The Guardian - Life & Style • Jan. 18, 2026, 1:35 p.m.

Our readers bask in the memory of great beach discoveries, from Latvia to Sicily • Send us a tip on Scandinavia or Finland – the best wins a £200 holiday voucher Forty miles east of Palermo, the magnificent Sicilian resort town of Cefalù juts out beneath dramatic cliffs. The town has a perfect half-moon beach of golden sands melding into the gorgeous clear turquoise sea.

Medieval lanes of stones in a diamond pattern lead up to a lively square offering great Italian food. It’s fronted by a beautiful Norman cathedral with twin towers and Byzantine mosaics inside.

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