Cheap Mediterranean Holidays 2012

When thinking of going on holiday, people often ponder about some of the wonders the world has to offer; with Cheap Mediterranean Holidays in 2012 many of these can be found.

The Mediterranean Sea is situated between southern Europe to the north; North Africa to the south; the Atlantic Ocean to the west and the Middle East to the east with Malta almost directly in the middle. The Mediterranean is split into many smaller seas and is joined to the Atlantic where the Alboran Sea becomes the Straits of Gibraltar lying between Spain on the north and Morocco.

Countries that have shores on the Med are Spain, France, Monaco, Italy, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Albania, Greece and Turkey in Europe. From Asia there is Syria, Lebanon, and Israel while Africa offers Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco.

Large islands in the Mediterranean include Cyprus, Crete, Euboea, Rhodes, Lesbos, Chios, Kefalonia (often called Cephalonia) and Corfu in the eastern Mediterranean; Sardinia, Corsica, Sicily, and Malta in the central Mediterranean; and Ibiza, Majorca and Minorca (the Balearic Islands) in the western Mediterranean.

Although often offered as Mediterranean holidays, the Algarve is a Portuguese resort and not technically in the Med as is the Spanish Canary Islands. However we have grouped them with the Mediterranean holidays for the sake of space.

Often shortened to the Med, likewise Mediterranean holidays 2012 are often called Med holidays 2012, the Mediterranean Sea has perhaps the most diverse set of countries any sea has to offer and all within a relatively small area of 965,000 square miles. It is also home to many cheap holidays.

Cheap Med Holidays were once associated with health and often considered to have a medical benefit. Now2012 Med holidays are more concerned with sand, sea and some other things associated with the letter s.

British holiday makers have traditionally visited Spain, the Balearics, the Greek Islands, Malta and Cyprus, now however they are just as likely to visit the North African coast as they seek out cheap Mediterranean holidays in 2012 with a difference.