Where to go in April

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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Berlin, Germany

Spacious, unpolished, historically loaded

13°C in April · 11h 45m from Los Angeles · 4 nights

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Leipzig, Germany

Flat, cheap, culturally overqualified

13°C in April · 11h 45m from Los Angeles · a long weekend

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London, England

Vast, layered, endlessly walkable

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

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St Ives, Cornwall, England

Bright, artistic, salt-scrubbed

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

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Thermae Bath Spa, England

Georgian, steamy, softly indulgent

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

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Warsaw, Poland

Rebuilt, restless, late and cheap

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

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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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Fistral Beach, Newquay, England

Salt-stung, sandy, cheerfully scruffy

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

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Copenhagen, Denmark

Low-rise, cycled, candlelit, considered

11°C in April · 11h 20m from Los Angeles · 3–4 nights

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Amsterdam, Netherlands

Flat, brick, bicycle powered

12°C in April · 11h 15m from Los Angeles · 3-4 nights

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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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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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Interlaken, Switzerland

Two lakes, three peaks, constant motion

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

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Kraków, Poland

Medieval, candlelit, cheerfully nocturnal

13°C in April · 12h 15m from Los Angeles · 3-4 nights

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Munich, Germany

Orderly, green, beer-scented

13°C in April · 12h from Los Angeles · 3–4 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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Sibiu, Romania

Cobbled, watchful, warmly Baroque

13°C in April · 12h 55m from Los Angeles · 2–3 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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Dublin, Ireland

Literary, sociable, unpretentious

12°C in April · 10h 30m from Los Angeles · a long weekend

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Karlovy Vary, Czechia

Faded imperial, restorative, formal

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

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Riga, Latvia

Art nouveau, cheap, quietly cool

11°C in April · 11h 40m from Los Angeles · 2–3 nights

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Chicago, Illinois

Big-shouldered, musical, architecturally serious

12°C in April · 3h 55m from Los Angeles · 3–4 nights

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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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Edinburgh, Scotland

Dramatic, literary, atmospherically Gothic

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

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Vilnius, Lithuania

Baroque, bohemian, cheerfully cheap

11°C in April · 12h from Los Angeles · 2–3 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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Innsbruck, Austria

Alpine, gilded, improbably convenient

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

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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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Stockholm, Sweden

Watery, orderly, quietly stylish

8°C in April · 11h 10m from Los Angeles · 3–4 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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Quebec City, Canada

Snow-lit, French, storybook stone

10°C in April · 5h 30m from Los Angeles · 3–4 nights

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