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Winter Holidays In The Mediterranean Islands

It is flowering times in southern Europe the winter season 2010/11. During a given the others into raptures by snow and ice, desire earnestly the spring. Who can wait and now want to come enjoy delicate flower scents, should treat a few days break. The islands of the Mediterranean not invite although yet to bathing, pamper the eye but on bicycle tours and hikes with gorgeous colors. The online travel agency ab-in-den-urlaub.de informs about the most beautiful places for a short holiday in the South of Europe. During a holiday in Majorca at the beginning of the year, the countless almond trees fall on visitors. Total, seven million of which grow on the favorite island of the Germans.

The pink flowering lasts until the end of February and will be replaced in March by the flower of daisies and roses. Although the bathing season starts in June, beautiful walks and bike tours are possible in the spring. On Cyprus, also the wild orchids light next to the almond trees. The rich yellow of the orange trees can also be observed until mid-March. Bath time is in some places even from the second week of may, for example, in the Bay of Larnaca. The water temperature in the merry month is already at about 20 degrees Celsius. Sicily shines in a bright yellow Sheen in April, because at that time the gorse on the slopes around Taormina thrives. During the flowering of Oleander around Mount Etna a ride on the Circumetnea stroll car worth”.