The Top 24 Best Holiday Destinations in December

URUGUAY
The South American beach break with a difference. Most of Uruguay's neverending white-sand beaches are practically empty even in high season. That high season lasts just a few weeks, in December, and if you like things lively (Ibiza, Mykonos, Trancoso style), that's when you want to come. You can still find a beach pretty much to yourself, around hippy little José Ignacio, La Barra and Punta del Este. But December is when the wooden-shack restaurants and beach bars and artsy little hotels open their shutters for the Buenos Aires party crowd who hop across the River Plate for Christmas and New Year fun.