Updated June 11, 2026 by europeexplored
The wind hits you first, carrying the salt spray of the Atlantic Ocean two hundred metres below. The Cliffs of Moher rise from the churning sea like a natural fortress, their layered sandstone and shale cliffs stretching for fourteen kilometres along Ireland’s wild western coast. On a clear day, the Aran Islands hover on the […]
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Updated June 10, 2026 by europeexplored
Portoferraio curves around a natural harbour on the northern coast of Elba. White buildings climb the hillsides beneath the gaze of ancient fortresses. Napoleon spent his first exile here, and his presence lingers in the Villa dei Mulini and the Villa San Martino. Ferries from the mainland arrive daily, disgorging travellers eager to explore the […]
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Updated June 10, 2026 by europeexplored
Three hundred days of sunshine each year is a statistic that sells itself. The Costa del Sol stretches along Andalusia’s Mediterranean coast from Nerja to Manilva, a ribbon of beach towns, golf courses, and resort hotels backed by the mountains of the Sierra Blanca and Sierra de Mijas. Marbella offers luxury. Torremolinos offers package holidays. […]
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Updated June 10, 2026 by europeexplored
Tossa de Mar is one of the most popular and beautiful resorts on the Costa Brava, a historic fishing village-turned-holiday destination on the Catalan coast whose superbly preserved medieval walled old town (Vila Vella), with its castle and lighthouse perched on a rocky headland overlooking turquoise coves, is the only surviving fortified medieval town on […]
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Updated June 10, 2026 by europeexplored
The Amalfi Coast (Costiera Amalfitana) is widely considered the most beautiful coastline in Europe, a 50-kilometre stretch of UNESCO-listed Mediterranean paradise on the southern edge of the Sorrentine Peninsula where pastel-coloured cliffside villages, terraced lemon groves, and the impossibly blue Tyrrhenian Sea create one of the most coveted travel destinations on the planet. From the […]
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