Chilly Brits looking to get away from the cold, dark UK winter nights can bag last-minute holidays for a few hundred pounds including the likes of Turkey, Egypt, Greece and Portugal.
If the post-Christmas, dry January trudge is getting a bit much, then a trip away somewhere warm may be in order.
While everywhere in northern and western Europe is far too cold and frosty for a trip to the beach, in the south of the Continent the mercury has started to climb towards more reasonable levels.