Spain
33 hotels
Catalunya
19 hotels
Costa Brava
Hotel Llané Petit
Cadaqués
Step straight off the terrace onto a quiet pebble cove inside a protected natural park.
Villa Salvador
Cadaqués
Swim off the beach and half a minute later you are over coves and rocky coast.
Hotel Playasol
Cadaqués
Thirty seconds from door to water — built for swimming, not sunbathing.
Hotel Aigua Blava
Aiguablava
A private cove with three more just a short stroll away, on undeveloped coast.
Hostal Sa Tuna
Sa Tuna
The path leads to a cove you can only reach by swimming, walking, or paddling.
Hostal Ses Negres
Sa Riera
Just steps from Begur's largest sandy beach, with views over the protected Medes Islands.
Hostal Sa Rascassa
Aiguafreda
A launch point built for swimming, with trails on to two neighboring coves.
Hotel Mediterrani
Calella de Palafrugell
A few steps from the sea, on the path that strings together three cove towns.
Hotel Sant Roc
Calella de Palafrugell
A cliff-top perch with its own private cove just below.
Hotel Terramar
Llafranc
Right across from Llafranc's sandy beach, on one of the coast's most scenic paths.
Isabella's Llafranc
Llafranc
Direct access to one of the coast's classic golden-sand beaches.
Hostal Empúries
L'Escala
A long, open swim route toward the ancient village of Sant Martí d'Empúries.
Hotel Costa Brava
Platja d'Aro
Perched on the rocks between two beaches on the coastal path — swim either way.
Sallés Hotel & Spa Cala del Pi
Platja d'Aro
Direct access to the named rocky cove of Cala del Pi.
Hostal de la Gavina
S'Agaró
On a peninsula where the rocks split the bay for swimming and for snorkeling.
Hotel Cap Sa Sal
Aiguafreda
A secret tunnel and elevator connect this 1960s clifftop hotel to its own private cala.
Costa Garraf
Casa Vilella
Sitges
A long, connected chain of sandy town beaches built for a proper open swim.
ME Sitges Terramar
Sitges
The quiet end of Sitges' beach promenade, positioned for an uninterrupted swim.
Casa METT Sitges
Sitges
A new boutique address in five restored villas, minutes from the sandy beach.
Balearics
12 hotels
Mallorca
Four Seasons Resort Mallorca at Formentor
Pollença
A full kilometre of Blue Flag sand, reached by a grand staircase.
Hotel Illa d'Or
Pollença
Direct sea access via terrace, small beach, and jetty on the famous Pine Walk.
Hotel Bendinat
Portals Nous
A rocky cove built for swimming and diving, rock pools included.
Mandarin Oriental Punta Negra
Calvià
Two secluded coves, one white-sand and one with stone steps down to a bathing platform.
Hoposa Costa d'Or
Llucalcari
A cliffside path down to a wild, rocky swimming spot — steeper than most.
El Vicenç de la Mar
Cala Sant Vicenç
In Cala Molins, with three more coves you can swim to.
Can Simoneta
Canyamel
A spiral staircase cut into the stone, down to a natural pool at the water's edge.
Pleta de Mar
Canyamel
A path through the pines to a cove that belongs to the hotel.
Menorca
Formentera
Teranka Formentera
Es Calo
A pine-shaded boutique hideaway close to Formentera's Playa Migjorn.
Dunas de Formentera
Es Arenals
Boardwalks through the dunes lead straight to Formentera's longest beach.
Ibiza
Andalusia
1 hotels
Costa del Sol
Basque Coast
1 hotels
San Sebastián
Portugal
1 hotels
France
11 hotels
Côte d'Azur
6 hotels
Var
Hôtel Les Roches
Le Lavandou
Rooms stair-step to the rocks on a wild Riviera cove once favored by Bogart and Churchill.
Les Roches Rouges
Saint-Raphaël (Le Dramont)
A cliffside seawater pool and a private jetty, framed by the red rocks of the Estérel.
Zannier Île de Bendor
Bendor Island (Bandol)
A private Riviera island where guests swim straight off the rocks or the beach.
Alpes-Maritimes
Provence
2 hotels
Marseille
Cassis
Basque Coast
1 hotels
Biarritz
Atlantic Coast
1 hotels
Île d'Yeu
Italy
4 hotels
Sicily
1 hotels
Cefalù
Tuscan Coast
1 hotels
Livorno
Croatia
3 hotels
Dalmatia
3 hotels
Dubrovnik
Hotel Excelsior Dubrovnik
Dubrovnik
A stone terrace at sea level you jump straight off, minutes from Dubrovnik's Old Town walls.
Hotel More
Dubrovnik
A bathing platform on the rocks, and the whole of Lapad Bay to swim across.
Villa Dubrovnik
Dubrovnik
A lift down through the cliff to rock terraces and ladders into deep water.
Greece
2 hotels
Sporades
1 hotels
Skiathos
Norway
1 hotels
Vestland Fjords
1 hotels
Askøy
Switzerland
1 hotels
Lake Lucerne
1 hotels
Vitznau
UK
1 hotels
England
1 hotels
Cornwall
Jamaica
1 hotels
British Virgin Islands
1 hotels
Sir Francis Drake Channel
1 hotels
Peter Island
USA
6 hotels
California
2 hotels
San Diego
San Francisco
Massachusetts
1 hotels
Nantucket
Washington
1 hotels
Whidbey Island
Hawaii
1 hotels
Big Island
Mexico
2 hotels
Baja California Sur
1 hotels
Los Cabos
Nayarit
1 hotels
Riviera Nayarit
Chile
1 hotels
South Africa
1 hotels
Cyprus
1 hotels
