Summer and winter beach breaks

We Brits love beach breaks and have been taking tour operator package holidays to holiday destinations like Spain, the Algarve and Greek Islands for decades and 2008 will be no different. Sun, sand and siestas is what ticks the box for our summer holidays and for our winter breaks an extra burst of sunshine on the beach is just what we need to ward off those UK winter chills! On mainland Spain the Costa del Sol, Costa Blanca and Costa Dorada are still hot favourites, the Balearic Islands offer the variety of Majorca, clubbing heaven in Ibiza or family holidays in Minorca. Top Spanish winter holiday breaks tend to be further south where the hotter climate is available in the Canary Islands of Gran Canaria, Tenerife, Lanzarote and Fuerteventura. In Portugal, Algarve beach holidays are less than a 3-hour flight away where resorts like Albufeira, Lagos, Alvor, Vilamoura and Praia da Rocha entice those looking for both sunshine packages and golf holidays alike. Greece has beach holiday break locations by the bucket full, with the ever popular Greek islands of Crete, Corfu and Rhodes mixed with the smaller islands of Kos, Zante and Lesbos to name just a few, stunning beaches, secluded coves, olive groves and quaint fishing villages all featuring the relaxed, layed back atmosphere that the Greek people do so well. It's what holiday breaks are made for!!

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