A preferred vacation vacation spot in Spain has been recognised as Europe’s sunniest metropolis with a powerful 345 hours of daylight per common every month.
The town in query is Alicante on Spain’s jap coast which basks in 4,140 hours of sunshine per 12 months, or a median of 11.33 hours per day.
Spanish cities dominated the desk compiled by the holiday rental search engine Holidu with Murcia and Malaga taking third and fourth place, respectively.
Holodu fashioned the checklist by logging the month-to-month sunshine hours in Europe’s most populous cities from 2009 to 2021.
In response to one other survey carried out by Expat Insider from InterNations, Alicante additionally now ranks first on the earth for housing affordability.
The survey, which included over 12,000 expats from 49 cities world wide, highlighted Alicante’s notable affordability. Properties in Alicante are presently priced as little as £21,653 for a four-bedroom villa.
To place this into context, the common worth for a 3 to four-bedroom property within the UK in 2020 was £291,618.
Alicante is just not solely cheap, however it additionally has breathtaking views, notably of the harbour from the Citadel of Santa Barbara.
This castle, a popular tourist destination, affords panoramic views of town and a ninth-century Arabic fortress to discover.
Nevertheless, Holidu heaped reward on Malaga, saying: “The port metropolis of Malaga is positioned on the southern coast of Spain, on the Costa del Sol, and is a extremely valued vacationer vacation spot all year long, particularly within the heat summer season months,” they mentioned.
“Malaga’s fashionable skyline is dwelling to a wide range of inns and resorts that sit alongside the sandy seashore, making it good for a metropolis break with a close-by seashore choice.
“Malaga It additionally has a terrific cultural providing, resembling being the birthplace of Pablo Picasso, so you should definitely go to the Picasso Museum while you’re there.”