Where to go in December

Cadaqués, Catalonia, Spain

White, windswept, artily bohemian

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

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Hydra, Greece

Car-free, stone-built, artfully quiet

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

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Osaka, Japan

Neon, greedy, cheerfully brash

11°C in December · 11h 35m from Los Angeles · 2–3 nights

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Tokyo, Japan

Neon, precise, endlessly layered

11°C in December · 11h 05m from Los Angeles · 5 nights or more

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Hakone, Japan

Steamy, forested, deliberately unhurried

12°C in December · 11h 05m from Los Angeles · 2 nights

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Nice, France

Sun-bleached, Italianate, unhurried

13°C in December · 12h 15m from Los Angeles · 4–5 nights

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Madrid, Spain

Late-night, grand, unpretentious

11°C in December · 11h 45m from Los Angeles · 3-4 nights

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Memphis, Tennessee

Soulful, unpolished, music-steeped

13°C in December · 3h 40m from Los Angeles · a long weekend, 3-4 nights

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Thessaloniki, Greece

Late-night, food-obsessed, unpolished

12°C in December · 13h 30m from Los Angeles · 3 nights

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Tirana, Albania

Loud, colourful, cheerfully chaotic

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

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Kyoto, Japan

Ordered, seasonal, quietly formal

10°C in December · 11h 35m from Los Angeles · 4-5 nights

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Xi'an, China

Ancient capital, appetite-driven, floodlit

7°C in December · 13h 40m from Los Angeles · 3 nights

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Lucca, Italy

Walled, flat, unhurried Tuscany

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

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Varenna, Lake Como, Italy

Steep, quiet, unhurriedly pretty

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

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Dubrovnik, Croatia

Grand, historic, romantically crowded

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

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Kotor, Montenegro

Stone lanes, sheer mountains, cats

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

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Piran, Slovenia

Venetian, compact, salt-washed

11°C in December · 12h 25m from Los Angeles · 2–3 nights

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Verona, Italy

Roman, well-dressed, pleasantly unhurried

9°C in December · 12h 15m from Los Angeles · 2 nights

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Venice, Italy

Watery, theatrical, quietly melancholy

9°C in December · 12h 20m from Los Angeles · 3 nights

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The Loire Valley, France

Level, green, quietly grand

10°C in December · 11h 25m from Los Angeles · 4–5 nights

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Ravello, Amalfi Coast, Italy

Gardens, terraces, quiet and elevated

11°C in December · 12h 55m from Los Angeles · 3 nights

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Florence, Italy

Compact, golden, relentlessly beautiful

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

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London, England

Vast, layered, endlessly walkable

9°C in December · 11h from Los Angeles · 4–5 nights

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Paris, France

Elegant, walkable, quietly demanding

9°C in December · 11h 25m from Los Angeles · 3–4 nights

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St Ives, Cornwall, England

Bright, artistic, salt-scrubbed

11°C in December · 10h 50m from Los Angeles · 3–4 nights

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Seoul, South Korea

Late, layered, relentlessly awake

3°C in December · 12h 05m from Los Angeles · 4–5 nights

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Bath, England

Georgian, steamy, softly romantic

9°C in December · 10h 55m from Los Angeles · 1–2 nights

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Dublin, Ireland

Literary, sociable, unpretentious

9°C in December · 10h 30m from Los Angeles · a long weekend

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Puy du Fou, France

Theatrical, ambitious, ride-free

9°C in December · 11h 20m from Los Angeles · 2 nights

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Thermae Bath Spa, England

Georgian, steamy, softly indulgent

9°C in December · 10h 55m from Los Angeles · a long weekend

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Normandy, France

Green, buttery, quietly historic

8°C in December · 11h 15m from Los Angeles · a week

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New York City, USA

Fast, vertical, endlessly awake

7°C in December · 5h 20m from Los Angeles · 4–5 nights

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Budapest, Hungary

Grand, faded, steam-warmed

5°C in December · 12h 30m from Los Angeles · 3 nights

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Porthcurno, Cornwall, England

Bright, granite-framed, bracingly Atlantic

11°C in December · 10h 50m from Los Angeles · a day trip from penzance

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Széchenyi and Gellért baths, Budapest, Hungary

Steamy, ornate, gloriously old-fashioned

5°C in December · 12h 30m from Los Angeles · half a day at each, within a 2–3 night city break

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Chicago, Illinois

Big-shouldered, musical, architecturally serious

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

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