If you like privacy and tranquillity during your summer vacation, then you will love these best secret beach resorts suggested by Telegraph.

Among the best secret beach resorts for family summer holidays in Europe are two Greek where visitors “can stay clear of the crowds, the trinket shops and the nightclubbers, but still enjoy local life and culture”.

As the Telegraph mentions, privacy, tranquillity and simplicity characterise these European seaside destinations including Koufonisia and Palaiochora in Crete.

1. Palagruza, Dalmatia, Croatia

2. Mljet, Dalmatia, Croatia

3. Anamur-Iskele, Turkey

4. Koufonisia, Greece

5. Paleochora, south-west Crete, Greece

6. Viveiro, Galicia, Spain

7. Cíes Islands, Spain

8. Comporta, Tróia, Portugal

9. San Pantaleo, near the Costa Smeralda, Sardinia

10. Notre Dame, Porquerolles, France