Advice on winter warmth, please

z1a

TheShape wrote: »

Surely you mean high teens at least for January/February in the Canaries?

Sort of, meant to say low twenties.

richardw

Morocco coast or Canaries.

martinthebandit

Cyprus might fit the bill

z1a

martinthebandit wrote: »

Cyprus might fit the bill

Snow isn't unusual in the winter.

Doshwaster

martinthebandit wrote: »

Cyprus might fit the bill

I once went to Cyprus in January search of some winter sun and I've never been so cold in my life. The apartment didn't have any heating so I had to go to bed with my coat on.

silvercar

Cyprus risks not being warm enough.

Canaries or Eilat would be my choice.

Doshwaster

richardw wrote: »

Morocco coast or Canaries.

Or do both for a contrast in geography, cuisine and culture.

PompeyPete

Doshwaster wrote: »

I once went to Cyprus in January search of some winter sun and I've never been so cold in my life. The apartment didn't have any heating so I had to go to bed with my coat on.

Dosh, I lived just outside Paphos for 3 winters in our own townhouse. Thin walls, our lounge was on 'stilts' with the open parking area directly beneath. Felt frozen daily between the beginning of December to the end of February.....central heating is an absolute necessity.

Similarly, between mid-June and the end of August the place was like a sweat fuelled furnace.

Doshwaster

PompeyPete wrote: »

Dosh, I lived just outside Paphos for 3 winters in our own townhouse. Thin walls, our lounge was on 'stilts' with the open parking area directly beneath. Felt frozen daily between the beginning of December to the end of February.....central heating is an absolute necessity.

Similarly, between mid-June and the end of August the place was like a sweat fuelled furnace.

I always like to make the most of wherever my travels takes me but that week in Cyprus was one of my biggest travel mistakes. I spent the whole week reading in a coffee shop as it was the only place I could find which was warm.

Anyway, I'm off to Cambodia next week for for some autumnal warmth and cheap beers.

cubegame

bradders1983 wrote: »

Word of warning about Madeira - tricky for planes to land due to the terrain and the wind, quite often they get diverted, this is likely to happen more in winter.

Pretty unlikely in my experience of a fair few winter trips. Worst case scenario is you'll get diverted to land on the nearby island of Porto Santo and then shuttle across on a smaller plane.