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10 places to visit in spring

A gardener does finishing touches in a field of tulips in the Keukenhof in Lisse, The Netherlands.

A gardener does finishing touches in a field of tulips in the Keukenhof in Lisse, The Netherlands.

  (Remko de Waal / EPA)

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March 20 is the first official day of spring. Here are 10 destinations where you can enjoy the warm outdoors this season.

Yosemite National Park

Tourists enjoy the view at Glacier Point in California’s Yosemite National Park.

  (Barbara Davidson / Los Angeles Times)

Washington, D.C.

Cherry blossoms, not quite in full bloom, on Saturday with the Washington Monument in the background.

  (Alex Brandon / AP)

Tokyo

Visitors take pictures with Brassica napus blossoms in full bloom at Hama-rikyu Gardens in Tokyo.

  (Kazuhiro Nogi / AFP/Getty Images)

Florence, Italy

The old city of Florence, Italy, flanking the River Arno as viewed from the Piazzale Michelangelo.

  (Michelle Locke / AP)

Southeastern France

Trees blossom in an orchard of nectarine, peach and apricot trees in the Drome valley near Valence, in southeastern France.

  (Jean-Philippe Ksiazek / AFP/Getty Images)

Death Valley National Park

A man runs through a field of wildflowers near Jubilee Pass in Death Valley National Park, in California.

  (David McNew / Getty Images)

London

Daffodils bloom in St James’s Park in London.

  (Dan Kitwood / Getty Images)

California

An arroyo lupine blooms among California poppies after prolonged record drought gave way to heavy winter rains, causing one of the biggest wildflower blooms in years on at Diamond Valley Lake, near Hemet, Calif.

  (David McNew / Getty Images)

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