Where to go in March

Seoul, South Korea

Late, layered, relentlessly awake

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

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Hydra, Greece

Car-free, stone-built, artfully quiet

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

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Venice, Italy

Watery, theatrical, quietly melancholy

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

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Budapest, Hungary

Grand, faded, steam-warmed

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

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Széchenyi and Gellért baths, Budapest, Hungary

Steamy, ornate, gloriously old-fashioned

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

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Vienna, Austria

Formal, comfortable, deeply civilised

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

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Piran, Slovenia

Venetian, compact, salt-washed

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

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Varenna, Lake Como, Italy

Steep, quiet, unhurriedly pretty

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

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Prague, Czechia

Gothic, golden, cheerfully beery

11°C in March · 12h from Los Angeles · 3–4 nights

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The Loire Valley, France

Level, green, quietly grand

13°C in March · 11h 25m from Los Angeles · 4–5 nights

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Strasbourg, France

Half-timbered, festive, Franco-German

12°C in March · 11h 45m from Los Angeles · 2–3 nights

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Ljubljana, Slovenia

Green, walkable, quietly cultured

11°C in March · 12h 25m from Los Angeles · 2 nights

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Munich, Germany

Orderly, green, beer-scented

11°C in March · 12h from Los Angeles · 3–4 nights

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Puy du Fou, France

Theatrical, ambitious, ride-free

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

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Paris, France

Elegant, walkable, quietly demanding

13°C in March · 11h 25m from Los Angeles · 3–4 nights

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Ravello, Amalfi Coast, Italy

Gardens, terraces, quiet and elevated

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

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Berlin, Germany

Spacious, unpolished, historically loaded

10°C in March · 11h 45m from Los Angeles · 4 nights

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Ghent, Belgium

Medieval, studenty, late-running

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

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New York City, USA

Fast, vertical, endlessly awake

11°C in March · 5h 20m from Los Angeles · 4–5 nights

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Normandy, France

Green, buttery, quietly historic

12°C in March · 11h 15m from Los Angeles · a week

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Leipzig, Germany

Flat, cheap, culturally overqualified

10°C in March · 11h 45m from Los Angeles · a long weekend

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Kraków, Poland

Medieval, candlelit, cheerfully nocturnal

10°C in March · 12h 15m from Los Angeles · 3-4 nights

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Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Germany

Storybook, walled, quiet after six

10°C in March · 11h 50m from Los Angeles · 2 nights

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Warsaw, Poland

Rebuilt, restless, late and cheap

8°C in March · 12h 05m from Los Angeles · 2–3 nights

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Bruges, Belgium

Small, brick, gently theatrical

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

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London, England

Vast, layered, endlessly walkable

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

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Amsterdam, Netherlands

Flat, brick, bicycle powered

10°C in March · 11h 15m from Los Angeles · 3-4 nights

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Bath, England

Georgian, steamy, softly romantic

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

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Salzburg, Austria

Baroque, musical, alpine and neat

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

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St Ives, Cornwall, England

Bright, artistic, salt-scrubbed

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

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Thermae Bath Spa, England

Georgian, steamy, softly indulgent

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

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Karlovy Vary, Czechia

Faded imperial, restorative, formal

9°C in March · 12h from Los Angeles · 2-3 nights

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Innsbruck, Austria

Alpine, gilded, improbably convenient

10°C in March · 12h 05m from Los Angeles · 2–3 nights

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Semmering Railway, Austria

Nineteenth-century, engineered, quietly grand

8°C in March · 12h 20m from Los Angeles · a day trip from vienna

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Dublin, Ireland

Literary, sociable, unpretentious

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

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Porthcurno, Cornwall, England

Bright, granite-framed, bracingly Atlantic

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

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