France
9 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.
Château de Valmer
La Croix-Valmer
A palm-lined walk through the vineyard to a private stretch of Gigaro beach.
Alpes-Maritimes
Château de Théoule
Théoule-sur-Mer
A restored red-rock château with a white-sand cove just steps from the suites.
Cap Estel
Èze-Bord-de-Mer
A private peninsula with its own stone beach beneath the gardens.
Villa Miraé - Cap d'Antibes
Cap d'Antibes
A short walk through the Cap to a cove picked out by painters.
Provence
1 hotels
Marseille
Basque Coast
1 hotels
Biarritz
Atlantic Coast
1 hotels
Île d'Yeu
Croatia
1 hotels
Spain
29 hotels
Catalunya
21 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
Wake up between two beaches, with a handful of quiet coves a few minutes' walk away.
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.
Hostalillo
Tamariu
One of the Costa Brava's smallest, quietest cove towns — right on the coastal path.
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
Begur (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.
Little Beach House Barcelona
Garraf
A private beachfront club with loungers a footstep from the sand, near Sitges.
Balearics
7 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
Port de 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 white-sand coves, one on each side of the property.
Hoposa Costa d'Or
Llucalcari
A cliffside path down to a wild, rocky swimming spot — steeper than most.
Menorca
Formentera
Andalusia
1 hotels
Costa del Sol
Italy
1 hotels
Amalfi Coast
1 hotels
Positano
Greece
1 hotels
Cyclades
1 hotels
Mykonos
Norway
1 hotels
Vestland Fjords
1 hotels
Askøy
USA
1 hotels