Where is the best place to visit in Spain during the summer?
Mar 21st, 2013, 07:20 AM
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Where is the best place to visit in Spain during the summer?
I hear Spain is too hot in the summer, but this is the only time I can visit. Is there any place that isn't too hot or humid?
Mar 21st, 2013, 08:13 AM
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San Sebastián is a good bet both for the fantastic food, the climate (the Spanish go up to this coast in summer to escape the heat), the landscapes, the beaches etc etc. http://travel.nytimes.com/2011/08/07...pain.html?_r=0
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Mar 22nd, 2013, 02:19 AM
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Surprised no-one has mentioned Bilbao, a great city with similarly great pinxtos. It has a rougher Basque edge to it than San Seb, that can be a plus or minus depending on your point of view. It will also have the cooler weather you are after.
Madrid and anywhere south of it is an absolute no-go in July and August.
Madrid and anywhere south of it is an absolute no-go in July and August.
Apr 2nd, 2013, 10:50 AM
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I think the north coast is nice.
Madrid does get hot in summer by any normal sense of the word, in the 90s Farenheit in July and August, although rarely over 100 (or 40 C). Madrid isn't that high as to avoid being hot due to its location in the south, although it is dry. It's less than half the altitude of Denver, for example.
Madrid does get hot in summer by any normal sense of the word, in the 90s Farenheit in July and August, although rarely over 100 (or 40 C). Madrid isn't that high as to avoid being hot due to its location in the south, although it is dry. It's less than half the altitude of Denver, for example.
Apr 2nd, 2013, 03:24 PM
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We spent a month in Catalonia (the Dali triangle) in August, including Barcelona, several villages near Girona, the Costa Brava (Cadaques) and the Pyrenees bordering France. It was hot, but not unbearable.
Apr 4th, 2013, 06:33 AM
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weber,
I've been to Santiago 4 times during the summer (July/ August). Temps have been in the
70's, even 80 during the day and then cools at night, very pleasant. There's always been a day or two of some rain.
I've been to Santiago 4 times during the summer (July/ August). Temps have been in the
70's, even 80 during the day and then cools at night, very pleasant. There's always been a day or two of some rain.
Apr 5th, 2013, 04:07 AM
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Many Madrileños go to San Sebastiam, Zarautz etc to escape the heat, Barcelonans go to the Costa Brava and the Catalan Pyrenees to escape Barcelona's humidity which is unpleasanteven if temperatures are not particularly high.
Northern Spain meaning the autonomous communities on the Atlantic coast (Galicia, Asturias, Cantabria, Euskadi)is generally cooler; obviously northern Spain inland, eg Castilla y Leon and Navarra is also hot (we had 40ºC at 9pm in Plamplona last August!)
Northern Spain meaning the autonomous communities on the Atlantic coast (Galicia, Asturias, Cantabria, Euskadi)is generally cooler; obviously northern Spain inland, eg Castilla y Leon and Navarra is also hot (we had 40ºC at 9pm in Plamplona last August!)
