A sunny Spanish city is the best place to break the shroud of darkness which comes with winter in the UK.
In the run up to Christmas twinkling fairy lights, open fires and the warm glow of a mince pie oven do their best to break through the bleak mid-winter.
Once the amount of daily sunlight has dropped to less than eight hours however, it's easy to let the Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) creep in regardless.