Are you planning a girls only getaway for this summer? Check out our top 5 list for the best Girls Holidays destinations in Europe.
If you are like me, no summer is complete without a quick weekend away in the sun with the girls. Of course these are also wonderful places to visit with friends, family or for a couple’s break. These 5 destinations combine sunshine, beaches, food, optional culture and lots of fun.
Split, Croatia
Direct flights from London airports and Manchester, from 2 hours 35 minutes. Transfer to the city centre in 25 minutes.
Croatia’s second city, Split has the perfect combination of palm lined water front, historical buildings and an Old Town. A wonderful place to feature in the Top 5 Girls Holidays in Europe. You can lounge on one of the many beaches and soak in the sun or wander around the Old Town. It is a unique city-within-a-city as the fortifications of the former Roman palace built for the Emperor Diocletian. Croatian nightlife will not disappoint you either. There is a vibrant night life full of bars, restaurants and clubs.
Where to Stay
The Cornaro Hotel.
This beautiful hotel is set immediately outside the Old Town, with two restaurants offering open air dining and a stunning roof top bar.
Palma, Majorca
Direct flights from London Airports, Bristol, Manchester, Glasgow, Cardiff. Flight duration from 2 hours 25 minutes. Transfer to Palma city centre 25 minutes.
Palma has a lively Mediterranean feel. With an abundance of cafés, bars and restaurants. There is so much to do from wandering the myriad of narrow streets in the Old Town. Where you will find hundreds of tiny boutiques and galleries mixed with tapas bars and coffee shops. Through to chilling on the beach or partying at the top international beach clubs. There are monuments, museums, galleries and churches to explore. As well as the vibrant sea front area where you can people watch and enjoy a glass or two or rioja whilst the world wanders by.
Where to stay
Can Alomar
With a stay at Boutique Hotel Can Alomar, you’ll be centrally located in Palma de Mallorca. Within a 5-minute walk of the sea front promenade and the beach, Cathedral of Santa Maria of Palma and Paseo Maritime. This hotel has a trendy fusion restaurant and a terrace and a bar.
Sitges, Spain our third choice for the Top 5 Girls Holidays
Direct flights to Barcelona from London Airports and Bristol from 2 hours 5 minutes. Transfer time to Sitges 30 minutes.
Sitges lies south west of Barcelona, and is known for its long Mediterranean sandy beaches and sea front promenade. Ideal for long lazy walks, whilst joggers, roller bladers and dog walkers pass you buy. There is an old town which is a delight to explore, filled with shops bars cafés and restaurants. There are also beautiful churches and museums to enjoy too. Sitges is known for its many gay bars, but it is also renowned as a safe family resort. Many wealthy Barcelona families have their holiday homes here. Barcelona is within easy reach either by car or train which means a day trip to the city can be combined with your beach break.
Where to Stay
Me Sitges Terremar
For a seafront hotel with private beach club, large swimming pool and cool roof top bar. There is 15-minute stroll along the sea front promenade to the shops, bars and restaurants.
Hotel MIM Sitges
For a central location, 1 minute from the beach and an amazing roof top bar and splash pool.
Antibes, Cote D’Azur
Direct flights to Nice from London Airports & Manchester from 2 hours 15 minutes. Transfer time 20 minutes.
A Mediterranean resort home to the rich and famous. Situated on the Cote D’Azur between Nice and Cannes this is the perfect place to feature in the top 5 Girls Holiday. The resort also includes Juan-les-Pins. Days can be spent relaxing on the 50 plus private and public beaches dotted along this 25 km stretch of coastline. Many with beach front restaurants, sun loungers and beach service. Both Cannes and Nice are within easy reach either by taxi or by train. There is an old town to explore protected by fortified walls, with cobbled narrow streets lined with boutiques, cafés and bars. Picasso’s paintings can be viewed in a 12th century château and if you time it right there is the Antibes Art fair to visit.
Where to Stay
The Royal Antibes
Overlooking the Mediterranean Sea, this sea front hotel is a 10-minute walk from both the Musée Picasso and the covered market at the Cours Masséna. A private beach club is immediately opposite the hotel offering sun loungers, beach service and a restaurant.
Camogli, Italy – our final choice in the Top 5 Girls Holidays
Direct flights to Genoa, from London 2 hours 5 minutes. Transfer time 35 minutes Camogli is relatively unknown to the British but this breath-taking cliffside fishing town and tourist resort is a secret worth knowing about. It is located on the west side of the peninsula of Portofino, it’s much more famous neighbour.
If you love food, walking, people watching and relaxing on small secluded coves reached by boat, this is the destination for you. Camogli is within easy reach of Portofino by boat, train and bus, a great place to visit to wander around the exclusive designer shops. Dine on freshly caught sea food and gaze at the super yachts popping in for cocktails. If you have time you should also visit the Cinque Terre, a string of centuries old seaside villages that cling to to the steep sided coastline. Painted in multiple colours, these villages offer staggering views along the rugged coastline and out to sea
Where to Stay
Hotel Cenobio dei Dogi
A mere minutes’ walk will bring you to the shops bars and restaurants. Facing the Golfo Paradiso you can lie on your sun lounger and enjoy the breath-taking views. Enjoy the peace and quiet of the hotels private beach or wander down to the harbour and take a boat trip to Portifino or the Cinque Terre.
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