The Top 24 Best Holiday Destinations in December

LISBON, PORTUGAL

One of the warmest western European countries (and one of the driest too), Lisbon is worth consideration if you’d like to be a little warmer than you would be back home. Smell the salty sea and explore this charming old city with its tiled houses, elevated streets and breathtakingly beautiful old monasteries before sitting down to dinner in one of its authentic restaurants where you’re guaranteed to be spoiled for choice of mouthwatering dishes. But, it’s Lisbon’s wooden trams, iron funiculars and artistic districts that give it such character and make it such a memorable city break destination.