On the beach, in or walking distance to old town, walking distance to restaurants & maybe some bars

[Nomorepants]

Bear with me - but maybe someone has a magical suggestion that Chat GPT & many hours of searching have not delivered.

This is our family criteria and we are really struggling for inspiration for both the location AND the villa / apartment. Location Europe. Timing early July.

We are ideally looking for self catering or villa that is within a short walk (5 mins) to a beach (stone, pebbles or sand) AND within a 15-20 mins walk to an old town. Bonus points if it’s ‘vibey’ for teens / young adults. It should also have parking, a BBQ, and air con. Pool would be nice. We need 3 bedrooms. And have a pre-Covid budget.

Nice? Alicante?

Something like this. We used to use villa plus, if you filter for 'no car required' they are usually close enough to walk to restaurants and beach. They nearly always have table tennis and pool tables, plus swim pool.

https://www.villaplus.com/destinations/villas-in-spain/villas-in-mainland-spain/costa-del-sol/mijas-costa/villa-miraflores-sol

Villa plus have a good selection- we were really happy with ours last year and the customer service was very responsive too.

Pescara, Italy.

Kefalonia in Greece?

Portimao - Portugal.

Oooh, you want Lindos on Rhodes. Gorgeous “old town” village, very vibe-y, very safe, two beautiful beaches.

It’s where I was planning on taking my two once they were older except they’ve turned out to be massively allergic to crowds, heat and fun. 😕

Barcelona

Malaga

Palma

villa nova de milefonte in portugal - on the Atlantic coast south of lisbon. lovely old town, sandy beaches, surfing for teens, beautiful

Hvar Town, Hvar Island, Croatia. Actually pretty much any of the Croatian islands fit the bill but Hvar is always my favourite.

Lapad outside Dubrovnik. . bus to old town and has a strip of restaurants too

Kalkan in Turkey

Peniscola Spain. Fly to Reus if you can. Trip to portaventura possibly. Good Newtown beach/restaurants/bars. Fab old town restaurants. Not too pricey.

https://www.airbnb.co.uk/rooms/35841435?viralityEntryPoint=1&s=76

https://www.airbnb.co.uk/rooms/878998864876560224?viralityEntryPoint=1&s=76

https://www.airbnb.co.uk/rooms/680257250308171810?viralityEntryPoint=1&s=76

Few air bnb suggestions for August

Cavtat Croatia. Beautiful short water taxi to Dubrovnik

Biarritz

I came here to say this. Incredibly beautiful old town, bus/boat to Dubrovnik if needed. Amazing coastline.

Airbnb on the hill for very little, with semi private pool. Breathtaking.

Mine too - Supetar, Milna and Sutivan on Brac also fab. Vis also lovely.

Thanks. Had wondered about Barcelona and Altafulla, Sitges but will look at Pensicola.

Looks lovely. Is there a link? Have been to Dubrovnik a couple of times. Also stayed in Lopud which was fabulous when kids were small as no cars on the island.

That and Turunk are on my list. We went here last year which was fabulous. Also Kaya Koy beautiful if inland.

tamariskbeachhotel.com/

Thanks. Was last in Rhodes nearly 30 years ago!

Been to Kalkan several times, including for my honeymoon. Fabulous place.

OP

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I don't know if you'd like. I'm fussy and love love Croatia (too hot in August tho!) But I went to peniscola several times. I had a fab villa outside the main town but I've just given suggestions for beachside apartments to be budget conscious.

I really loved the old town. Really nice restaurants but we liked walking down the Newtown promenade to get ice cream. The Beach was crowded but its not like san sebastian beach was last August (Mental, also, pricey). Any beach that's straight onto an easily accessible promenade is busy. I quite liked hiring a sun lounger.