Best beach-city bases in Europe
Cities with strong natural-beauty scores — city life plus beach access.
- 1
Crete
TopTripMatches score: 100/100
- 2
Dubrovnik
#2TripMatches score: 100/100
- 3
Edinburgh
#3TripMatches score: 100/100
- 4
Santorini (Thira)
TripMatches score: 100/100
- 5
Zadar
TripMatches score: 100/100
- 6
Zakynthos (Zante)
TripMatches score: 100/100
- 7
Annecy
TripMatches score: 98/100
- 8
Corfu (Kerkyra)
TripMatches score: 98/100
- 9
Hvar
TripMatches score: 98/100
- 10
Palma de Mallorca
TripMatches score: 98/100
- 11
Split
TripMatches score: 98/100
- 12
Marseilles
TripMatches score: 96/100
- 13
Cannes
TripMatches score: 95/100
- 14
Grenade
TripMatches score: 95/100
- 15
Hamburg
TripMatches score: 95/100
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