It’s also incredibly exclusive. Unlike its oft-confused Riviera twin Cap Ferrat, where Europe’s glitterati have hobnobbed since Victorian times, Cap Ferret’s first hotel opened in 1969: and between wooden cabins on stilts and ancestral maisons de vacances, hotels remain few and far between.
Here, freshly shucked huîtres on the seashore fuel off-grid sojourns. Bookend lunch at oyster shack La Kabane in the ramshackle fishing quarter with peaceful walks along the Sentier de l’Abécédaire forest trail, solitary beach romps, bike rides and a sunset climb up Cap Ferret’s storybook lighthouse. After dark, have cocktails beneath fairy lights at speakeasy La Mayzou.
Stay: Luxurious beach lodge Hôtel des Dunes has just 13 rooms, fusing a surf aesthetic, Hamptons elegance and inimitable Ferretcapien charm (doubles from £170; 00 33 5 56 60 61 81; hoteldesdunes.com).
Nicola Williams
In Portugal, make for Comporta
This dune-fringed area has long been a playground for the cognoscenti, including European royals and celebrities from the worlds of film and fashion. They love the powder-white sands where they can kick off their shoes and lunch on freshly grilled sea bass at SAL completely incognito, as the turquoise-hued sea rolls in on Carvalhal beach.
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