of course you will be able to smoke outside at Christmas. The weather is still warm and most hotels provide little smoking areas with ashtrays/stub bins strategically placed.

Hi Val and Rob, thanks for your reply. We just thought it might be colder to sit out and that because of the smoking ban anyway it would be difficult to find a restaurant where we could smoke outside. Just another question if you don't mind, are the hotels like in Edinburgh where no smoking is allowed anyway including the rooms. many thanks. Gail

I think it's just public places within the hotels, ie. bars, restaurants and reception areas. Sure did make the outside areas of the hotel restaurants popular when we were there at Easter !!

By the way, we've been to the Canaries twice at Christmas and both times it was very warm. I think it's only Janauary/February when it gets a wee bit chilly in the evening.

Of course you can smoke outside.

The way restaurants work is you can sit at the tables outside and smoke, if inside the restaurant you cannot smoke. Its the same with bars, you can smoke outside at the tables.

You can still smoke in Hotel rooms.

All your advice is much appreciated. Many thanks you have put my mind at rest.

Gail

There are still some restaurants that allow smoking inside in designated areas.
We came back only two weeks ago and had found that is was possible to smoke inside in some places.

All restaurants dislpay notices as to where you can smoke