After a summer in Austria, I’ll think twice before booking Spain again

Alison Tyler took her family to the mountains to find out what a summer here can offer (Picture: Alison Tyler)As parts of the UK swelter through the fourth heatwave this summer, heading somewhere hotter feels anything but an ‘escape’.Add in anti-tourism protests, droughts and the threat of wildfires in southern Europe (not to mention Scotland and Wales), and traditional destinations lose even more of their allure.But if Europe’s beaches are losing the climate battle, its mount