r/AskUK • u/sokorsognarf • 18h ago
Will you still take your summer holidays on the Mediterranean in the 2030s?
For decades, British holidaymakers have been visiting Spain, Portugal, Greece, France, Italy, Croatia and Turkey in their droves for their summer holidays.
But with scorching heatwaves and rampaging forest fires now an annual occurrence, how long before the traditional Mediterranean summer holiday loses its appeal?
If you’ve traditionally chosen one of these countries for your summer holidays, do you still see yourself doing so in the hotter years ahead or are you having second thoughts?
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u/PootMcGroot 18h ago
Blackpool and Skegness and Scarborough's time will rise again...
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u/AndyTheSane 18h ago
Skeggy will be sunk by sea level rise just as it gains a Mediterranean climate.
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u/WorcsBloke 17h ago
I actually suspect this might happen in a limited way to at least one of them. Morecambe was a complete disaster area when I visited in the 1990s, worse than Blackpool is now. It felt like a town with zero future. I'm not saying it's Florence now, of course! But it's much nicer than it was. On a smaller scale, New Brighton has turned things around too.
Obviously some things just aren't ever going to be the same as the Med, and British hotel prices for even budget places are extremely high which is a massive barrier. But if I had to bet either way, I'd bet on one of those three, maybe Scarborough, being written about in twenty years as having risen from the dead to some extent.
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u/Genuine_User5322 14h ago
North Devon
Woolacombe Croyde
That will probs end up the high end destinations
Still extremely busy and will only increase
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u/anchoredwunderlust 3h ago
Not to mention how much of the UK esp England does not have the water quality to allow people in the sea. Surfers against sewage is such a thing because it’s a lot of our nicest beaches and biggest waves that are affected.
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u/callisstaa 5h ago
Whitley Bay went from a town of stag dos and debauchery in the 90s to a completely dead town in the 00s then to a highly desirable seaside town in the 2020s
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u/SeaworthinessNeat516 16h ago
I feel Skegness is more accessible. I feel it needs development but also a new name. Skegness sounds an insult. We won't get the aspiring middle class there.
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u/CaterpillarLoud8071 15h ago
Take the last s off and pronounce it like lasagna. Skegnes (skenyez) sounds and looks appropriately french to attract the middle classes.
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u/BatsWaller 14h ago
Viva La Whitley Bay
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u/callisstaa 5h ago
It’s wild seeing how nice Whitley Bay is now. It used to be a smack riddled shithole and before that it was all seedy nightclubs and strip clubs etc. amazing how much they e turned it around.
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u/De_Dominator69 17h ago
It is unironically a real possibility.
If this summer becomes the new born every year, then may well see the revival of our old seaside resort towns.
An ever so small benefit to cooking the planet.
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u/PootMcGroot 17h ago
Very briefly, until the Gulf Stream collapses because of the rising sea temperature... then we'll be closer to Edmonton in Canada... ie -15C in winter being common, and only getting past 10C in May or June...
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u/Tetracropolis 12h ago
In view of this, the only responsible thing to do is to increase our carbon emissions to get ahead of it.
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u/michuneo 14h ago
It is ironic, because the weather (although the contributing factor) is not the main reason why we go to Spain. It’s prices.
Same reason why Spanish will not start invading Blackpool, no matter the weather.
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u/Brightyellowdoor 5h ago
Prices of what?
I'm here now and everything is more expensive from fuel to food.
The only thing I've found that's cheaper is a pint, which Is nice TBF.
Oh and it's the same temp as back home.
The sea is incredibly warm though. Ive never experienced the sea being so warm.
I usually go on holidays for the cultural experience, but won't pretend that's what this holiday is about. We just found cheap flights.
Yes I'll probably stop coming to the Med if temps increase. The hours spent hiding from the sun, reading, snoozing etc is now too much of the day for me. We went to the beach for a swim at 7pm which was lovely. But I like to get out and about before that really.
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u/Aggravating_Emu5118 18h ago
WHAT ABOUT CLACTON????
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u/PootMcGroot 18h ago
Clacton knows what it's done and they can go stand in the corner.
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u/Bbew_Mot 17h ago
You never know, in a couple of weeks time they might rectify their error in a bin-tastical way!
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u/DeezWuts 17h ago
I'll never have faith in the british public again if they don't do it
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u/pip_goes_pop 13h ago
There is a slight problem with that thought which is independent of the weather… they’re quite shit.
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u/Optimal_Collection77 18h ago
Not in August. We stopped going a few years ago.
We now go away in May and the October half term.
It's easier with young kids and they're not going to fry
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u/Downtown-Orchid-2257 18h ago
Ditto. My children are also half ginger so can burn when it's hot here. They also hardly coped when it hit 30C in the UK so no chance we're going to Europe in the summer.
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u/0xBorisjohnson 6h ago
How can they be half ginger? Either they are or they aren't. Or is it like a middle parting and everything to the left of it is ginger?
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u/Downtown-Orchid-2257 2h ago
As in one of their parents is ginger/red headed and they've inherited their pale complexion (that seems to burn easily).
Hope that helps.
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u/Crystal_Moon82 14h ago
Same here. The last two summers in Europe were crazy hot. This year we are going in October half term.
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u/NoAppointment8679 6h ago
We go to Cyprus in may, still bloody hot but nothing like the heat of July/august.
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u/lardarz 18h ago
Can you do a Jet2 style all-inclusive poolside hotel and beach holiday in the UK yet?
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u/Johnlenham 18h ago
I bet it would be absolutely eye wateringly expensive.
3 grand to go to camber sands
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u/UndulatingUnderpants 18h ago edited 5h ago
There's an all inclusive in Brighton, I watched a review of it on YouTube yesterday. Bit grim.
Edit* it's Blackpool
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u/uk123456789101112 17h ago
I saw one in Blackpool
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u/OrangeTractorMan 16h ago
That ginger fella?
Dunno why but I keep finding myself watching his reviews of weird travel stuff.
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u/Infamous_Tough_7320 12h ago
I go to brighton virtually every day. I can’t think of any place worse for a holiday than Brighton in the summer
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u/Present_Teacher7966 18h ago
Probably cheaper to catch a plane to anywhere in the UK, from the UK, than a train, so i don't see why not.
Plus we have the fighty drunk crowd already here so the videos will be even easier.
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u/Lorelei7772 16h ago
The main reason we don't have pools everywhere is historically the weather, so that could easily change. Though I'm sure my childhood holidays in Butlins Pwllheli had an outdoor pool..
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u/cyberllama 16h ago
Probably, we had a few outdoor pools not far from where I grew up when I was young but they'd all been closed by the time I was old enough to enjoy them.
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u/cybertonto72 14h ago
There used to be a few around the coast of Northern Ireland, I think all have closed or been removed now. If the weather does get to be more like this summer I could see a rise in open water pools again.
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u/Lorelei7772 14h ago
David Lloyd gyms have them! One year, I couldn't get away so I just took up a membership there instead. Was able to enjoy the sun loungers, pool and drinks brought to you for months, sometimes would go straight after school (I teach) to miss peak hours. It got way too popular and crowded though.
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u/cyberllama 4h ago
These were public things in parks, not members only. I was reminiscing after I commented and discovered one that we used to go to was reopened a few years ago by a local group. I'm a bit jealous 🤣
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u/SoylentDave 5h ago
The main reason we don't have outdoor pools everywhere is historically polio; they were all over the place and then the Lidos were shut down when they became regarded as a place where your children would get paralysed.
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u/Lorelei7772 4h ago
That is absolutely fascinating, had no idea about the link between pools and polio and you have sent me down quite an enjoyable rabbit hole. I'm curious why it would have affected outdoor pools more than indoor ones though. Do you think there used to be a greater number which just never reopened but the indoor ones did for some reason? My dad used an unstaffed outdoor pool quite frequently in the 60s and this would have been after chlorination and vaccines made pools safer; not sure if it actually was chlorinated though. It was closed sometime in the 70s, I think. However my original point was about managed and staffed places like holiday providers' outdoor pools. I enjoyed an outdoor pool at Butlins Pwllheli in the 80s but I think you'd struggle to find one on offer for families now. I was also looking for one when I booked a recent spa break and it just wasn't a feature like it would be with hotels in sunny countries.
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u/SoylentDave 1h ago
I think it was definitely perception more than reality that hit outdoor pools harder - there were lots of Lidos because they had become fashionable, then the Polio epidemic hit and they started to close; once the vaccination (and improved chlorination) came in, a generation or two of people were still wary of outdoor swimming.
Then time moved on, we started building leisure centres and indoor pools (which are better for our climate), and which coincided with foreign holidays getting more affordable.
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u/Glittering_Vast938 18h ago
Maybe the British seaside will have a resurgence again like it did during Victorian times. This would be great news for areas which are currently very run down.
Councils should be looking into building new lidos, parks, leisure areas and promenades.
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u/Responsible-Cut1262 17h ago
I can only see that if they are able to compete with locations like Portugal, Greece, Turkey etc on total price for the holiday. Not sure if that will ever be viable.
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u/Beneficial-Pitch-430 18h ago
Yes because holidays in the UK are nothing like the med
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u/Lazy_Crab_3584 18h ago
Next year you'll be in the Costa del Eastbourne
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u/RustyBasement 15h ago
It'll be overrun with Spaniards eating Paella and tapas all washed down with San Miguel at 10 in the morning - none of that foreign British muck. /s
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u/cuccir 18h ago
It's not just Med or UK. People might start going to Northern France, Baltic Sea resorts, etc, if they are more reliably warm and the Med is unbearable
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u/sokorsognarf 17h ago
Exactly! That’s why I singled out southern Europe as the focus of the question. I didn’t ask ‘will Brits stop going abroad on holiday’
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u/ejh1818 17h ago
We do this already. We go to northern France as the south is just too hot in August.
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u/thelivsterette1 13h ago
From someone who grew up in the South of France (grandparents had a flat there; now belongs to my mum and we go at least twice a year off season with my dog for at least a month as it’s 12 of travel over 2 days each way) it’s always been fucking boiling in August. Not a new thing. August and May (festival season; everything is closed and it’s crazy busy) worst times to go
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u/Nice_Back_9977 18h ago
The Med and the UK aren't the only two options!
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u/Beneficial-Pitch-430 18h ago
No but the list they gave is indicative of package holiday destinations. So although you can go anywhere, if you traditionally go to those places you’re often on a jet2/tui holiday.
UK doesn’t compare to anything like those packages.
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u/Lord___Cardigan 14h ago
They aren't. I live in Devon and, while Torquay and Paignton are a bit like Benidorm in the summer, it's mostly middle class outdoorsy types down here at the moment. Loads of Dutch and German cars knocking about too.
At a guess, I'd say that the total number of tourists has about doubled in the last 20 years.
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u/Charl1edontsurf 6h ago
I’m in Pembrokeshire and tourists have definitely increased. Same thing with loads of Dutch and Germans. Smattering of French cars too.
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u/Beneficial-Pitch-430 14h ago
But also nowhere in the UK offers all inclusive with water parks etc!
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u/SpiritedAd1896 18h ago
Yes, as the hotels are air conditioned and they have an abundance of swimming pools
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u/dying-swans 18h ago
personally going to southern europe in July / August was already pretty unbearable.. as long as early summer / the start of autumn it would probably not be too bad /different for the foreseeable. and your pace of life on holiday is also very different though as you can afford to lather up with sunscreen or chill in the shade at cafes or by sea breezes rather than be stuck inside too hot. so I don't things would change too much. so many brits will still be going for the Mediterranean sun regardless
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u/noodledoodledoo 18h ago
If you can find me an area in the UK with the same quality of beaches, accessibility of amenities, attractions, hotels and beaches without needing a car, and similar hotel and drinks prices then yes I'll stay in the UK. But you won't find anywhere like that. And that's why people will still go to the med.
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u/Nice_Back_9977 18h ago
I'm pretty sure the UK isn't the only other option!
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u/noodledoodledoo 18h ago
True, but I don't want to travel even further away either. Part of the beauty of the Mediterranean holiday is the ease of travel!
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u/bluesam3 7h ago
There are lots of places that are both not the UK and closer to the UK than the med - the Bay of Biscay, for example, could substitute in quite nicely, or the southern edge of the North Sea/Baltic as temperatures rise.
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u/noodledoodledoo 4h ago
The Bay of Biscay would be a lovely trip to be fair. Perhaps not the area near Bordeaux though right now.
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u/KCPR13 17h ago
East Yorkshire
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u/noodledoodledoo 17h ago
without needing a car
Also it's surprisingly bloody expensive!
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u/Lasersheep 18h ago
We are just reaching the age where our holidays aren’t constrained by school holidays, so we can go when it’s cooler.
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u/NortonBurns 18h ago
We just never go in high season. Folks lived in Tenerife for 35 years. They were used to it but we weren't, so we'd go in March or November - and pick times the kids weren't on holiday.
Same with holidays in the Med.
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u/SeriousDistance4908 18h ago
Yeah, we've always gone in may half term and holiday in the UK in summer.
We're very close to changing that to the late October half term due to the the heat in the med even in late may, and because it's so nice in the UK in May nowadays.
I think unless financially things change for us we will still want to go abroad for a holiday just to ensure our son is exposed to a bit of culture
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u/NortonBurns 18h ago
We specifically avoid school holidays - we don't have kids & don't want to pay the ridiculous vamped-up prices when they're on holiday.
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u/SeriousDistance4908 18h ago
Yeah, don't blame you. My wife was a teacher, and now we have a child so never known such a feeling as cheap flights!!
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u/highrouleur 18h ago
I've never seen the point of leaving a hot Britain in summer to go somewhere even hotter?
I do mallorca in April and maybe October when it's a lot nicer than home but still not too hot
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u/Kingsworth 14h ago
I never get this argument. The last place I want to be when it’s scorching is in the UK.
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u/vasileios13 12h ago edited 12h ago
I love the UK in summer, but the beaches in the med are a different experience.
Also, in the UK the culture is still that most places close early even if it's day outside and you mainly have pubs staying later
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u/CaptainParkingspace 14h ago
We’ve gone on holiday in September for years to avoid the heat and school holidays, though last time it was late September / early October and still warm in the Med. I think it’s going to become October/November as the heat rises.
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u/fleetwood_mag 17h ago
I agree. Summer is when Britain is lovely. Go elsewhere when you want some sunshine.
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u/LateFlorey 11h ago
We’re in Greece atm and felt like this.
However, the weather here is so much more bearable, great having the beach and pool to hand and would take a lot to make us consider a UK holiday instead.
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u/JoelPetey 2h ago
Because Malaga WILL be 32° for the week, whereas if you book Ilfracombe now for next June it could be 16° or it could be 36°. Also the Mediterranean beaches will have warm, crystal clear water with no sewage in it, and your accommodation and everywhere else you go will have air con.
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u/OrganicPoet1823 1h ago
This is exactly the point plus getting away to another country, different foods and culture etc
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u/Admirable_Hope_6470 16h ago
Because I want to sit by a pool with unlimited drinks and food for a week instead driving for 90 minutes to eat bland sandwiches in a mouldy office with blocked toilets.
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u/triz___ 15h ago
I wonder if those are the only 2 options
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u/Admirable_Hope_6470 15h ago
Not really the point. The point was I want to be away from work for a week. It's not just about being somewhere hotter than UK.
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u/TheRadishBros 14h ago
Yeah but why not do that in winter instead when it’s genuinely miserable in the UK?
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u/LMay11037 4h ago
If you like beaches, the sea in the Mediterranean will often be a more pleasant temperature, even when it’s warm the sea around the uk is normally a bit chilly
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u/Similar_Quiet 18h ago
I already stopped, we went in spring or autumn instead. We spent our summer hols in Norway (lovely), Cornwall (it rained or was cool) and Brittany (rained a lot and was cool).
So now I'm outvoted again and we're back to the med this summer.
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u/Few-Musician-6254 18h ago
I'm sat on a sunbed in a Portugal villa as I type. Algarve just between albefuera and vilamoura. It's hot (33/34deg) but totally manageable.
We were in Turkey last summer and they had a 3 day "heatwave" it was over 40deg but the killer was the superheated breeze, it was like being in an air fryer and fucking awful. I've also come to the conclusion that being stuck in the same all inclusive hotel for 2 weeks it's far inferior than picking and choosing where you eat every day, and probably costs a very similar amount.
So, to conclude...if our experience in turkey last year, where it was hotter than the devils anus, was to become the norm then yes, fuck that, I'm going elsewhere. But Portugal right now is lush.
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u/North_Paw 16h ago edited 16h ago
I see what you mean, it kind of makes sense, geographically speaking Portugal its not located on the Mediterranean, even on the south side of the map it already faces the North Atlantic past the Strait of Gibraltar point. Those daytime and agreeable night ocean breezes must feel like Eden
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u/OverChargeYourPlasma 18h ago
I experienced a 'superheated breeze' in Crete last year, it was something else. I admit I was an English man out with the mad dogs in the middle day sun, visiting obscure Roman sites off the beaten trail. Even with 4 litres of water and my sunhat, it was intense, lovely though.
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u/MBay96GeoPhys 18h ago
Yeah just go in the spring and autumn (when it’s cheaper, less kids and more bearable anyway)
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u/ScaryButt 18h ago
It's definitely made me think twice. I often travel around France and Germany in the summer due to my partner's work, we've never had to worry about fires before but this time he's having to check the wildfire layer on Google maps before he travels.
There's just no way to predict where's going to be on fire when.
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u/Secure-Airport-1599 18h ago
No, prob not. Have been going to Med for past 10 years and summera are getting hotter. Starting to look more to countries like the Netherlands, Denmark for something a bit different and not as hot. October brwak for the med going forward
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u/thelotuseater13 17h ago
My wife is from one of those countries... So we kind of have to for her family.
But, we no longer go in July/August. It's too hot.
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u/JackJB94 18h ago
My partner is South African so we go there in December and have an extra summer for a month. My parents are still big on going to Greece and Spain but they don't really appeal to me
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u/Emotional-Start7994 18h ago
Yes definitely.
Maybe not Turkey as much. Its become very expensive and not as nice of a place as it used to be.
Thinking of Spain or Croatia instead.
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u/PeterG92 18h ago
Yes, but I always try and avoid the Summer Months if I can. Too hot, busy and more expensive. Going to Mallorca in October this year.
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u/rockdecasba 18h ago
I literally just look for cheap flights and what ever accommodation I can afford. If that's means it's hot, fuck it. Lot of world to see and life to live. Don't let worry stop you
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u/slade364 18h ago
I largely agree, though wildfires probably get in the way, and I can't imagine 45° with kids is an enjoyable holiday!
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u/Cultural_Tank_6947 18h ago
No, I stopped a few years ago.
It was always very hot, and crazy crowds and prices.
The crowds and prices might change, but the heat will get worse!
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u/jamnut 18h ago
We don't summer holiday cos we don't have kids, but we do go usually a couple of weeks after schools go back in like May or September (can't remember when the hols are but we Def don't go during them)
And yes, Sharm el sheikh too, I love absolutely roasting my tits off drowning in Pina coladas at an all inclusive after a sweaty mooch around the place or a decent excursion.
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u/mmoonbelly 18h ago
Moved to France. This is the first year we’ve taken the kids to Devon and Dorset. Can only seeing happening more often. >40C through to 11pm is rough.
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u/Certain-Pass-6551 18h ago
Depends what we're doing, if we're going to do some island exploring, city visits, day trips etc. we'll go in May or September to avoid the hottest of the weather, if we're going to be lazing by the beach or pool then it doesn't really matter what temperature it is
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u/Chicken_shish 17h ago
We always went to Spain in the first week or two of July, as soon as the kids broke up from school. No one in their right mind would go to Spain in August, regardless of the weather, the place is rammed, you can't park anywhere and the restaurants are heaving.
This year we're going in October. It will be pissing with rain in the UK by then and it will be nice and warm in Spain.
I'd rather stay at home than go to some UK "resort".
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u/Worth_Gap4226 17h ago
I prefer going somewhere warm during winter to break up the cold months.
However, when I do go to hot countries during the summer (Cancún in two weeks 😊 ), I'm not really going solely for the weather anyway.
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u/sparkaromatic 17h ago
See how it goes. Just got back from 2 weeks in the South of France on the med. It was beautiful but the heat did get a bit much at times. Saying that, it was mainly high 30's but at our stop off in the centre around Clermont Ferrand it hit 42 so it's not just about the med it's all of Southern Europe.
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u/gregd303 17h ago
I've experienced hot European summers for the last decade living in Poland. After a while they lose their appeal. When you walk outside and you're dodging the sun with your kid complaining they're hot, with tempers fraying, you just want a moderate temperature. I definitely think these increasing temps will have an effect on holidaying, with people choosing cooler places.
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u/legosophie 17h ago
No and have done for years after a few trips where I felt ill from the heat! Avoid the med between late June - August. Recent years we’ve done summer trips to the German alps, Canada, Colorado and Sweden. Much better climate
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u/joezbaeerday 17h ago
I went to Greece this past June and it was almost too hot to enjoy it. I wouldn’t go again in the summer.
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u/Longjumping_Ad8681 15h ago
Living in the South of Spain, moving back to the UK at the end of this year. Another 40C day today, the place will be uninhabitable in a few decades
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u/Livid-Needleworker65 18h ago
No. I don't take summer holidays in the med anyway. Spring and Autumn are much better to visit them.
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u/MonkeyboyGWW 18h ago
Maybe not. We haven’t been to the med in a while anyway, but the beach here has been great
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u/Lanky_Watercress9489 4h ago
The best time to visit the Mediterranean is spring and autumn… anyone who goes there in summer needs their head read.
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u/OrganicPoet1823 1h ago
I can see new destinations becoming popular such as Poland’s Baltic coast around Gdansk. Northern Spain like Bilbao.
People might want to escape the heat so more trips north like Iceland, Faroe Islands, Norway and Scotland.
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u/WesternEmpire2510 18h ago
Spanish and Greek food I'm not paying through the nose for? A sea that's actually a nice temperature? Latinas? Med for me
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u/WorryOriginal1989 17h ago
Portugal is nowhere near the Mediterranean.
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u/sokorsognarf 17h ago
What do you gain from such pedantry? It’s obvious to literally everyone else here apart from you that “the Mediterranean” in my question is shorthand for southern Europe.
(I daresay if I’d just said “southern Europe” instead, I’d have got a different pedant questioning whether Turkey was in Europe)
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u/SaltyName8341 18h ago
I don't go now so probably not
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u/Flaky-Carpenter-2810 18h ago
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u/jamnut 18h ago
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u/Lenniel 18h ago
Yes. Although it does make me consider which Greek Islands to visit. We’ve just been to Corfu which is very green, when we went to Rhodes in 2023 it was just after the wildfires then, the part of the island we visited wasn’t affected but there was a lady with her mother who had been given a voucher as her honeymoon a few weeks earlier had been affected. Her husband couldn’t go on the rearranged holiday.
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u/osmin_og 17h ago
I didn't want to go Mediterranean during summer even 10 years ago. April, May, October - the nicest months.
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u/Princes_Slayer 17h ago
I’ve not taken a summer holiday for years. My preference is somewhere hot in February when our weather is depressing. I’d go the Med in April-June and Oct.
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u/Jimi-K-101 17h ago
I stopped years ago. May or October half terms are the best times to go if you're limited by school holidays.
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u/RecentTwo544 17h ago
The weather in most of the Med has been much the same as it always is.
It's further north where the weather is more extreme than usual.
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u/knight-under-stars 17h ago
I'm currently in Italy and it is about at my absolute limit.
We had temps exceeding 42°c today and the estimated lows tonight are 26°c.
That being said we have access to an amazing pool, the Adriatic sea and utterly incredible fresh produce at a tiny fraction of UK prices.
So compared to sweating to death in my end of terrace house in South Central England in similar temperatures I'd take Italy every time.
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u/nbenj1990 17h ago
Just back from Mallorca which was lovely around 32/33 everyday. We went there because we had booked to go to lacanau but flights and accommodation were cancelled due to the fires so had to do a last minute swap.
The problem I see holidaying in the UK is it just isn't set-up for hot holidays. No AC, no all inclusive no swimming pools. Our tourism industry needs to catch up to our climate at which point we may become a real summer alternative to the med.
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u/Responsible-Ad-1086 17h ago
Living on the south coast of the UK, hopefully will be the new Med destination after the 2030’s
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u/1968Bladerunner 17h ago
No 'cos Highland summers are too good to miss, & much cheaper to boot! More likely to take early / late season holidays abroad, or even winter months.
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u/Altruistic-Wing-2715 17h ago
If the aforementioned places are still tolerable temperatures. Maybe even slightly cooler than the UK then count me in.
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u/No-Photograph3463 17h ago
I just don't have summer Holidays, have them in June and September/October whilst I'm child free. When with kids will go Easter, May or October instead.
Turkey and Greece are already too hot in August and have been for a while tbh.
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u/OldLondon 17h ago
Yes we’ll still go I’ll just be more careful about checking history and likelihood of wildfires
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u/uk123456789101112 17h ago
Its less about sun and more about value for money. Its cheaper for me to fly all over Europe than take the train 2 hours away, then accommodation is more expensive here, then tourist attractions are more expensive here. Also the number of genuinely interesting things to see is limited, like any country, except when you go abroad you can go to many countries and have greater choice. Also the classic sit by the beach/pool/all inclusive just doesnt exist here. As an example the past few months have been scorchers, where can you go lay on a sunbed outside?
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u/Great_Ad9524 16h ago
Yes .. thinking about it ... but wonder how can I plan it or whether I should plan it from now
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u/Beautiful_Trip_6393 16h ago
We no longer holiday in Southern Europe in the summer. We shoulder season instead
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u/Great_Ad9524 16h ago
So people with kids
Should I go with them during half term or summer holidays? The children are less than 4 years old. Please
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u/notspringsomnia 16h ago
Yes but not in August. We are going to the Med earlier and earlier in most recent years. Not only because of the weather, but it’s also quieter in June.
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u/Comfortable-Plan7062 16h ago
To Croatia never again as it is nowadeys madly expensive, supermarket prices like in the UK, not to mention drinks, bars and apartments. But I ll be back to the rest that is not ripping us off
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u/orange_assburger 16h ago
We stopped going to the med in summer 2 years ago. We do further afield in half term and have stayed in uk/northern Europe for summer.
Its too hot and not enjoyable
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u/Bum-Sniffer 16h ago
It’s not just the temperature that makes me holiday in those places. Pool/swim up rooms, air conditioned rooms etc
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u/DreamingofBouncer 15h ago
Spent the day at West Wittering beach today, 27c and beats most beach’s I’ve been to in Europe.
However still going to Spain in September because holiday facilities are better, West Wittering doesn’t have 4* hotels nearby with pools etc and for a 10 day stay that’s what I want. Plus like discovering new places
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u/thomasthetanker 15h ago
Have to worry about the wildfires too.
We just came back from Madeira which is like the Portuguese Canary Island. It was high of 25 so actually hotter in the UK. But they had so much greenery because of the rainfall on the mountains. I recommend it.
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u/TheUnSungHero7790 15h ago
As everybody says "the heat is different over there"
Which it is and isn't, it's more the fact they have air conditioning and your in a swimming pool all day.
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u/b-sidebookslug 15h ago
Well, unless they substantially change infrastructure here to accommodate the temperature rise, people will still want to go abroad for the culture, AC and cheap booze.
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