La Concha Beach, San Sebastian, Spain

La Concha Beach is one of the most beautiful stretches of sandy business in the world – it’s steps from the beating heart of old San Sebastian, is marked by golden sand and is buttressed by spectacular mountains – rugged woodland on one side, and ancient churches and cobbled streets of the city on the other. It’s the city itself that draws hungry visitors from all over the world – San Sebastian is, after all, the tapas capital of the world. But beware; all that tapas, known in the Basque tongue as pintxos, is going to make squeezing into your city beach bathing suit a more difficult proposition than you bargained for.