The satellite photograph of the Mediterranean from the space, the blue, the land-shaped sea, the 46,000 km of the coastline, the 2,500,000 km² of the area, and the 22 countries on the 3 continents, is the image of the most important holiday region in the world. The Mediterranean receives the 360 million tourists a year (the largest number of the any region in the world), and the choice of the destination is the overwhelming. The top 5 holiday destinations in the Mediterranean are the combination of the beauty, the value, and the experience that the mass tourism has not spoiled. Here they are.

Top 5 Holiday Destinations in the Mediterranean

• 1. The Greek Islands, the Cyclades: The Cyclades, the Santorini, the Mykonos, the Naxos, the Paros, the Milos, are the most beautiful island group in the Mediterranean: the whitewashed villages, the blue-domed churches, the sea, and the light that is the most beautiful in the world. The essential Cyclades island: the Santorini (the caldera, the cruise-ship crowds, the 5,000 passengers a day, and the essential strategy: the stay in the Oia, the sunset, the crowd, the accommodation that is the €300/night for the caldera-view cave house. The essential alternative: the Fira, the less expensive, the quieter, and the same view), the Milos (the volcanic, the most beautiful beaches in the Cyclades, the Sarakiniko, the lunar landscape, the white volcanic rock, the most photographed beach in the Greece, and the quieter than the Santorini. The essential accommodation: the Pollonia, the village, the tavernas, and the best base. ~€100/night in the July), and the Naxos (the largest, the green, the best beaches in the Cyclades, the Agios Prokopios, the 1.5 km of the golden sand, the shallow, the best family beach in the Greece, and the best value in the Cyclades. ~€80/night). More Greece →
• 2–5: The Amalfi Coast (the most beautiful coast in Europe, the Positano, the vertical, the €300/night, and the essential strategy: the stay in the Praiano, the 4 km from the Positano, the half the price, and the same sea), the Malta (the most underrated destination in the Med, the Valletta, the 2018 Capital of the Culture, the 7,000 years of the history, the 300 days of the sun, the €80/night, and the best value in the central Mediterranean), the Dubrovnik and the Croatian Islands (the “Pearl of the Adriatic,” the walls, the Game of the Thrones, the Hvar, the Korčula, the essential alternative to the Amalfi at the half the price), and the Algarve (the Portugal, the most reliable weather in the western Med, the golden beaches, the golf, and the best value in the western Mediterranean. ~€80/night for the villa).