Nice place for a young couple?

spongebob89

Both mid 20s seeking suggestions here if anyone has been to a nice place around canaries or that, at tge minute im contemplating gran canaria, im really seeking a nice area with decent beach is a must so thats croatia off the list, decent food would be a biggie too, then things to do

Any suggestions welcome

Bananaleaf

Croatia has fantastic beaches! They are stony beaches opposed to sandy ones of course, but get yourself a pair of soft beach shoes - which they sell there - and you'll be fine. Personally, I originally felt the same way you did, but when I realised that I wasn't coming back to apartment each day covered in sand, sand in my hair, sand in my bag, in my towel, still sand in my stuff after I had returned home - I was sold. When we then went on to Greece we opted for stone only beaches.

spongebob89

Bananaleaf wrote: »

Croatia has fantastic beaches! They are stony beaches opposed to sandy ones of course, but get yourself a pair of soft beach shoes - which they sell there - and you'll be fine. Personally, I originally felt the same way you did, but when I realised that I wasn't coming back to apartment each day covered in sand, sand in my hair, sand in my bag, in my towel, still sand in my stuff after I had returned home - I was sold. When we then went on to Greece we opted for stone only beaches.

Thanks for the reply but we got stung with stoney beaches before in corfu and hated it, we were originally opting for croatia this year until I found out about the beaches..

Bananaleaf

Oh okay, fair enough. I was in Sicily and while I would never recommended a trip to Italy to anyone ( we were scammed and robbed in Italy too many times for it to just be a coincidence) Sicily did have amazing beaches.

Quite pricey though and you would need a rental car to get around. And as I say, it was disaster from start to finish in terms of being shafted.

South of Spain has lovely sandy beaches - torremolinos for example, but may not be your thing.

South of France - places like Nice, Cannes are fab too. Again, pricey locations too.

solerina

Bananaleaf wrote: »

Oh okay, fair enough. I was in Sicily and while I would never recommended a trip to Italy to anyone ( we were scammed and robbed in Italy too many times for it to just be a coincidence) Sicily did have amazing beaches.

Quite pricey though and you would need a rental car to get around. And as I say, it was disaster from start to finish in terms of being shafted.

South of Spain has lovely sandy beaches - torremolinos for example, but may not be your thing.

South of France - places like Nice, Cannes are fab too. Again, pricey locations too.

I like both places but Nice has a total stony beach and I found the sea to be quite scary, the current was pretty strong and you had to climb down into it...Loved Nice but I would choose it as a beach destination. Cannes has a lovely sandy beach though !!

Indestructable

Unless you really want massive clubs I would go for Nerja in southern Spain. Its a gorgeous town and is quite lively without being OTT. Lovely restaraunts and beaches. No massive high rise tourist apartments either. Lovely town.

2ndcoming

I'd recommend Corralejo in Fuerteventura, been there twice with my gf and we loved it both times. The whole area is a mini desert so beaches are beautiful, there's surf lessons, buggy tours, catamaran excursions and it has a few decent bars & places to eat for the evening time, without being a real clubby or "yoof" destination. Nice balance I found.

It's particularly good for an off-season trip cos of the year round weather.