The Spanish region of Valencia has recently been enjoying hot and sunny weather conditions, it has been reported.

According to the Typically Spanish website, last month’s rainfall in the province was 85 per cent lower than the March average.

Citing figures from the Valencia Meteorological Office, the online portal added that temperatures in eastern Spain were more than a degree higher than they usually are at this time of year.

The heatwave will have been a timely development for foreign leisure travellers who visited resorts such as Alicante last month, in particular people from the UK.

According to the Association of British Travel Agents, Spain was the “outright favourite” for Britons who chose to head abroad during the recent Easter season.

This year’s timing of the festival - Easter Sunday fell on March 23rd - was the earliest it had been in almost 100 years.

Tags: tourism, Valencia