Recommend a European resort

[CeeceeBloomingdale]

please and thank you.

Must be by a stunning sandy beach, ideally have an old town to explore, great places to eat as we don't like all inclusive and easily accessible from minor UK airports.

Is there anywhere that you want to avoid, say if you've been before?

Alcudia is lovely. The port is more upmarket than the strip area. It’s also easy to walk to the old town from that end.

Ibiza Old Town followed by Formentera? European beaches at their finest!

Ibiza old town and formentera as per op or I'll de re in France.

Dont know about accessability from UK airports but Sozopol in Bulgaria would fit the bill.

Thanks, we have just come back from Alcudia and are booked to go to Ibiza in half term so you are all thinking along the right lines but we have done the Balearics to death. Kids prefer Spain and Portugal, I'm easier. France and Italy aren't really accessible from where I live unfortunately. I don't know much about Bulgaria so will check that one out.

Thasos, Greece. Flights from uk to Kabbala then a short ferry ride. Fabulous island.

Lindos, Rhodes

Ooh I’ve just been looking at Rhodes, great minds. No way to get to Thasos from here but thanks for the idea.

Antibes/Juan Les Pins

Paphos, Cyprus

If you’ve done Formentera, and so are good with a ferry holiday, I recommend Syros or Tinos which can be reached from Mykonos in less than an hour.

Alvor Portugal. Lovely old town and harbour, lots of restaurants and the best beach on mainland Europe.

Dubrovnik, Croatia. Villa Orabelle. Thank me later.

Alghero, Sardinia or Biarritz.

Lagos in Portugal (old town, marina, beaches, stunning coastline), or (no beach but Lake Bled is beautiful & alpine summer sports a lot of fun) Ljubljana in Slovenia - beautiful city, friendly, stunning castle and furnicular.

I liked Alvor too.

Recently we enjoyed Estepona (fly to Malaga).

Just returned from Corfu and Agios Georgios is amazing and has sand/grit beach.
Loads to explore nearby as well.

That looks amazing but seriously expensive!

Thanks. No where in France or Italy is accessible to us and only a few Greek islands are. We can't do ferries as DD refuses to go on boats.

The villa in Dubrovnik looks amazing but the beach there would not meet my criteria and I'm not really looking at accommodation just yet, just looking at resorts, I wouldn't choose a villa typically. Nor would Ag Georgios, it's too shingle a beach , I want fine sand. Slovenia isn't accessible but out as no beach anyway.

Alvor and Lagos are already on my short list, thanks. Will look into Estapona and Paphos.

Have you been to Javea or Denia in Northern Costa Blanca . Both are an hour from either Alicante or Valencia airports. Beautiful beach, stunning old town, vibrant fishing port.....and an amazing food scene in both towns . My personal favourite is Javea

Rethymnon in crete. You can fly into either Chania or Heraklian airports. Lovely Venetian old town, with a beautiful harbour and many places to eat for all budgets. There is also a massive beach.

Lindos definitely. Close enough for a day trip to Rhodes old town too. The sea is much better around lindos end though.

No I haven't tried Costa Blanca yet, will definitely check it out. I went to Rethymnon many years ago, so many it's probably worth a revisit. Rhodes is. definitely getting some love, I can see why. Thanks for all the contributions.

Sitges just south of Barcelona stunning beaches, old town , and easy reach of Barcelona