Ayia Napa's grown-up rival: Paphos & Limassol, Cyprus
Warm, unhurried, quietly stylish
27°C in May, and dry · 14h 40m from Los Angeles · 5–7 nights
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99 places fit what you asked for in May, showing the first 36.
Curaçao, Dutch Caribbean
Dry, colourful, unhurried Dutch Caribbean
27°C in May · sea at 28° · 7h 10m from Los Angeles · 5-7 nights
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The Peloponnese, Greece
Slow, olive-scented, uncrowded
26°C in May · 13h 50m from Los Angeles · a week to ten days
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Fuerteventura, Canary Islands
Windswept, sandy, low-key volcanic
24°C in May, and dry · 11h 50m from Los Angeles · a week
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Waikiki, Oahu, Hawaii
Busy, warm, welcoming, unashamed
27°C in May · sea at 25° · 5h 30m from Los Angeles · 3–4 nights
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Ayia Napa, Cyprus
Loud, sun-drunk, unapologetically hedonistic
25°C in May, and dry · 14h 40m from Los Angeles · a week
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Elafonissi, Crete, Greece
Protected, pink-tinged, wild-edged
25°C in May, and dry · 14h 05m from Los Angeles · a day trip
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WaterWorld, Ayia Napa, Cyprus
Sunny, silly, thoroughly organised
25°C in May, and dry · 14h 40m from Los Angeles · a day from an ayia napa or protaras base
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Praia da Marinha, Algarve, Portugal
Honeyed cliffs, clear green water
26°C in May · 11h 40m from Los Angeles · a half day from carvoeiro
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Patara, Turkey
Empty, dune-backed, unhurried
25°C in May · sea at 21° · 14h 15m from Los Angeles · 4–5 nights
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Ses Illetes, Formentera, Spain
Flat, salty, deliberately low-key
25°C in May · 12h 15m from Los Angeles · 3–4 nights, or a day trip from ibiza
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Hanauma Bay, Oahu, Hawaii
Sheltered, fish-filled, carefully managed
26°C in May · sea at 25° · 5h 30m from Los Angeles · a half-day trip from honolulu
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The Atacama Desert, Chile
Thin-aired, mineral, astonishingly clear
23°C in May, and dry · 10h 20m from Los Angeles · 4–5 nights
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Kaş, Turkey
Bougainvillaea, boats, easy evenings
25°C in May · sea at 21° · 14h 15m from Los Angeles · 4-5 nights
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Athens, Greece
Ancient, gritty, sociable, sun-bleached
26°C in May · 13h 50m from Los Angeles · 3–4 nights
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Arpoador, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Barefoot, communal, golden hour
27°C in May · 12h 40m from Los Angeles · an evening within a rio stay
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Cape Sounion, Greece
Marble, wind, open sea, ceremony
24°C in May · 13h 50m from Los Angeles · a half-day trip from athens
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Key West, Florida, USA
Sunburnt, boozy, cheerfully eccentric
27°C in May · 5h from Los Angeles · 2-3 nights
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Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Sea, granite, music, constant motion
27°C in May · sea at 25° · 12h 40m from Los Angeles · a week
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Xi'an, China
Ancient capital, appetite-driven, floodlit
27°C in May · 13h 40m from Los Angeles · 3 nights
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Cape Verde: Sal, Boa Vista and São Vicente
Windswept, musical, sun-bleached, unhurried
22°C in May, and dry · sea at 24° · 11h 50m from Los Angeles · 10–14 nights across two or three islands
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Khongoryn Els, Gobi Desert, Mongolia
Vast, dusty, humbling, off-grid
23°C in May, and dry · 12h 55m from Los Angeles · two nights at the dunes, within a week in the gobi
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Tenerife, Canary Islands
Volcanic, sunny, dependably easy
23°C in May, and dry · 11h 40m from Los Angeles · a week
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Alvor, the Algarve, Portugal
Low key, tidal, grilled fish simple
24°C in May · 11h 40m from Los Angeles · a week
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Ibiza, Spain
Loud, sun-drunk, expensively hedonistic
24°C in May · 12h 15m from Los Angeles · 4–5 nights
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Playa de los Muertos, Almería, Spain
Arid, empty, glass-clear
24°C in May · 12h 10m from Los Angeles · 2–3 nights in cabo de gata
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The Algarve, Portugal
Golden, easy, gently weathered
24°C in May · 11h 40m from Los Angeles · a week
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The Grenadines: Bequia, Mustique and the Tobago Cays
Salty, small-scale, blissfully slow
27°C in May · sea at 29° · 7h 55m from Los Angeles · 10–14 nights
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Madrid, Spain
Late-night, grand, unpretentious
25°C in May · 11h 45m from Los Angeles · 3-4 nights
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Pacific Coast Highway, California, USA
Cliff-edge, cinematic, unhurried
22°C in May, and dry · 0h 35m from Los Angeles · 4–5 nights
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Rhodes, Greece
Sunny, medieval, family-friendly
23°C in May · 14h 15m from Los Angeles · a week
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The Turquoise Coast, Turkey
Pine-fringed, blue, easy-going
25°C in May · 14h 15m from Los Angeles · a week to ten days
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Crete, Greece
Sprawling, rustic, quietly proud
23°C in May · 14h 05m from Los Angeles · 1-2 weeks
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Deià, Mallorca, Spain
Artistic, slow, quietly glamorous
24°C in May · 12h 20m from Los Angeles · 3-4 nights
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Sa Calobra, Mallorca, Spain
Vertiginous, engineered, rock and sea
24°C in May · 12h 20m from Los Angeles · a day trip from soller or palma
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Comporta, Portugal
Barefoot, pine-scented, quietly expensive
22°C in May · 11h 30m from Los Angeles · 5–7 nights
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