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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Tropical Islands Resort, Germany

Surreal, warm, unashamedly artificial

13°C in April · 11h 45m from Los Angeles · one or two nights

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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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Bath, England

Georgian, steamy, softly romantic

13°C in April · 10h 55m from Los Angeles · 1–2 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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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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Bruges, Belgium

Small, brick, gently theatrical

13°C in April · 11h 20m from Los Angeles · 2 nights

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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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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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Phantasialand, Germany

Detailed, intense, surprisingly beautiful

13°C in April · 11h 30m from Los Angeles · a day trip from cologne

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Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Germany

Storybook, walled, quiet after six

13°C in April · 11h 50m from Los Angeles · 2 nights

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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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Oblivion and The Smiler rollercoasters among trees at Alton Towers

Alton Towers, England

Gothic grounds, serious coasters

12°C in April · 10h 50m from Los Angeles · two days

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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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Legoland Billund, Denmark

Cheerful, orderly, built for children

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

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