What can be better than combining the excitement of exploring a city and its historic sites with the ability to also chill out on the beach. As I said, I couldn’t spend a couple of weeks just lying on a beach but I also couldn’t spend that amount of time in a hot stuffy city either. Therefore beach cities are one of my absolute favourite holiday experiences. I love spending the morning in a good cafe having breakfast whilst wandering the streets of a city trying to get lost before popping to the beach in the afternoon and having a cool dip in the sea. There are obviously loads of great beach cities around the world like Barcelona, Miami and Sydney but if you have done all these then why not think outside the box and try combining places such as the ancient city of Athens with the Peloponnese or the high-rise of Hong Kong with its outer lying islands.
A city and beach holiday experience is the best of both worlds for me and even on extended trips I try to mix up some city time with beach time.