Where to go in April

Table Mountain, Cape Town, South Africa

High, windswept, city-above-the-sea

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

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St Brelade's Bay, Jersey

Gentle, sheltered, bucket-and-spade

12°C in April · 11h 05m from Los Angeles · 3–4 nights

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Kynance Cove, Cornwall, England

Serpentine rock, turquoise water, wind

12°C in April · 10h 50m from Los Angeles · a half-day from anywhere on the lizard

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A working farm stay, Devon, England

Muddy boots, salt air, early starts

13°C in April · 10h 55m from Los Angeles · a week

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Barafundle Bay, Pembrokeshire, Wales

Wild, unspoilt, quietly perfect

12°C in April · 10h 50m from Los Angeles · a day out from a 3–4 night pembrokeshire base

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Tenby, Pembrokeshire, Wales

Pastel, breezy, cheerfully traditional

12°C in April · 10h 50m from Los Angeles · 2–4 nights

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The Cotswolds, England

Honey-stoned, hedged, gently prosperous

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

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Lavaux, Switzerland

Terraced, sunlit, quietly civilised

13°C in April · 11h 55m from Los Angeles · a day, or two nights based in lausanne or vevey

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Sark, Channel Islands

Quiet, lantern-lit, gloriously old-fashioned

10°C in April · 11h 05m from Los Angeles · 2–3 nights

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Isles of Scilly, England

Tidal, wind-scoured, softly subtropical

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

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Porthcurno, Cornwall, England

Bright, granite-framed, bracingly Atlantic

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

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Interlaken, Switzerland

Two lakes, three peaks, constant motion

13°C in April · 11h 55m from Los Angeles · 4 nights

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Ring of Kerry, Ireland

Wild, wet, green and cinematic

13°C in April · 10h 20m from Los Angeles · 3–4 nights

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Utrecht and the Veluwe, the Netherlands

Flat, green, effortlessly civilised

13°C in April · 11h 15m from Los Angeles · 4–5 nights

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Cornwall, England

Salt-blown, sandy, seaside nostalgia

12°C in April · 10h 50m from Los Angeles · a week

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County Kerry, Ireland

Green, wet, warm-hearted, wild-edged

12°C in April · 10h 20m from Los Angeles · a week

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Snowdon Mountain Railway, Wales

Steam-hauled, weather-dependent, quietly heroic

12°C in April · 10h 40m from Los Angeles · a day trip from eryri or anglesey

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Edinburgh, Scotland

Dramatic, literary, atmospherically Gothic

11°C in April · 10h 25m from Los Angeles · 3-4 nights

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Nida, Curonian Spit, Lithuania

Pine-scented, pale, deeply calm

9°C in April · 11h 40m from Los Angeles · 3–4 nights

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A farm cottage in Snowdonia, Wales

Wild, woolly, wood smoke and weather

12°C in April · 10h 40m from Los Angeles · a week

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North Coast 500, Scotland

Wild, windswept, gloriously empty

11°C in April · 10h 15m from Los Angeles · 5–7 nights

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Hallstatt and the Salzkammergut, Austria

Green lakes, cog railways, alpine order

13°C in April · 12h 10m from Los Angeles · 5–7 nights

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Ramsau bei Berchtesgaden, Germany

Quiet, green, alpine and unhurried

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

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Ben Nevis, Scotland

Big, serious, weather-beaten

11°C in April · 10h 25m from Los Angeles · 3–4 nights in fort william

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Semmering Railway, Austria

Nineteenth-century, engineered, quietly grand

11°C in April · 12h 20m from Los Angeles · a day trip from vienna

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The Bernese Oberland, Switzerland

Vertical, orderly, meadow-scented

12°C in April · 11h 55m from Los Angeles · a week

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Grindelwald, Switzerland

Alpine, vertical, farm-scented

10°C in April · 11h 55m from Los Angeles · 4–5 nights

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Chamonix, France

Vertical, serious, alpine, sociable

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

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Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany

Alpine, painted, briskly outdoorsy

11°C in April · 12h 05m from Los Angeles · 3–5 nights

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Wild Atlantic Way, Ireland

Windswept, sociable, endlessly detouring

11°C in April · 10h 20m from Los Angeles · a week or more

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Ben A'an, Trossachs, Scotland

Small hill, enormous view

9°C in April · 10h 25m from Los Angeles · a day trip from glasgow or stirling

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The Fairy Pools, Isle of Skye, Scotland

Icy, clear, quietly ferocious

9°C in April · 10h 15m from Los Angeles · a day trip from portree

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Zell am See, Austria

Lakeside, family-friendly, snow-sure

11°C in April · 12h 10m from Los Angeles · a week

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Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy

Rose-lit peaks, well-dressed, alpine grandeur

7°C in April · 12h 10m from Los Angeles · a week in winter, 3–4 nights in summer

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Wengen, Switzerland

Slow, alpine, quietly old-fashioned

8°C in April · 11h 55m from Los Angeles · 4–5 nights

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Seceda ridgeline, Dolomites, Italy

Airy, pastoral, absurdly photogenic

9°C in April · 12h 15m from Los Angeles · a day trip from val gardena

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