Where to go in November

Gardaland, Italy

Loud, green, cheerfully Italian

13°C in November · 12h 15m from Los Angeles · a day or two within a lake garda week

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Tbilisi, Georgia

Ramshackle, generous, wide awake

13°C in November · 14h 10m from Los Angeles · 3–4 nights

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Verona, Italy

Roman, well-dressed, pleasantly unhurried

13°C in November · 12h 15m from Los Angeles · 2 nights

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Lugano, Switzerland

Italian warmth, Swiss precision

13°C in November · 12h 10m from Los Angeles · 2–3 nights

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Lake Como, Italy

Elegant, watery, unapologetically romantic

13°C in November · 12h 10m from Los Angeles · 3–4 nights

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Varenna, Lake Como, Italy

Steep, quiet, unhurriedly pretty

13°C in November · 12h 10m from Los Angeles · 2–3 nights

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Venice, Italy

Watery, theatrical, quietly melancholy

13°C in November · 12h 20m from Los Angeles · 3 nights

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Bernina Express, Switzerland to Italy

Slow, engineered, absurdly scenic

13°C in November · 11h 55m from Los Angeles · a full day, or 2–3 nights split along the route

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Bucharest, Romania

Cheap, late, gloriously unpolished

11°C in November · 13h 10m from Los Angeles · 2–3 nights

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Sofia, Bulgaria

Cheap, green, unexpectedly fun

11°C in November · 13h 15m from Los Angeles · 2–3 nights

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Belgrade, Serbia

Raw, riverside, relentlessly sociable

12°C in November · 12h 50m from Los Angeles · 3 nights

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Paris, France

Elegant, walkable, quietly demanding

12°C in November · 11h 25m from Los Angeles · 3–4 nights

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La Rioja, Spain

Unhurried, generous, faintly grand

13°C in November · 11h 35m from Los Angeles · 3–4 nights

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Chicago, Illinois

Big-shouldered, musical, architecturally serious

10°C in November · 3h 55m from Los Angeles · 3–4 nights

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Langhe, Piedmont, Italy

Foggy, patient, seriously delicious

11°C in November · 12h 10m from Los Angeles · 3–4 nights

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The Cotswolds, England

Honey-stoned, hedged, gently prosperous

12°C in November · 11h 05m from Los Angeles · a long weekend

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Lake Bohinj, Slovenia

Quiet, green, properly alpine

10°C in November · 12h 25m from Los Angeles · 2–3 nights

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Bansko, Bulgaria

Cobbled, cheap, mountain-hearty

11°C in November · 13h 15m from Los Angeles · a week in winter, 3–4 nights in summer

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Terme Čatež, Slovenia

Steamy, splashy, unpretentious

11°C in November · 12h 30m from Los Angeles · 3–4 nights

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Puy du Fou, France

Theatrical, ambitious, ride-free

12°C in November · 11h 20m from Los Angeles · 2 nights

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Lake Bled, Slovenia

Postcard-pretty, compact, easy

10°C in November · 12h 25m from Los Angeles · 2–3 nights

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Bath, England

Georgian, steamy, softly romantic

11°C in November · 10h 55m from Los Angeles · 1–2 nights

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Disneyland Paris, France

Nostalgic, polished, unmistakably Disney

11°C in November · 11h 25m from Los Angeles · 3-4 nights

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Dublin, Ireland

Literary, sociable, unpretentious

11°C in November · 10h 30m from Los Angeles · a long weekend

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Thermae Bath Spa, England

Georgian, steamy, softly indulgent

11°C in November · 10h 55m from Los Angeles · a long weekend

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Vienna, Austria

Formal, comfortable, deeply civilised

9°C in November · 12h 20m from Los Angeles · 3–4 nights

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Budapest, Hungary

Grand, faded, steam-warmed

9°C in November · 12h 30m from Los Angeles · 3 nights

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Ljubljana, Slovenia

Green, walkable, quietly cultured

9°C in November · 12h 25m from Los Angeles · 2 nights

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Wachau Valley, Austria

Terraced, vinous, softly baroque

9°C in November · 12h 20m from Los Angeles · 2–3 nights

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Fistral Beach, Newquay, England

Salt-stung, sandy, cheerfully scruffy

13°C in November · 10h 50m from Los Angeles · 3–4 nights

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Triglav, Slovenia

Alpine, earnest, quietly demanding

10°C in November · 12h 25m from Los Angeles · 3–4 nights

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Annecy, France

Turquoise water, arcades, mountain air

11°C in November · 11h 55m from Los Angeles · 2-3 nights

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Ghent, Belgium

Medieval, studenty, late-running

11°C in November · 11h 20m from Los Angeles · 2–3 nights

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Innsbruck, Austria

Alpine, gilded, improbably convenient

11°C in November · 12h 05m from Los Angeles · 2–3 nights

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Khongoryn Els, Gobi Desert, Mongolia

Vast, dusty, humbling, off-grid

3°C in November, and dry · 12h 55m from Los Angeles · two nights at the dunes, within a week in the gobi

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Prague, Czechia

Gothic, golden, cheerfully beery

9°C in November · 12h from Los Angeles · 3–4 nights

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