Historic Harbours, Coves & Citadel Ports

Bay & coastal landscape

Balos Lagoon

A western Cretan lagoon whose shallow colours belong to a fragile coastal form

Gramvousa, western Crete · Greece

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Bay & coastal landscape

Cala Deià

A stony Mallorcan inlet where the coast keeps the scale of small-boat work

Serra de Tramuntana, Mallorca · Spain

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Bay & coastal landscape

Cala Goloritzè

A Sardinian inlet where a limestone pinnacle makes the mountain–sea relationship visible

Baunei, Sardinia · Italy

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Bay & coastal landscape

Cala Luna

A Gulf of Orosei cove connected to a canyon and the mouths of coastal caves

Gulf of Orosei, Sardinia · Italy

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Bay & coastal landscape

Cala Macarella

A Menorcan cove whose beauty belongs to the whole inlet, not only its sand

Menorca · Spain

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Bay & coastal landscape

Cala Mondragó

A Mallorcan bay within a mosaic of beaches, dry-stone fields and protected habitats

Mallorca · Spain

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Bay & coastal landscape

Cala Saona

A west-facing Formentera cove where boatsheds keep a working shoreline in view

Formentera · Spain

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Bay & coastal landscape

Gulf of Porto

A Corsican coastal landscape where dramatic rock and marine life require a wider frame

Western Corsica · France

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Bay & coastal landscape

Kleftiko

A Milos coast where pale rock, caves and open water form a shifting architecture

Milos, Cyclades · Greece

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Bay & coastal landscape

Kvalvika

A Lofoten beach where archaeological traces complicate the image of wilderness

Moskenesøya, Lofoten · Norway

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Bay & coastal landscape

Loch Scavaig

A Skye sea loch whose visible mountains conceal another landscape beneath the surface

Isle of Skye · United Kingdom

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Bay & coastal landscape

Lulworth Cove

A Dorset cove where the shape of the coast becomes an introduction to geological time

Dorset · United Kingdom

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Bay & coastal landscape

Nærøyfjord

A Norwegian inlet where steep rock and inhabited shores reveal the scale of a fjord

Western Norwegian fjords · Norway

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Bay & coastal landscape

Portinho da Arrábida

A Portuguese bay whose sheltered-looking shore belongs to a larger mountain and estuary landscape

Setúbal Peninsula · Portugal

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Bay & coastal landscape

Praia da Marinha

An Algarve cove where erosion gives the cliff line its distinctive rhythm

Lagoa, Algarve · Portugal

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Bay & coastal landscape

Sakarun Bay

A Dugi Otok bay whose pale shore carries evidence of life beneath the water

Dugi Otok · Croatia

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Bay & coastal landscape

Santa Giulia Bay

A southern Corsican bay read between sand, lagoon and the land behind the beach

Southern Corsica · France

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Bay & coastal landscape

St Paul’s Bay, Lindos

A small Rhodian bay beneath an acropolis and a seafaring village

Rhodes · Greece

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Bay & coastal landscape

Stiniva Cove

A Vis cove whose narrow opening makes both beauty and visitor pressure visible

Vis island · Croatia

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Bay & coastal landscape

Voidokilia Bay

A rounded Messinian bay whose neighbouring wetland changes how the coast is understood

Messinia, Peloponnese · Greece

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