We’ve reached summer’s sunset during one of the toughest years in living memory and the longing for a trip abroad is only growing stronger. Following months of confinement and coming up with endless strategies to entertain ourselves, a clear, decisive break from the new normal and our regular surroundings – during which the housekeeping is in someone else’s hands – is one of the most effective ways to revive flagging spirits ahead of winter. Here, we’ve hand-picked four late-summer European beach escapes that will hit that spot. In addition, each hotel is providing €350 credit for use on food, drinks and spa treatments during seven-night stays, courtesy of British Airways Holidays and Marriott Hotels.
And, in light of the wave-like rise and fall of the pandemic across Europe, British Airways Holidays is also offering low deposits, flexible payments and bookings, a 24-hour helpline and ATOL protection for added peace of mind. Of course, wherever you decide to go, we urge that you follow social-distancing guidelines – but where better to do so than on a quiet, sandy beach while listening to real waves ebb and flow, just as they, reassuringly, predictably, always do…