Looking for sun,sea,beach,bars, good food and some villages/towns with character and some sites/history to visit by hire car with the missus

mountains and lakes in background a bonus 🙂

no need for night clubs and larger louts or mtb

the usually stuff

went to Thassos Greece last year and liked that a lot

any recommendations welcome

Orkney, various sites, good scenery etc

Crete, ditto, might be sunnier

yea was looking at crete but its a big place and not sure which part would be a good base

Basque country.

Been recommeneded plenty of times have a wee search on here.

Northern Greece?

Halkidiki maybe as a base?