Ten Top Euro Beach Retreats
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Five new villas, swimming pool and café-bar make up BanSala (bansala.com), a new resort on Peroulia Beach near Koroni, southern Peloponnese.
2. Spain:
Two minutes from La Concha beach, the Kaixo Backpackers Hostel (hostelworld.com) at San Sebastian in the Basque country rents surfboards as well as rooms.
3. Portugal:
The recently restored Aqualuz Resort (sunvil.co.uk/ alentejo) on the white-sand beaches of the Troia Peninsula has luxury accommodation, watersports, tennis courts and an 18-hole golf course.
4. Crete:
Villa Kynthia (i-escape.com), a 19th-century merchant's house in Panormos, near Rethymnon, is now home to a five-room guesthouse with courtyard and swimming pool, a short walk from two sandy beaches.
5. Sardinia:
Retreat to the beach of Conca Verde, near Santa Teresa, and you could stay at La Coluccia (essentialitaly.co.uk), a boutique hotel with infinity pool, small spa and restaurant.
6. Montenegro:
Aman Sveti Stefan (originaltravel.co.uk) is the luxury hotel group's first resort in Europe. It is set on a rocky outcrop surrounded by beaches, a Unesco Heritage Site where a 15th-century fortress once stood.
7. Wales:
On the esplanade at Criccieth, with views across Cardigan Bay, the Caerwylan Hotel (caerwylan.com) is a stylish beachfront choice for those on a budget.
8. Sicily:
Stay at the newly refurbished Falconara Resort (expertoitaly.com) next to an old castle on the island's south coast. It has 65 remodelled rooms and its own beach.
9. Cornwall:
The St Moritz Hotel and Cowshed spa (stmoritzhotel .co.uk), near Rock in North Cornwall, has rooms, apartments and self-catering villas with direct access to sandy beaches.
10. France:
Private rooms or bargain dormitory beds available just off the beach at Vertigo Vieux Port, Marseille (hostelworld.com).
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