Beach holidays
Beach holidays
Tourism that does less harm: Lanzarote away from the big beach resorts
The sky is clear as I sit sipping coffee in the sunny courtyard of an 18th-century house – now a boutique hotel – in the small Lanzarote town of...
Beach holidays
Turkey at its sun-kissed, laid-back best: why Göcek makes the perfect Lycian base
When Bodrum and I first met, 30 years ago, my main thought was that it was a long...
Beach holidays
It was genuinely healing to return to Ibiza, the place where I’d nearly died
The thing that might surprise you about Ibiza is the quiet. Even in August, there are pockets of...
Beach holidays
A beach as it might have looked 1,000 years ago: Sardinia’s north-west peninsula
People rave about La Pelosa beach in Sardinia’s north-west: it has “stunning white sand”, “clear turquoise water”, “breathtaking...
Basque country holidays
A family surfing holiday in the French Basque Country
The Bay of Biscay is renowned for its turbulent waters, but as I fall off my surfboard for...