Cornwall has always held a nostalgic seaside allure for British city dwellers, and Hotel Tresanton’s new beach club in postcard pretty St Mawes gives form to those wistful dreams. Cheerful striped parasols, cute bungalows and the sway of palm trees in the coastal breeze see a quasi-Meditteranean take on Cornish coastal life. Kids feast on crab sandwiches and wholesome burgers while adults indulge in a beloved seaside tradition of champagne and oysters. It’s easy to ignore work emails when you’re on your third bowl of homemade ice-cream, looking out towards the sun setting behind St Anthony’s Lighthouse with the distant sound of children rockpooling on Tavern Beach below.

Between the families holidaying and Instagrammers looking for their next snap, it’s hard to find an inch to lay down your towel on the Amalfi Coast – unless you know where to look. A pink palace and bonafide bolthole of the rich and fabulous, Palazzo Avino is the only hotel in the cliff-top town of Ravello with its own beach club – accessible via a shuttle bus or a languid walk past beautiful squares, old churches and down cobbled steps. Housed in a walled private villa, the aptly named Clubhouse by the Sea is glamorous yet simple, spotlighting the famed views for which you came. Terraces are studded with red-and-white striped director chairs looking down on sunloungers where heliophiles soak up the rays and waiters bring plates of grilled octopus and glasses of champagne.