This is the most recent travel safety advice for Spain, Gran Canaria, Crete, Cyprus, Italy, and more

With summer fast approaching, most of us are busy getting ready for any upcoming holidays we may have booked.

Meanwhile, the UK Foreign Office has updated its travel advice for a number of countries.

If you have plans to travel to Greece, Cyprus, Spain, Turkey, Indonesia, the US or Tunisia, there are some travel restrictions and advice in place for UK nationals.

With threats of terror in several countries and natural disaster in others, some holiday destinations are considered safer than others.

An outbreak of Listeria has sparked fears among British tourists travelling to Spain.

One woman was killed by the infection and 150 are affected, making it the country's biggest outbreak to date.

And flooding has hit Ibiza as a result of storms barraging the island, as well as other parts of Spain.

More than 9300 lightning strikes were recorded in Madrid over a six-hour period.

Wildfires were raging in Gran Canaria, starting on Saturday (August 17), with 4,000 people being evacuated as a result.

The fires, advanced on two fronts in a mountainous area of the island.

700 firefighters, including 200 form the military were deployed to tackle the blaze.

There were also wildfires in Portugal, with 1,000 firefighters battling the blaze. 31 people were injured by the fire although the government has not altered its travel advice.

An earthquake of magnitude 5.3 was felt in Crete at 8am local time on July 31. It hit near the island capital of Heraklion.

And this is the second earthquake in Greece in July. Two weeks ago, an earthquake of 5.1 magnitude on 19 July in Magoula, Attica region, and was felt strongly in Athens.

Local authorities are responding. If you’re in the region you should follow the advice of local authorities. Further information is available on the Greek General Secretariat for Civil Protection website.

The earthquake was initially measured at magnitude 5.1 by the Athens Institute of Geodynamics. However, the US Geological Survey gave it a higher initial reading of 5.3.

It hit at 2.13pm local time. Its epicentre was 16 miles northwest of the city.

Earlier this summer in Greece, serious storms in Halkidiki killed six tourists.