A winter break is great but for all you sun lovers you need to be careful where you are going ! I often see deals on the TV promoting hotels and apartments in their winter sun brochure and highlighting the great swimming pool you can use all year round.
Well in theory you may use the swimming pool but chances are if you head out to mainland Spain in late November, December and January you are unlikely to have the weather that makes swimming appropriate unless you have a very good heated swimming swimming pool ( typically 4 or 5 star hotels only ).
In places such as mainland Spain, Portugal and many parts of Europe the water will probably be very chilly for the duration of the night and this has a knock on impact for the subsequent day as even a "hot winters day" may well well not be adequate to raise the swimming pool temperature.
Your finest bet for winter sun may be the Canary islands but even then if your hotel does not possess a heated swimming pool it still might be too chilly for a swim ! Or you may fly long haul and enjoy a much more exotic destination.
Now despite this I have seen some folks swimming in freezing water during November in Benidorm but you need to be brave ! This is why christmas holidays to places such as Majorca, Benidorm and Costa Del Sol are normally much cheaper than hotter destinations such as Tenerife and Lanzarote.
Of course we can't control the weather but there are many winter destinations that are a safe bet if you are looking for guaranteed sun and an improvement on the weather you are used to getting back home !
Be careful when booking a winter sun holiday and if you can possibly afford it , book that heated swimming swimming pool so you can have in a nice swim in the warm pool and relax on your vacation !
Well in theory you may use the swimming pool but chances are if you head out to mainland Spain in late November, December and January you are unlikely to have the weather that makes swimming appropriate unless you have a very good heated swimming swimming pool ( typically 4 or 5 star hotels only ).
In places such as mainland Spain, Portugal and many parts of Europe the water will probably be very chilly for the duration of the night and this has a knock on impact for the subsequent day as even a "hot winters day" may well well not be adequate to raise the swimming pool temperature.
Your finest bet for winter sun may be the Canary islands but even then if your hotel does not possess a heated swimming pool it still might be too chilly for a swim ! Or you may fly long haul and enjoy a much more exotic destination.
Now despite this I have seen some folks swimming in freezing water during November in Benidorm but you need to be brave ! This is why christmas holidays to places such as Majorca, Benidorm and Costa Del Sol are normally much cheaper than hotter destinations such as Tenerife and Lanzarote.
Of course we can't control the weather but there are many winter destinations that are a safe bet if you are looking for guaranteed sun and an improvement on the weather you are used to getting back home !
Be careful when booking a winter sun holiday and if you can possibly afford it , book that heated swimming swimming pool so you can have in a nice swim in the warm pool and relax on your vacation !
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