles · 5–7 nights

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St. Moritz, Switzerland

Polished, alpine, brightly formal

9°C in October · 11h 55m from Los Angeles · a week

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County Kerry, Ireland

Green, wet, warm-hearted, wild-edged

13°C in October · 10h 20m from Los Angeles · a week

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Peak 2 Peak Gondola, Whistler, Canada

High, engineered, jaw-dropping in clear air

10°C in October · 2h 40m from Los Angeles · 2–3 nights in whistler

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Wild Atlantic Way, Ireland

Windswept, sociable, endlessly detouring

13°C in October · 10h 20m from Los Angeles · a week or more

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Triglav National Park, Slovenia

Turquoise water, limestone, clean air

8°C in October · 12h 25m from Los Angeles · 5–7 nights

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