CHRISTMAS is the right time to rent a villa in Spain. Spain has the most religious and most fanatic Roman Catholics all over Europe. For example, you will see in its churches the uniqueness of the design. Aside from the Gothic imprints associated with cathedrals all over the continent, Catholic churches all over Spain have been designed with Islamic art, owing to the Moorish era. It has never been erased by the Catholics who reconquered them because they found the art fascinating, attracting even UNESCO which calls them as world heritage sites.

To come here in Spain during winter, you need not a visa if you come from Europe. If you come from Portugal which is just located in the Iberian Peninsula where Spain is also located, you just need a train or even your own car in hopping to here. There is nothing else that you will need except maybe a few extra clothes just in case coldness sets in the way during your trip. Because Spain is part of the Schengen agreement, then no guards will accost you down in the land bordering Portugal.

Once you’ve arrived here, you can scout for the various vacation homes and villas available for rent in a two-week vacation. You may accompany your wife or a girlfriend or even your child. Extra precautions for your child’s safety have already been underway because of the Madeleine McCann kidnapping. Vacation homes and villa compounds here in Spain have installed sophisticated cameras and high-tech surveillance equipment to impress its foreign visitors. There are lots of visitors here during Christmas season, most of them coming from Britain and other colder countries such as Denmark and Sweden.

They like it here during Christmas because it’s relatively warmer here in Spain especially in the Mediterranean areas. For those who want to go skating or mountain and ice skiing, then go to the Pyrenees. The Alps is still the number one destination as far as winter sports in Europe are concerned but the Pyrenees has long been attracting several people here. Near the Pyrenees particularly at its foot lie a number of villas and vacation homes ideal for renting this Christmas season. For just a reasonable and negotiable price, you can already settle you and your kids for the night with a heater and an even authentic and original fireplace. Make your kids feel at home but at the same time, let them feel struck with the surroundings around them just like snowfall and the full moon while snow is falling.

But if you are wary of the cold, then you can always settle down at the various villas and vacation homes along the Mediterranean coastlines in Spain such as Costa Blanca, Costa del Sol, Malaga and Valencia. These communities are mostly composed of devout Roman Catholics and it’s nice to see them praying in unison as they commemorate the birth anniversary of Christ. In fact, they celebrate Christmas here for seven weeks straight from Advent to the Feast of the Epiphany in the second week of January.