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 The French Riviera, famous for the world's most beautiful light, offers wonderful opportunities for sea sports. People don't just come to St Tropez for the nightlife, it also has some of the best beaches in France . Although the family beaches, Plage des Graniers and Plage des Cannebiers, are within walking distance. The most serious collection of beaches are along the Baie de Pampelonne. All beaches are lined with restaurants and shops selling endless gifts or items to prove you've been there. |
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 Biarritz is one of the most posh beach resorts of the French west Coast. It's a vibrant cosmopolitan town with magnificent beaches, golf courses and numerous sporting facilities, not forgetting the surf. Surfing started in France here in Biarritz and surfers come from all over the world to ride the waves. |
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 One of the largest Greek island destinations that a tourist could visit is Crete , which is also the fifth largest that can be found within the Mediterranean Sea .
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 Rhodes is famous as the island of sun, sea and sand, the ideal place for vacations. It is the third largest Greek island and, officially, the sunniest place in the Europe.
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 Mikonos is also great fun, with over 20 sandy beaches and countless great bars to enjoy till the early hours, always feeling in the presence of the island culture which the white house architecture portrays. |
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 Lisbon has several nearby beaches, and you can find it very hard not to go for a swim on the hot summer days. Beaches on the Estoril Coast face south in a continuous line from the Tagus estuary and are known for their calm waters and fine sand. All modern facilities are available - changing rooms, beach tents, shades, restaurants, bars, etc. Carcavelos a wide, long beach, very popular and ideal for surfing. |
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 The island of Madeira is lapped by the waters of the Gulf Stream with warm comfortable summers and mild winters that make it an enchanting holiday destination all year round. |
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 One of Spain 's greatest draws is undeniably its beaches although with infinitely more variety than you would be led to believe from the sun-and-sand holiday brochures. Long tracts of coastline - along the Costa del Sol , in particular - have been developed into concrete hotel and villa complexes but delightful pockets remain even on the big tourist costas. On the Costa Brava , the string of coves between Palamos and Begur are often overlooked, while in the south there are superb windsurfing waters around Tarifa and some decidedly low-key resorts along the Costa de la Luz. In the north, the cooler Atlantic coastline boasts the surfing sands of Cantabria and the unspoilt coves of Galicia 's estuaries. |
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 The island of Fuerteventura indisputably has the biggest and best beaches in the archipelago. Many of its 340 kilometers (210 miles) of coastline consist of white sandy beaches practically untouched and deserted. |
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