We didn't have a "proper" holiday this summer, just a city break in the UK, and I'm now desperate to go somewhere warmish for half term.
There are three of us, two adults and our autistic teen who likes museums, historical sites, parks, zoos, countryside, quaint streets, beaches (but not swimming) and long walks but doesn't like huge crowds or noisy children - hence can be treated as a third adult.
Where can we go for a car free week or so at the end of October which will be noticeably warmer than the UK but not actually hot, and will have enough to do to fill four or five days sightseeing, but not be madly full of tourists?
Not Venice or Barcelona, too overtouristed. Not Naples, too hectic. Not Rome, we love it and know how to avoid the crowds but have been recently. Not Milan, insufficiently pretty.
Considering Seville and Valencia, of which I've heard good things. I'd love to go to lovely little Tuscan towns but we don't want to hire a car, so need somewhere that's manageable by public transport. The Italian lakes are apparently doable by ferry in the summer but does that work in October? Just how crowded is Dubrovnik?
Thank you.