Yeah totally! Spain is still the best for me, there are a lot of relaxed beach towns. Also Portugal.
I lived in Scandinavia for while, so I won't say that people in the north are less friendly, just that in Southern Europe people in general are is more open and sociable.
Yeah I'll probably look around the Greece, Italy (i think this is expensive), and Spain (@gargon recommended Malaga, looks like a great place!)