If you’re already longing for summer, you might be tempted to jump on a plane to the south. But that doesn’t have to be the case: the sun and Mediterranean lifestyle can also be reached by train while playing Slotsgem login.
Get out of the daily grind, put your face in the sun, enjoy a cappuccino on the café terrace, stroll through the streets in a T-shirt… Patience with winter often comes to an end after the carnival days at the latest. But if you fancy more sunshine and temperatures above 20 degrees, you don’t have to get on a plane. Because warmth on the skin is also available within train travel distance – with a high experience and low CO2 factor.
There are many hours of sunshine and pleasant temperatures in March in Dalmatia, for example, with an average of six hours of sunshine and a maximum temperature of around 22 degrees Celsius. In Lisbon and the Algarve, you can also hope for plenty of sunshine and temperatures of around 20 degrees. Sicily is also sunny in spring, with temperatures of around 19 degrees on the south coast.
City breaks on the south side of the Alps
Once over the Alps, the sun has more power. Cities such as Merano, Milan, Genoa, Ljubljana or Nice usually offer the best outdoor weather from March/April. If you add a few hours on the night train from Milan or Genoa, you can enjoy your first morning coffee under the southern sun in Rome or Naples.
Another travel tip towards the sun: ferries depart from Genoa and Toulon to the Mediterranean islands of Majorca, Corsica and Sicily, where it is at its most beautiful in March and April anyway. From Ancona you can take an overnight ferry to Corfu and Crete.
All train and ferry connections to the sun and south at a glance.
Culture and beaches in Spain and Portugal
As part of the “Climate-friendly travel on medium-haul routes” project, the Anderswo editorial team has also compiled travel tips to Spain, Portugal and Morocco together with Eberswalde University of Applied Sciences. For example, it is relatively easy to travel by train from Frankfurt or Munich to Faro via Paris and Barcelona. This means you can combine a cultural stopover in a European metropolis with sun and beach on the Algarve.
Spring in the mountains
Sitting on the terrace of a mountain hut or hotel and soaking up the sun: elsewhere, Blaue Schwalbe suggests accommodation in the mountains that promise plenty of sunshine in March thanks to their preferred southern exposure. These include, for example, the family-run Hotel Stern on the Mieminger Sonnenplateau in Tyrol. The historic inn has been lovingly renovated. The new eco indoor pool is a highlight not only for children.
Another insider tip: at the Apipura Hotel Rinner on the Ritten high plateau in the middle of the impressive mountains of South Tyrol, with a bit of luck you can experience snow and sunshine at the same time. In the whirlpool on the hotel roof terrace, you can enjoy the spring sunshine and mountain panorama to the full.
Agriturismo Le Grigue is located at the foot of the Ligurian Alps. Here you can choose between a house tent and a vacation apartment – both with a view of the sea and a footpath to the beach. The south-facing location promises many hours of sunshine. In spring, it is warm and sunny here near the Cinque Terre without being too crowded – the best time of year for hiking in the area.
