The beaches of Europe’s holiday hotspots inevitably burst with parasols, loungers and lilos come July and August, and lying in the destruction path of a child’s bucket and spade can quickly ruin the dream of a blissful holiday.
As anti-tourism protests see locals bid to recover beaches from overcrowding in Mallorca and the Canaries, the prospect of bundled-up beach towels less than a metre apart may have you looking for sleepier swathes.
