Can anyone find this (possibly fictional...) place for me please??

[Luckystar1]

We are hoping to go on holiday for around 10 days in September sometime (dates are flexible) with our (then) 1 year old and 2 year old.

Ideally we'd like to stay in a small town, with a beach, and a pretty town centre with some shops, restaurants and other amenities. We've actually said we'd like to stay somewhere like Falmouth in Cornwall, but abroad.

I've been trying and failing to google as I'm not really sure what to put in.

Can anyone help please with recommendations. We don't really care what country etc it is in, although, we are not keen on a flight to say Turkey/Greece/Cyprus.

Thank you!

Malta? My friend has just come back from there and raved about it. You can visit the Popeye village which is lovely too.

Corsica?

So I'd vote for either Dubrovnik

or Santillana Del Mar but despite the name it's a short drive to the beach.

Oh Malta, now that does sound nice. Corsica has also jumped out from a few searches too. Do either of you know anywhere specific in those places please?

I'm finding I can go on an endless wild goose chase looking for actual specific towns etc.

Dubrovnik, I'll definitely have a look too (and at the other one!)

Thank you so much!

Perros-Guirec in Brittany, on the beautiful pink granite coast.

Carvoeiro in the Algarve

How about Porec in Croatia? It's further north than Dubrovnik and the town is very pretty. There is a little road train that runs around the coast connecting up the beaches (more rocky than sandy though, if I remember rightly). Also very easy to catch a ferry across to Venice.

Corsica! either Ile Rousse in the north - fly to calvi, one hour drive from there. Town beach then other wilder ones a short drive or mini train out of town. Plenty of places to eat and walk to in the evening.
OR - Porto Vecchio in the far south, fly to figari rather than ajaccio. Beautiful, beautiful town with main square and nice swimsuit / perfume shops adn zillions of restaurants to choose from. Beaches are a drive from there though, however some of the greatest beaches i've ever seen (& there have been a few...) are within half an hour (s. cyprien / calla rossa / palombaggia / sta guilia). It's MAGICAL. and you can go inland to mountains which smell of herbs

Most of Minorca fits the bill.

Nice?

Cascais in Portugal. Very pretty, lovely park for little ones, small beaches. Sea very cold though - just like Falmouth.

Argeles sur mer and colliure?
Argeles is more tourist town.
Colliure is very pretty.

Fly to Perpignan.

Dinard in Brittany.
Saint-Georges-de-Didonne in Poitou Charentes

Faro in Portugal?

Brittany would be perfect - I lived in Carantec and it is prettymuch as you describe. Also, plenty of the smaller resorts in the Balearics would fit the bill if you want guaranteed sunshine.

Villefranche and similar along Côte d'Azur might be suitable. If not, another thumbs up for Dubrovnik.

Another vote for Dubrovnik or environs.

Also Santa Eulalia on Ibiza is a lovely town

Ah just saw all of these kind replies!! Thank you so much I'm looking into all of these places, I'm very excited now!!

Amalfi in Italy?

Sardinia? Sicily?

malgrat de mar in spain meets those needs i reckon. the evening market is very pretty.

Pefkos, Rhodes? Or Katelios, Kefalonia.

Love the Greek islands!

Kassiopi Corfu

Collioure (southern France), Honfleurs (northern France), or Cadaques in Spain might fit that bill

Wow thank you all. Such great suggestions. Now to get the children to leave me alone for more than a nano second to look...