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Hi all,
Looking for the PH collectives views on where would be good for some New Year sun. Wife's a teacher and I'm self employed, so difficult to get away and my quiet time is over the festive period. Looking at going around 27 December for a week - main thing is to be sunny! Wife doesn't fancy Egypt (given current situation there) and looking to keep it under £1.5-2k if possible.
Current thoughts are Canary Islands, but which one and what reorts??
I look forward to your thoughts
Ta
Looking for the PH collectives views on where would be good for some New Year sun. Wife's a teacher and I'm self employed, so difficult to get away and my quiet time is over the festive period. Looking at going around 27 December for a week - main thing is to be sunny! Wife doesn't fancy Egypt (given current situation there) and looking to keep it under £1.5-2k if possible.
Current thoughts are Canary Islands, but which one and what reorts??
I look forward to your thoughts
Ta
Canaries don't always mean sunshine. The best micro climate in the winter months is southern Lanzarote and northern Furteventura when the trade wind is blowing. These two areas are sheltered by the Papagayo mountains just north of Playa Blanca on Lanzarote.
If the trade wind is interupted by a decaying Atlantic storm or strong winds from Africa then chances are you'll have wet windy weather or incredible humidity everywhere. But it should still be reasonably warm with mid day temps in the 20s and will usually settle back down to sunshine and clear sky within a couple of days. The sea will be f
king freezing and can be very dangerous.
Choose Lanzarote for scenery - especially the Timanfaya volcanic park and the north of the island as well as a good selection of reasonably priced 4 star hotels in Playa Blanca. Avoid Puerto del Carmen or Coasta Teguise - both are chav infested stholes. Beaches are OK - best ones are Papagayo but nowhere near as nice as Furteventura. Playa Blanca is very family friendly with several small man made beaches and a long promenade all along the sea front. There's quite a lot to do including the Ceasar Manrique foundation if you're into arty stuff
Choose Furteventura for really epic beaches and a much better selection of restaurants. Coralejo is the only resort in the north and it's more biased to self catering villas and apartments. One good option is to hire a villa in Villaverde or Lajares, two small villages just outside Corralejo. Calletta AKA Calletta de Fuste is a dump and plauged by aircraft noise. Beaches are absolutely stunning - visit the sand dunes outside Corralejo, El Cotillo and Jandia in the south. Corralejo has a real buzz going on in the evenings with dozens of good restaurants and two really excellent live music venues
Car hire is cheap and there's great hooning roads inland on both islands. You can get a 30 min car ferry between the two islands for about E80. Not really much else to do unless you want a activity like surfing or diving - but both islands will keep you exploring and entertained for a week or so.
Over the years we've spent several winter months on both islands. Truth be told neither are exactly up market destinations and both are a bit rough and ready round the edges but for cheap winter sunshine when the rest of Europe is covered in snow and frost either island is ideal. We prefer Furteventura out of the two - it's much more deserted and laid back than Lanzarote.
Another 2 weeks in Fureta coming up at the end of the month - can't wait
If the trade wind is interupted by a decaying Atlantic storm or strong winds from Africa then chances are you'll have wet windy weather or incredible humidity everywhere. But it should still be reasonably warm with mid day temps in the 20s and will usually settle back down to sunshine and clear sky within a couple of days. The sea will be f
king freezing and can be very dangerous.Choose Lanzarote for scenery - especially the Timanfaya volcanic park and the north of the island as well as a good selection of reasonably priced 4 star hotels in Playa Blanca. Avoid Puerto del Carmen or Coasta Teguise - both are chav infested s
tholes. Beaches are OK - best ones are Papagayo but nowhere near as nice as Furteventura. Playa Blanca is very family friendly with several small man made beaches and a long promenade all along the sea front. There's quite a lot to do including the Ceasar Manrique foundation if you're into arty stuffChoose Furteventura for really epic beaches and a much better selection of restaurants. Coralejo is the only resort in the north and it's more biased to self catering villas and apartments. One good option is to hire a villa in Villaverde or Lajares, two small villages just outside Corralejo. Calletta AKA Calletta de Fuste is a dump and plauged by aircraft noise. Beaches are absolutely stunning - visit the sand dunes outside Corralejo, El Cotillo and Jandia in the south. Corralejo has a real buzz going on in the evenings with dozens of good restaurants and two really excellent live music venues
Car hire is cheap and there's great hooning roads inland on both islands. You can get a 30 min car ferry between the two islands for about E80. Not really much else to do unless you want a activity like surfing or diving - but both islands will keep you exploring and entertained for a week or so.
Over the years we've spent several winter months on both islands. Truth be told neither are exactly up market destinations and both are a bit rough and ready round the edges but for cheap winter sunshine when the rest of Europe is covered in snow and frost either island is ideal. We prefer Furteventura out of the two - it's much more deserted and laid back than Lanzarote.
Another 2 weeks in Fureta coming up at the end of the month - can't wait
Kerala in Southern India possibly. Flights will be the highest cost but you can get cheap accommodation and daily spending cost is extremely low.
Canaries can be variable - it was 33 degrees on Gran Canaria last late January though. I've had mixed results for Lanzarote and Fuerteventura but, overall, the chances of good weather are quite high though it can be windy in parts and the sea is always cold.
What about Cyprus? Not sure what the weather is like at that time of year but the sea is warmer.
Canaries can be variable - it was 33 degrees on Gran Canaria last late January though. I've had mixed results for Lanzarote and Fuerteventura but, overall, the chances of good weather are quite high though it can be windy in parts and the sea is always cold.
What about Cyprus? Not sure what the weather is like at that time of year but the sea is warmer.
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