Roman mosaics, the Tombs of the Kings and the rock where Aphrodite came ashore.
The city where the wind is born: a white-sand beach, Art Nouveau streets and the abandoned Karosta naval prison.
Sardinia's capital: the Castello quarter, Poetto beach and flamingos in the salt lagoons.
Estonia's summer capital: a long sandy beach, spa hotels and wooden villas.
Santa Barbara castle above Postiguet beach and the palm-lined Explanada, the Costa Blanca capital.
The Castle of St Peter built from the Mausoleum's stones, wooden gulet cruises and the Aegean nightlife.
La Concha bay, pintxos bars in the old town and more Michelin stars per head than anywhere else.
Where European surfing began in 1957 โ Napoleon III's beach resort on the Basque coast.
The pebble beach, the Palace Pier and the Royal Pavilion, an Indian-style palace built for a Regency prince.
Where two seas meet at the tip of Jutland, in the light that drew the Skagen painters.
Pastel houses inside 13th-century walls above two sandy beaches on the Pembrokeshire coast.
Norway's summer city on the south coast, with the zoo and Fiskebrygga fish quay.
Dylan Thomas's 'ugly, lovely town', with the Gower Peninsula's beaches on the doorstep.
The walled corsair city of Brittany, rebuilt stone by stone after 1944, with the biggest tides in Europe.
Palm-fringed beach on Nevis.
Powder-white beach with beach fales to sleep in, facing the uninhabited Nuโutele island.
Walk through a forest of razor coral pinnacles to a ladder that drops into a hidden sandy oasis with palm trees between the cliffs.
Sail to uninhabited reef-ringed islets.
Unspoilt island of boatbuilders.
Exclusive private-island hideaway.
Walk the whole capital in an afternoon โ a strip of land so thin the airstrip doubles as the village green.
Wild, empty rainforest beaches.
Sheltered, yacht-filled bay.
Beaches packed with seals and penguins.
St Lucia's most popular beach.
Calm, clear lagoon with tiny islets.
Tobago's iconic palm-fringed beach.
Quiet islands of beaches and history.
Nauruโs best beach, a curve of sand and coral pinnacles on the east coast, with a harbour and swimming lagoon.
Sacred, uninhabited white-sand island.
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