The beautiful village with 26C October heat that's called 'Venice of Spain'

Mogán has been dubbed the 'Venice of Spain' (Image: Getty)

As the days get shorter, the nights get longer, and the temperatures get lower many of us will be pining for the longer and hotter days of summer and spring.

As a result, many will be tempted to fly away this October to countries in the southern hemisphere currently entering their own summers as we move closer to our colder winter.

One of the options for the intrepid autumnal traveller is Mogán. Located in Gran Canaria, 93 kilometres (58.125 miles) from the capital Las Palmas, it enjoys a microclimate protected by the mountains that creates a near year-round summer climate.

According to reports, it has been listed by the World Health Organisation as a location with one of the best climates on the planet thanks to its clear skies, little rain, mild temperatures, and more than 300 days of sunshine every year.

Puerto de Mogan (Image: Getty)

Furthermore, at the heart of Mogán is Puerto de Mogán, that has been dubbed the ‘Venice of the Canary Islands’ thanks to its beauty in comparison to the popular Italian tourist destination.

However, unlike the actual Venice, Mogán can be a year round tourist destination with temperatures averaging 26C in October. Like many coastal locations Mogán has a series of beaches and tourist centres including Amadores, Tauro, Playa del Cura, and Arguineguín-Patalavaca.

As well as visiting the beach, people can observe whales alongside taking part in watersports out on the ocean such as sailing. Once they’re on dry land they can walk through Mogán’s historic streets to the Church of San Antonio de Padua or the Parque de Nicolás Quesada.

Mogán has over 300 days of sunshine every year (stock) (Image: Getty)

Whilst Mogán is insulated from the worst of the winter weather, the region of the Canary Islands has not been isolated from the continent’s troubles, especially when it comes to protests.

Since the end of the Covid-19 lockdowns and restrictions there have been near annual protests against overtourism in the region as locals protest against overtourism and the impact of this on local prices and local people.

According to Sky, the tourism industry accounts for around 35 percent of the Canary Island’s GDP and in March as many as 1.7m tourists visited the region. Of this group, 32 percent were from the UK.

Speaking to the broadcaster, locals explained that their discontent was in part because local residents were not feeling the economic benefits of the international financial boost.

Colourful streets surround the village (Image: Getty)

Sharon Backhouse told the broadcaster that’s what has happened is the region’s financial model hasn’t changed since it first started to try and attract tourists in the 1980s. What this means is that it hasn’t changed to accommodate its new secure popularity.

Said model was favourable to investors who only had to pay four percent tax and could send the profits earned there back to their firm’s home country, a model Sharon hadn’t changed.

She concluded: “It is absurd to have a system where so much money is in the hands of a very few extremely powerful groups, and is then funnelled away from the Canary Islands.”