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Pink Sand 2020: a beaches special

A tropical retreat, a Riviera Grand Dame and a treasured stretch of English coastline… Max Hastings, Graydon Carter and Sophy Roberts share their perfect places. Plus: the 10 best new hotels of the year

Graydon Carter on 150 years of the Hotel du Cap
From F Scott Fitzgerald to Jean-Claude Van Damme: the enduring appeal of the world’s starriest hotel
Homeward bound: the joys of west Dorset
For travel writer Sophy Roberts, the still point of her constantly turning world is a small stretch of the Jurassic Coast
A writer’s retreat: why Max Hastings keeps returning to Langkawi
Every year, the journalist and historian travels to the place he works best — a villa by the sea at the Datai hotel
New horizons: this summer’s best seaside hotel openings
From Mykonos to Mozambique, 10 of the most anticipated launches
British beaches to enjoy and explore
The perfect Cornish escape, a Tudor house for hire and your own castle on a Scottish shore
Africa & Indian Ocean beach destinations
Whale watching from the shore in South Africa, an off-grid retreat on Lake Malawi, white sands in the Seychelles — and much more

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