FOR BEACHES

Combine Spanish style with French sophistication and you have a cruise that defines cosmopolitan chic. Hapag-Lloyd Cruises’ nine-day voyage on luxurious small ship MS Europa 2 leaves Mallorca for a day in Barcelona, then returns to the Balearic Islands calling at Formentera during the day and arriving on Ibiza at 10pm in time to party. There’s also a day in Menorca’s capital, Mahón. This is a particularly good cruise for golfers, with access to PGA-standard greens on the French island of Corsica, plus Marseille and Antibes, where you can spend the day before sailing round the corner for an overnight stay at the millionaires’ playground of Cannes. *The Mallorca to Cannes cruise on MS Europa 2 departs 22 July, with prices from £5,100pp, based on two people sharing, on an all-inclusive cruise-only basis (0800 0513 829; hl-cruises.com).