Seven Destinations To Book For Sunny New Year Getaway

January. It's cold, wet and miserable. We'll all broke and let's be honest, we'd all rather jet off to sunnier climes.

Why not spend whatever cash you have left after Christmas and hop on a plane to the nearest sunny destination?

January really is the cheapest and best time of year to get away and leave all the misery back home. Take your pick from the following.

One of Europe's underrated gems, return flights are available on Ryanair for under €100. Start ticking off this bucket list.

Take advantage of the quiet season when the temperatures still reach well into the 20s. Not a boisterous Leaving Cert group in sight.

Appearing on many a European bucket list, if you've never been you'd want to fix that immediately.

Home to some of the most beautiful islands in Europe. Spin the wheel and take your pick.

Splash out on cheap return flights and you'll be sipping cocktails on a beach in no time.

This isolated island in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean is the perfect spot to get away from it all.

Cyprus boasts a number of exotic destinations and you should be able to get there for under €200.