Where to go in February

Hydra, Greece

Car-free, stone-built, artfully quiet

12°C in February · 13h 50m from Los Angeles · 2–3 nights

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Mount Toubkal, Morocco

Steep, dusty, quietly hospitable

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

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Provence, France

Sun-bleached, herby, slow-paced

11°C in February · 12h 05m from Los Angeles · a week

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Crete, Greece

Sprawling, rustic, quietly proud

13°C in February · 14h 05m from Los Angeles · 1-2 weeks

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Lugano, Switzerland

Italian warmth, Swiss precision

11°C in February · 12h 10m from Los Angeles · 2–3 nights

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Cinque Terre, Liguria, Italy

Coloured houses, terraced cliffs, salt air

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

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Lake Bled, Slovenia

Postcard-pretty, compact, easy

8°C in February · 12h 25m from Los Angeles · 2–3 nights

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Lake Bohinj, Slovenia

Quiet, green, properly alpine

8°C in February · 12h 25m from Los Angeles · 2–3 nights

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Annecy, France

Turquoise water, arcades, mountain air

10°C in February · 11h 55m from Los Angeles · 2-3 nights

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Brittany, France

Breezy, green, bucket-and-spade

10°C in February · 11h 15m from Los Angeles · a week or more

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Bansko, Bulgaria

Cobbled, cheap, mountain-hearty

7°C in February · 13h 15m from Los Angeles · a week in winter, 3–4 nights in summer

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St Brelade's Bay, Jersey

Gentle, sheltered, bucket-and-spade

10°C in February · 11h 05m from Los Angeles · 3–4 nights

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Isles of Scilly, England

Tidal, wind-scoured, softly subtropical

11°C in February · 10h 45m from Los Angeles · a week

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The Cotswolds, England

Honey-stoned, hedged, gently prosperous

9°C in February · 11h 05m from Los Angeles · a long weekend

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Triglav, Slovenia

Alpine, earnest, quietly demanding

7°C in February · 12h 25m from Los Angeles · 3–4 nights

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Barafundle Bay, Pembrokeshire, Wales

Wild, unspoilt, quietly perfect

10°C in February · 10h 50m from Los Angeles · a day out from a 3–4 night pembrokeshire base

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Seceda ridgeline, Dolomites, Italy

Airy, pastoral, absurdly photogenic

5°C in February · 12h 15m from Los Angeles · a day trip from val gardena

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Interlaken, Switzerland

Two lakes, three peaks, constant motion

9°C in February · 11h 55m from Los Angeles · 4 nights

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Kynance Cove, Cornwall, England

Serpentine rock, turquoise water, wind

10°C in February · 10h 50m from Los Angeles · a half-day from anywhere on the lizard

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A Tyrolean farmhouse, Austria

Cowbells, hay and early mornings

8°C in February · 12h 05m from Los Angeles · a week

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Lavaux, Switzerland

Terraced, sunlit, quietly civilised

8°C in February · 11h 55m from Los Angeles · a day, or two nights based in lausanne or vevey

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A working farm stay, Devon, England

Muddy boots, salt air, early starts

9°C in February · 10h 55m from Los Angeles · a week

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Porthcurno, Cornwall, England

Bright, granite-framed, bracingly Atlantic

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

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Cornwall, England

Salt-blown, sandy, seaside nostalgia

9°C in February · 10h 50m from Los Angeles · a week

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Sark, Channel Islands

Quiet, lantern-lit, gloriously old-fashioned

9°C in February · 11h 05m from Los Angeles · 2–3 nights

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Tenby, Pembrokeshire, Wales

Pastel, breezy, cheerfully traditional

9°C in February · 10h 50m from Los Angeles · 2–4 nights

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Ring of Kerry, Ireland

Wild, wet, green and cinematic

10°C in February · 10h 20m from Los Angeles · 3–4 nights

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Ordesa y Monte Perdido, Spain

Vertical, green, properly wild

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

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Chamonix, France

Vertical, serious, alpine, sociable

7°C in February · 11h 55m from Los Angeles · a week

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Zell am See, Austria

Lakeside, family-friendly, snow-sure

7°C in February · 12h 10m from Los Angeles · a week

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Semmering Railway, Austria

Nineteenth-century, engineered, quietly grand

5°C in February · 12h 20m from Los Angeles · a day trip from vienna

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County Kerry, Ireland

Green, wet, warm-hearted, wild-edged

9°C in February · 10h 20m from Los Angeles · a week

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Kilimanjaro, Tanzania

Slow, cold, single-minded

9°C in February · 19h 20m from Los Angeles · 7-9 days on the mountain

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Ramsau bei Berchtesgaden, Germany

Quiet, green, alpine and unhurried

7°C in February · 12h 10m from Los Angeles · 3–4 nights

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The Bernese Oberland, Switzerland

Vertical, orderly, meadow-scented

7°C in February · 11h 55m from Los Angeles · a week

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Utrecht and the Veluwe, the Netherlands

Flat, green, effortlessly civilised

8°C in February · 11h 15m from Los Angeles · 4–5 nights

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