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5 Reasons to spend Christmas in Algarve

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The sunny shore of the Portuguese side of the Atlantic Ocean is an unexpected, but utterly lovely place to spend the winter season, especially if you are looking for a blessed warm corner where you can escape the cold and gloom of chilly, snowy winter days.

Here are therefore 5 Reasons to spend Christmas in Algarve.




Algarve winter holiday

algarve winter holiday

Going on an Algarve winter holiday might just be one of the best ideas that you’ve had since the moment that you started considering leaving your cold home for warmer shores. The Algarve is known for the great weather, and one might think that during the winter months it’s just decent weather here, but you’ll be pleased to know that average temperatures in October and November are somewhere between 19 to 22 Centigrade, and there are anywhere from six to eight hours of sunshine during the day, it’s absolutely great. Compare those temperatures to those just a bit north of the Iberian Peninsula and you get much lower numbers.




Algarve winter vacations

Algarve winter vacations

Algarve winter vacations are definitely a thing, because even during the coldest and harshest of ice storms in the temperate areas of Europe, the Algarve is still at least balmy, maybe not worthy of shorts, but definitely a warm destination.

The Algarve has long been a winter destination for many British holiday makers, but as global awareness of the region has increased, the region has started to see visitor from other parts of Europe visiting its beaches and waters during the winter season, because it is a relatively close-by destination.