Readers recommend 50 travel ideas for 2026, from Greek isles to polar nights

Readers have suggested 50 travel ideas for 2026, covering beaches, rail journeys, off‑the‑beaten‑track adventures, family holidays and under‑the‑radar city breaks, according to a Guardian feature. Beach recommendations range from quiet Greek island Astypalaia and Corsica’s Plage de Péru to Sant Pol de Mar near Barcelona, Akyaka in Turkey, the Danish Riviera at Gilleleje, Procida in the Bay of Naples and lesser‑known shores such as Plage de la Paracou in the Vendée and the car‑free island of Silba in Croatia.

Rail trips and slow travel feature strongly: a sleeper from Belgrade to Lake Skadar, an Interrail route on to Morocco via Girona and Córdoba, a Belgian day return deal for over‑65s at €8.50, a multi‑day North Wales circuit along the Cambrian coast, and a Rome‑to‑Sicily journey where trains are loaded onto a ferry for the crossing.

Off‑the‑beaten‑track suggestions include a lakeside cabin on Finland’s Lake Saimaa, camping by Portugal’s River Alva, the remote Outer Hebrides island of Berneray, Montenegro’s Durmitor and the Danube delta. Family ideas range from canal boating in the Netherlands and a castle hostel near Rome to Austria’s Wolfgangsee and activity holidays around Lake Bled.

City picks include Olomouc, Catania, Tromsø’s polar nights, Wrocław, Jaén and Leiden.

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