Advice for January / February travel

I’m a 29 yr old male, single business owner working in EST timezone (12pm to around 8pm GMT in my timezone currently) to service 🇺🇸 clients.

I live in the North of England 🌧 and need to get shot of these short days and get a change of scenery in January time. I’m struggling currently with the climate and how mundane the town I live in is! Struggling for creativity…

I’ve dabbled with solo travel before in Asia last year, Italy and the Netherlands but want to broaden my horizons and take a leap for 2024. Test myself and go somewhere new.

I’m a little burnt out after a long year so wouldn’t mind somewhere quiet but stimulating to try and get some energy back for 2024. I’m into hiking, surfing, beer, art and karaoke!

Any suggestions welcome 🙏

  • -verylost@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I was in Lagos (Portugal) for most of November and it was perfect. You could really hop all around the Algarve. Lagos was great because it’s such a small, walkable, chill town. Met quite a few DNs but a decent amount of locals too.

    You could go to smaller towns in the Algarve to meet more locals as well - Tavira and Loulè were local hotspots recommended to me, Olhao and Portimao are also options but maybe more boring places, Albufeira is a bigger city if you want that… so many options and some of the best beaches I’ve ever seen.