
Beach-lovers will welcome the sugary sands, attractive inland villages and deliciously warm summer environment of destinations such as Ibiza, southern Spain, Corsica, Italy, Croatia, Slovenia and Bulgaria, not to mention the ever-popular Greek Islands containing such gems as Kefalonia, Corfu and Thassos. And don't forget the year-round Canary Islands of Tenerife, Lanzarote, Gran Canaria, Fuerteventura and La Palma that are geographically closer to Africa than Europe.