When to go

By November the Turkish sea is down to 21-22C and the Aegean resorts have closed, but the travertines, hammams and Ephesus are finally comfortable. Five destinations that beat July, the constraints that only bite now, and costs in PLN in the cheapest month of the year.

In November the Red Sea is warmer than an unheated hotel pool, and Egypt flips from a beach country to a sightseeing one. Week-by-week temperatures, the three trip formats that work, what a week costs in PLN and what changed at the Grand Egyptian Museum.

October is the only month when both halves of Egypt work at once - the Red Sea still at 26-28C and Luxor down from July's furnace heat. Five bases compared on air, sea, flights from Warsaw and cost in PLN, plus what the 2026 visa changes actually mean.

December in Turkey turns on two dates: the middle of the month, after which the snow on the slopes is the real thing, and the last days of the year, when hotels switch to New Year pricing. Here is what each window is good for, and what a week costs in PLN.

The key to Malta is that the sea lags the air by two months, so spring looks like a beach holiday but isn't, and autumn stays swimmable into November. A full season-by-season guide - spring, summer, autumn, winter - with the standout months, costs in PLN and Schengen entry rules.

A region-by-region look at what September really delivers on the Albanian coast — sea temperatures, transfer times from Tirana, visa rules by nationality, and where the month is worth booking.

A resort-by-resort breakdown of what actually changes on the Montenegrin coast in September — sea temperature, prices, crowds — plus the flight detail most guides skip: the airport closest to your hotel usually isn't the one with a direct flight from Warsaw.