10 of Europe’s best beach towns, with places to stay

There's something very special about small but perfectly formed Assos: butter-colored and pink houses line a horseshoe-shaped bay, with Venetian ruins scattered among the narrow alleys. There are two small beaches, but the real fun is to rent a motorboat and discover the small bays and coves that surround this part of the Kefalonian coast. Walkers can follow the path up the headland to the ruins of the 16th-century castle of Assos; there is not much to see, but the views make the walk worth it. Roi Suites is a bougainvillea-covered cluster of well-equipped studios in a neoclassical waterfront building, ...