Where to go for the duration of summer hols?

[DeepTraybake]

Hello,

We are a family of 5. 3 children from age 1 to 6 years.

We are very lucky that we can spend the whole summer holidays next year abroad. Mid July to end of august. I will be working remotely on the evenings. Hubby will be off for all of summer.

Where would people reccomend to go? We want somewhere warm but not too HOT, which I'm finding difficult. Was looking at Alicante but seen it was reaching 37° a lot of days this summer and I worry it may be too hot? Although as a family we are good with hot climates I don't know if that's a bit too much.

We want somewhere nice with some life, beach to swim and plenty for kids.

Any recommendations welcome 🙂 thank you. Oh and of course the cheaper the better 😜

When you say working remotely in the evenings - have you checked into the details of that? Without an EU passport legally it's a lot more tricky now. Working on a tourist visa is illegal - so you need a specific one. For Spain technically you would need to pay tax there as I understand it. There's also the question of insurance from your employer.

Family friends of ours have an apartment in Saint Gilles Croix de Vie and it’s a very family-friendly seaside town.

Thank you 😊

Anywhere in southern or central Spain will be very hot in July and August. Cooler in the North and very different to the south.
Portugal's Silver Coast might suit.

We stayed 4 weeks in Villamoura, Portugal. Rented an apartment in the old village, lots of families own apartments on the complex we were on and we see a lot of familiar faces at the communal pool. My daughter made friends with another family that weee there for the summer too which was great! We’ve been 5 or 6 times to the same place as we love it so much!

Personally I’d go to Brittany or Normandy. Waaay too hot in Spain! I’d settle in to French living fairly easily!

Brittany.

I assume the OP will be doing this under the radar like many people do.

I went on holiday to Portugal in June 2020 while the UK was still in lockdown but Portugal had lifted their restrictions. I stayed in a hostel and was amazed to find dozens of Brits who were ‘doing lockdown’ in Lisbon where bars, restaurants and shops were open. All digital nomads, mostly working for small startups, from their laptops. They’d join us in the hostel bar every evening after work. I was incredibly envious as my employer (large organisation) had already banned us from working remotely overseas, for the reasons you mention - tax, insurance etc.