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Recs for January travel (Europe)

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Hi. I apologize in advance for what could be a vague question. My husband and I have a week off in January (it's what our work schedule's allow). We want to travel and in general we love Europe (however we are open to other ideas!). We are active. We want to go somewhere where we can see the sights and enjoy things. We have been to London/Paris in February, when it was 40/50's. We are OK with chilly weather but maybe not like WINTER conditions. Does another have any recs? Or European destinations that are tolerable in January or maybe even ideal for that time of year? Maybe there aren't any, but I figured if there were, y'all would know.

Some of our thoughts:
-Spain (Seville, Barcelona, Grenada)
-Southern Italy
-Greece (not sure where)
-Portugal
???

Thanks for any help!

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Spain’s Canary Islands are warm in January with TENERIFE’s daytime highs being 69 degrees and ocean temperatures at 70 degrees. The island of TENERIFE is a $50 flight from Madrid taking 3 hours.
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We enjoyed Dresden and Prague in January. Sort of the same, but we enjoyed London, Edinburgh, the Grampians, Normandy, Paris and Amsterdam in February.

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gretchmed,
You have good options listed. Yes to Spain (I'd just do Sevilla, Cordoba, the white hill towns, maybe Grenada. Barcelona an outlier for only one week.)
Sicily...will take the whole week.
Portugal...easy to fill a week with Lisbon, Porto, Evora.........
Greece, I am unfamiliar with

Bonne chance!

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We enjoyed Malta in January. It’s not beach weather but we had some t-shirt weather, some long sleeved days. Evenings were cool. Get rooms with heat.

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We are going to Puglia this January. It looks pretty spectacular.

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You can fly to the Canaries cheaply from just about anywhere. I flew from Dublin in January for next to nothing.
At this point, I would see where the airlines want to take you (meaning what's the best flight you can get?).

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