The beach is the key to many a great holiday but the perfect beach is rarely found by chance.

The coasts of the Mediterranean and the Atlantic are fringed with an overwhelming array of beaches. Head, instead, to one of these secret beaches – 52, one for every week of the year – chosen by our European experts in France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Croatia and Greece. Among the 52 amazing beaches we find 8 Greek beaches.

Read which are the 8 Greek beaches featured:

1. Karavostasi, north-west coast

2. Gardenos, Corfu

3. Voutoumi, Antipaxos

4. Petani Beach, Kefalonia

5. Lygaries, Skiathos

6. Kea, Cyclades

7. Koufonissia, Cyclades

8. Traganou, Rhodes