Where can we go that’s warm before Britain exits the EU?

Q We would love to pack in a final short visit to Europe before the expected Brexit deadline: ideally somewhere with mild temperatures, and little risk of rain, and bagfuls of culture. Not Madrid which we love but have explored extensively. Where would you recommend going in March?

Anne N

A I have just returned from a November visit to Malaga and enjoyed it so much that I have vowed to return soon. It is 250 miles further south than Madrid, and enjoys a far better climate in early spring. Air routes from the UK are plentiful, and competition ferocious: flying from Luton on Ryanair on Thursday 14 March, coming back the following Monday, currently costs £31 return; if you prefer Gatwick and British Airways (which has an extremely generous cabin baggage allowance), you’re looking at £70. And reaching the city from the airport is a piece of paella: the train takes 10 minutes and costs €1.80.

Malaga has a very decent city beach, an impressive cathedral (with a marvellous rooftop walk) and the finest Moorish fortress in Spain atop the hill just east of the old town. Fifteen years ago it bolstered its cultural offering with the opening of the Picasso Museum in the city of the artist’s birth. And in 2011 the Carmen Thyssen Museum opened in a 16th century mansion, with a small but excellent collection of Spanish paintings.

You can also easily build in a cultural sidetrip: perhaps by bus (two hours) to Granada, the most spectacular city in Spain, or by train (one hour) to the Moorish joys of Cordoba. Neither will be crowded in March.

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