'med or Mediterranean' is commonly used to describe southern European coastal destinations such as the ones that I have mentioned, even if it is not always 100% geographically accurate (Faro is hardly far from it anyway) so there really isn't a need to be so pedantic as I'm sure 99% of the people who read the post know what I am talking about when I say 'med destinations'. If I was saying somewhere like Madeira was in the Mediterranean then I'd be inclined to agree with you.