The Daily Telegraph - Saturday - Travel
DREAM TRIPS
From the Mediterranean to the Arctic Circle, there are still plenty of escapes offering a taste of excitement, adventure and carefree indulgence
along past olive groves, white cliffs and maquis-cloaked ravines. The city of Knidos, where a cult to goddess of love, Aphrodite, once held sway, dominates the westernmost point of the peninsula. The Bozburun peninsula, every bit as attractive as Datca, points to the Greek island of Symi, famed for its neoclassical houses. It’s an idyllic trip, more than proving the unwritten Blue Cruise maxim: “If you can’t relax on a blue cruise, you can’t relax.”
YOU’LL NEVER FORGET…
Knidos and some of the world’s most romantically situated Classical ruins.
INSIDER TIP
June and September are best, as the sea is warm but the humidity and temperatures are still manageable.
HOW TO DO IT
Fly into Dalaman with Jet2 ( jet2.com) and British Airways (britishairlines. com). Blue Cruise (bluecruise. co.uk) have cabin charter cruises taking in the highlights of the two peninsulas (plus another trip combining them with the Greek islands of Symi and Rhodes), from £499 per person, full board. Private charters are also available. the sunshine, and breathing in the pine-scented air as you walk around the coastal paths.
INSIDER TIP
After a night of repetitive beats, beat a path over to Wild Beets (wildbeets.com) in the hippy-chic village of Santa Gertrudis (below), in the centre of the island. It has a plant-based menu using organic, gluten-free ingredients and is open all year round.
HOW TO DO IT
Fly to Ibiza with British Airways
(ba.com), easyJet (easyjet. com), Ryanair (ryanair. com) or Jet2 (Jet2.com). Ibiza Retreats (0034 660 541512; ibizaretreats.com) offers wellness breaks such as the seven-night Summer Glow Yoga Holiday, from £1,495 (flights extra).
38 Degrees North (020 3051 8467; thirtyeightdegreesnorth.com) runs Body: Reset Retreat fitness breaks at the groovy Sol Beach House in Santa Eulalia, from £1,499 for six nights (flights extra).