The youngsters are again in school, the climate has taken a flip for the chillier… summer season is unquestionably over, though given how moist August was you’d be forgiven for having missed it altogether. Definitely, given the journey chaos that saved many on house soil over the college holidays, there are a lot who really feel prepared for a actual vacation: someplace sizzling and sunny, beside the ocean, maybe with a cocktail bar close by. Fortunately there are locations in Europe the place that’s nonetheless very a lot the case, whilst late as October. Right here, we offer you 4 of our favourites.
Villa Dubrovnik
Dubrovnik, Croatia
Finest for… Bond lair vibes
Constructed right into a cliff aspect, with jaw-dropping views of the Adriatic from each room, this place oozes Bond film class. The constructing dates again to the Nineteen Sixties, although it was totally modernised a decade in the past (the up to date design is all glass and clear strains). It’s positioned inside straightforward attain of Dubrovnik: the partitions of the traditional metropolis are a brief stroll or free shuttle experience away – although sunny days are greatest spent sunbathing on the lodge’s non-public rocky seaside or utilizing the spa. The hospitality is world-class and the intimate, fine-dining restaurant, Pjerin, is a standout for romantic suppers. We additionally cherished lunch on the terrace at Al Fresco Bar Giardino, the place the air is thick with the scent of pine and seasalt.
Stella loves: Watching the solar set over the previous city from the rooftop prosciutto and wine bar.
Out and about: Take the boat to Lokrum, a wild and unspoilt island and nature reserve, 600m from Dubrovnik – it was used as a location for Recreation Of Thrones. It’s house to rabbits and peacocks, and the views from the highest of the fort are well worth the boat experience. The lodge also can supply excursions, together with winery journeys alongside the Peljesac Peninsula, oyster farm visits and horse driving journeys by way of native villages.
Rooms from £403 an evening; villa-dubrovnik.hr
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