Beach & Island Holidays

Barcelona

Barcelona pairs beach and city-break in one trip: Gaudi’s astonishing Sagrada Familia and the sweeping Park Guell are unlike anything else in Europe, and the Gothic Quarter’s tangle of medieval streets is made for an evening of tapas and vermouth..

£23 from London, return

Alicante

Alicante mixes a hilltop castle (Santa Barbara, with sweeping Mediterranean views), a palm-lined old town, and a proper city beach right in the centre..

£30 from London, return

Malaga

Malaga has a real Andalusian old town behind its beach-resort reputation, Picasso’s birthplace, a Moorish Alcazaba fortress, and a genuinely good tapas scene..

£30 from London, return

Genoa

Genoa is Italy’s biggest port city and one of its most underrated: the restored historic harbour (redesigned by local architect Renzo Piano) has a huge aquarium and open waterfront, and the old town’s caruggi, impossibly narrow medieval alleys, hide some of the best pesto and focaccia you’ll find anywhere..

£30 from London, return

Valencia

Valencia is the birthplace of paella and one of Spain’s most underrated city breaks: the futuristic City of Arts and Sciences, the Turia Gardens (a former riverbed turned 9km park), and a proper beach all in one city..

£31 from London, return

Palma de Mallorca

Real fares currently available to Palma de Mallorca.

£31 from London, return

Santander

Real fares currently available to Santander.

£32 from London, return

Olbia

Real fares currently available to Olbia.

£32 from London, return

Faro

Real fares currently available to Faro.

£33 from London, return

La Rochelle

Real fares currently available to La Rochelle.

£33 from London, return

Nice

Real fares currently available to Nice.

£37 from London, return

Reus

Real fares currently available to Reus.

£39 from London, return

Dubrovnik

Real fares currently available to Dubrovnik.

£39 from London, return

Split

Real fares currently available to Split.

£40 from London, return

Lanzarote

Real fares currently available to Lanzarote.

£41 from London, return

Girona

Real fares currently available to Girona.

£41 from London, return

Gran Canaria

Real fares currently available to Gran Canaria.

£41 from London, return

Agadir

Real fares currently available to Agadir.

£42 from Birmingham, return

Tenerife

Real fares currently available to Tenerife.

£44 from London, return

Naples

Real fares currently available to Naples.

£49 from London, return

Malta

Real fares currently available to Malta.

£53 from London, return

Antalya

Real fares currently available to Antalya.

£53 from London, return

Fuerteventura

Real fares currently available to Fuerteventura.

£53 from London, return

Larnaca

Real fares currently available to Larnaca.

£56 from London, return

Rhodes

Real fares currently available to Rhodes.

£65 from London, return

Corfu

Real fares currently available to Corfu.

£74 from London, return

Athens

Real fares currently available to Athens.

£83 from London, return

Chania

Real fares currently available to Chania.

£124 from Newcastle, return

Miami

Miami pairs Art Deco South Beach with a genuinely distinct Cuban food and culture scene in Little Havana, plus year-round warmth that makes it a real winter-sun alternative to Europe..

£382 from London, return

Punta Cana

Punta Cana is the Dominican Republic’s purpose-built all-inclusive coast, miles of white-sand beach backed by resorts built specifically for doing very little, very well..

£415 from London, return

Cancun

Cancun’s Hotel Zone is Mexico’s classic all-inclusive beach strip, turquoise Caribbean water and white sand, with the ancient Mayan ruins of the Yucatan a short trip inland..

£429 from London, return

Cape Town

Cape Town combines a proper city break (Table Mountain, the waterfront, a real food and wine scene) with beaches and wildlife within easy reach, a different kind of long-haul trip to the Caribbean or Asia..

£435 from London, return

Barbados

Barbados combines calm Caribbean-side beaches with a livelier Atlantic coast, plus a food and rum scene (this is where rum was first distilled) that stands out even by Caribbean standards..

£518 from London, return

Montego Bay

Montego Bay is Jamaica’s main resort coast, reggae’s home turf, genuinely good jerk food, and beaches (Doctor’s Cave among them) that are consistently rated among the Caribbean’s best..

£653 from London, return