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Hot holiday destinations in October please....

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Kim0612 Fri 04-Aug-17 12:30:45

Hi, we are looking to book a week away in the sun in October so that we can just chill and do very little, where would you advise please? We have never been away that late before. I know what the brochures say the temperatures are but I would rather hear it from personal experience.

Norah Thu 17-Aug-17 12:40:50

Florida is nice in October, as are the islands off the USA southeast coast.

Kim0612 Thu 17-Aug-17 11:58:42

Cape Verde looks really nice georgiejg. We have had a terrible 12 months with one thing and another, it ticks all the boxes of what we are after, lots of sunshine and relaxation.

ajanela Wed 16-Aug-17 20:35:52

Portugal, I would say that as I live there part of the year. For the south Algarve and warmest area you can fly into Faro but if you want sea and beach plus interesting places look at Cascais area. Good beaches. Interesting town and 30 minute cheap train ride into Lisbon one of the most popular destinations in Europe. If it is not as warm as you expected there is plenty to do.

georgiejg Wed 16-Aug-17 19:38:15

Cape Verde but it is 5 1/2 hrs we found the flight went quite quickly.

Ranworth1 Wed 16-Aug-17 16:36:14

Morocco

Ranworth1 Wed 16-Aug-17 16:35:55

Morocco

kazgran Wed 16-Aug-17 16:30:02

We are off to Mallorca for the first week in October. Husband now retired from teaching so it's the first year ever we can go out of season. Hoping for lovely sunny days when it's not too hot!

devongirl Wed 16-Aug-17 14:25:39

Agree, great thing about city breaks is there's plenty to do if the weather's poor.

Marydoll Wed 16-Aug-17 13:58:47

We have been going to Rome for half term at the beginning of October for the last twenty years.
Now that I'm retired, we are off in 3 weeks time, as the weather is much better in September. It can rain a lot in October.

kellyon Wed 16-Aug-17 12:23:57

As for me, I think october is a great time to visit Rome, Italy. Last fall I found cheap first class tickets at www.iflyfirstclass.com/city/to-rome-fco to Rome and my husband and I spent there two weeks. That was amazing trip.

Kim0612 Mon 07-Aug-17 10:32:53

A good few suggestions here, thank you once again, will have a look to see what we can find that is suitable. It's a belated holiday for my Husband's 60th Birthday. Need to escape the rain.

grannyticktock Sat 05-Aug-17 20:57:45

Oh and another point: at the Autumn Equinox, on 21 September, everywhere in the world has the same amount of daylight/dark (12/12 hours). After that, the southerly latitudes (in the northern hemisphere) have the edge, and there is more daylight the closer you get to the Equator, where it's always 12/12. So in October, the Canaries will have more daylight than, say, the Mediterranean resorts.

Jalima1108 Sat 05-Aug-17 20:53:45

Oh! A GN pop-up - is that something new? I have an ad blocker but GN is advising me of:
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grannyticktock Sat 05-Aug-17 20:51:29

Croatia, jollyg .... I've been in there twice in October, and had lots of sunshine, but not toooo hot. We had the odd rainy day too, and thunderstorms. One year they had had much worse weather a couple of weeks before, in late September, with flash floods, so the weather can be a bit variable. The sea is still lovely and warm then.

glammanana Sat 05-Aug-17 10:10:20

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glammanana Sat 05-Aug-17 10:09:03

DD and I are off to Palma Nova in Majorca thr first week in October we have been a few times this time of the year and the weather is always good no school holidays at that time so all will be nice and quiet and good deals to be had with regard to upgrades at the hotels.

Kim0612 Sat 05-Aug-17 09:17:46

Humbertbear, I never though of things like that.

Lots is suggestions, thank you, 4 ish hours is our maximum flight time as it's for a week only this time.

Humbertbear Fri 04-Aug-17 20:38:43

One thing not mentioned so far is that although the Canaries will be warm , it gets dark early. We went in November and although you could still sit on your balcony, it was dark at 5.30.

TriciaF Fri 04-Aug-17 18:36:05

ps after the 13th Oct. it will be cheaper. (End of a religious festival week).

TriciaF Fri 04-Aug-17 18:30:22

What about Israel? We went once in October and it was lovely. Up to 30°. There's so much history there, as well as beach life.
But might be expensive.

suzied Fri 04-Aug-17 17:49:13

We've been to Sicily and Cyprus in October and both were like full summer.

NonnaW Fri 04-Aug-17 17:47:24

We normally holiday in October and have always found good weather. We've been to various places in Italy, Furterventura (sp), Crete, Cyprus. We normally go around the first two weeks of October because that encompasses both our birthdays.

Floradora9 Fri 04-Aug-17 17:02:46

we go as late as November or December to the canaries and it is still lovely . Avoid January and February there .

Kateykrunch Fri 04-Aug-17 14:43:55

We have found all the Canary Islands to be lovely at that time of year.

Marydoll Fri 04-Aug-17 14:11:41

Malta and Cyprus are also lovely in October and a bit quieter.