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Beach holidays

July 2024

  • Children jump off the pontoon into the lake.

    Skip the coast: three of Europe’s loveliest lakes to visit – by travel experts

    Three writers pick their favourite lakeside getaways in France, Germany and Italy, with boat trips and great places to stay and eat

June 2024

  • A man on a rock above a beach with a wooden board in his hand

    The Great British Seaside
    From swimwear to toys: how to go plastic-free for a day at the beach

  • Jumped-up Instagram theme parks

    Pass notes
    ‘Beware of locals, we are angry’: the Mallorcans battling tourists to protect their beautiful beach

May 2024

  • Nazia Parveen’s son enjoys the beach close to Bert’s Kitchen Garden on the Llŷn peninsula.

    How an eco-campsite in north Wales rescued our family holiday from disaster

  • Dog on a beach

    Doggie paddles: 10 of the best dog-friendly beaches in the UK

  • Hotel and the beach at Freshwater Bay

    10 of the UK’s best new and revamped seaside hotels

  • GB. England. Weymouth. 2000.

    ‘All the elements of the classic British seaside holiday’: five unsung beach towns

  • Welshness is essential to the Aberystwyth experience: why I love ‘Aber’

  • Readers' travel tips
    ‘Have a beer by the pier’: 10 readers choose their favourite UK seaside town

  • Pass notes
    Beautiful beach retreat or vulgar hellhole: is Skegness really the worst seaside town in the UK?

  • ‘Times have changed’: is the writing on the wall for the British seaside postcard?

  • Sun, sea and delicious food: 10 wonderful agriturismos in Italy

  • Europe’s best beach holidays: Cadaqués, Spain

  • Europe’s best beach holidays: Arcachon, France

  • Europe’s best beach holidays: Peniche, Portugal

  • Europe’s best beach holidays: Pesaro, Italy

  • 10 of the best beach towns in Europe, with places to stay

  • Europe’s best beach holidays: Donoussa, Greece

  • Readers' travel tips
    ‘If I could be teleported to any beach, this would be it’: readers choose their favourite European beaches

  • Where Odysseus threw a barbecue: exploring Sicily’s Favignana island

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