Need Suggestion for location in Europe?
Europe trip in winter for 11-12 days to stay
Like village, country side, big city, culture, food
Like warm weather, Sun beach
Love to split the trip between two places, nearby if possible.
Will flight from USA
Andalusia?
Tenerife?
Warm weather, sun and beach? I'm not sure Europe is the right winter destination for you.
Is Tenerife just beach? I wanted to mix up a bit
Tenerife is much more than beach.
Actually, the beaches on Tenerife, while perfectly fine, pale in comparison to anything Florida or the Caribbean can offer.
Despite large numbers of visitors, Tenerife is an amazing all-around nature destination. Huge volcano in the middle, misty forests in the northeast (current status TBC after wildfires, though), rugged north coast, historic towns with 15-16h c. architecture (La Laguna, Garachico) that were later replicated in the New World ... It really exceeded my expectations when I spent a week there in October 2018.
However, art is not a focus, and the food is not as good as on the mainland in my opinion.
There are many other worthwhile islands in the archipelago (la Gomera is very easy from Tenerife), but I have no firsthand knowledge there.
I'm heading to T in December and trying to decide if I want to stay in one spot and make it a base to explore using public transport or move around. If I choose one spot, where would be a good base?
Tallinn?
Toulon?
could be Turkey
Perhaps Taormina
maybe not for the OP but for the piggyback question - could be Trafalgar Square in London
or even the Trafalgar for which Trafalgar Square was named, Cape Trafalgar in the southwest of Spain, west of Gibraltar. That might work for both the OP and the second questioner
Tällberg is always charming, even in the winter.
Antalya Turkey
Algrave Portugal.
Tacoma?
