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The Canary Islands are mentioned in this 'experts' view of a little winter sun, but I can tell you that Tenerife, in the winter is superb. The South of the island, within15 minutes of the airport, has winter temperatures of 20/23 centegrade, every day.

The island itself has dozens of attractions, especially the submarine, the boats that go to look at wales and dolphins, the glorious mountain at 13000 feet,and many others. The food is excellent, the beer, the wines, all to a good standard, the taxi's superb, clean, cheap, and the bus service will take you anywhere on the island, with full air-con. I wonder how these people become 'experts' when they talk about Cyprus/Portugal/ Tunisia in the winter sun category. Maybe 15/16 each day, not warm anyway, and due only average temps, most places are closed down. Tenerife, superb winter SUN.

Hope my experiences (  having been to all the places mentioned  during Jan, Feb, March   )help ...Egypt, Gambia, Cape verde ...all ok for January and February  Sunbathing weather.

Morocco, Portugal, Madeira, Tunisia, Cyprus   Not warm enough for sunbathing until the end of March, but nice if want to do some sightseeing.

Marseille  ... Sunbathing from end of April.

The Canaries....remember​ all the islands have different climate and can have lots of wind and rain in January.

lorraine robinson

 Nice bit  of advertising there... not sure why you DEFIANTLY recommend it though  LOL

It's 11 - 15 c  there this week so not even warm enough to go without a coat.

All the regular ones again, ever thought of Vera Playa in Almeria. Around 16 to 25c now and known by Spaniards to be the hottest part of Spain in  the summer with temps up to 54c. Good thing is no fast food outlets, no theme parks just real Spain with friendly locals. Note, not for groups of youngsters as no clubs etc but great if you want to relax and hear what people are saying to you.

Best to book private accommodation with a local company as they are very helpful and good value.

I've visited the Red Sea (Israeli and Egyptian) at this time of year on more than a few occasions. As long as the wind  doesn't get up the weather is great but it ain't that warm when the sun goes down so you need to dress for UK Autumn temps. On some nights it was colder out there at night then it was in London. Despite the sun It can also be cold during the day if you are in an open area on a windy day. But as the piece says there are some great deals around and the drop in tourists means you don't have to up with 1000s of Russians being a real pain everywhere.

Don't know if I'd call the Dead Sea a winter destination, more like a stopover on a day trip from somewhere like Tel Aviv.

You get some good hotel deals in Eilat, Israel at this time of year with El Al flights that won't break the bank. In fact booking El Al is often a much better deal on that route than using EasyJet with a connecting flight.