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The most celebrated beach clubs, from Saint-Tropez and Mykonos to Ibiza and Bodrum.
Last checked October 2026.
Try "Saint-Tropez", "Positano", "truffle" or "Cyprus".
Sunbeds along the shore, BodrumPhotograph: Pexels
Try "Saint-Tropez", "Positano", "truffle" or "Cyprus".
Home›Beach Clubs
The most celebrated beach clubs, from Saint-Tropez and Mykonos to Ibiza and Bodrum.
Last checked October 2026.
The Lisbon JNcQUOI group's beach club, standing alone on the sand at Comporta, just over an hour from Lisbon, in a building by the Belgian architect Vincent Van Duysen.
The Algarve's most celebrated beach restaurant, run by Bernardo "Gigi" Reino on Quinta do Lago's beach, known for its long seafood lunches and the day's catch, with carabineiro prawns the house favourite.
The best-known address on Cala Jondal in southwest Ibiza, running day-to-night from lunch on the beach to evening DJ sets. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗
A seafood-led beach restaurant on the same bay as Blue Marlin, with the menu by chef Rafa Zafra. It is one of the hardest lunch tables to book on the island.
A beach restaurant minutes from Ibiza Town with a quieter, more refined following than the party clubs, open daily in season. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗
Open since 1965, this Marbella beach club marked its 60th anniversary with a menu by chef Dani García and is run by Grupo Dani García with Grupo Mosh. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗
The founding name of Saint-Tropez beach life, run by the de Colmont family since 1955 and supplied by its own organic estate. It remains the reference lunch for yachts anchored off Pampelonne. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗
A beach restaurant in a 1950s Riviera style serving southern French, Italian and Sicilian dishes, open daily in season. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗
The Saint-Tropez house of the Bagatelle group, known for its festive lunch on the sand, with a lounge and garden. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗
The beach restaurant of La Réserve Ramatuelle, designed by Philippe Starck, with cooking by Eric Canino of the hotel's MICHELIN-starred La Voile. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗
A Mediterranean restaurant and private beach on an island off Cannes, reached only by boat and a regular lunch stop for superyachts. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗
The Société des Bains de Mer beach resort at the eastern edge of Monaco (on Roquebrune-Cap-Martin land), a hotel since 1929, with beach cabanas, the MICHELIN-starred restaurant Elsa and seasonal concepts including La Vigie.
Portofino's historic beach club on Paraggi Bay, an icon of the Ligurian dolce vita since 1927, revamped by the Parisian studio Festen, with Langosteria's restaurant on the sand.
A beach club and seafood restaurant at the foot of the Faraglioni rocks, opened in 1949 and still run by the founding families. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗
The beach club and restaurant of Capri Palace Jumeirah, on the rocks beside the Blue Grotto, known for its seafood and its dessert "Temptation Room". Open to non-residents.
Le Sirenuse's beach club on the bay of Nerano, on the Sorrento peninsula's southern shore, open to non-guests daily from April to October and 25 minutes by boat from Positano. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗
A clifftop beach club and restaurant at Forte Cappellini on the Costa Smeralda, known for its sunset and its summer programme of leading international DJs. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗
None that meets our standard yet.
None that meets our standard yet.
None that meets our standard yet.
Opened in 2015 at the southern end of Paraga beach, known for its sunset ritual, music programme and Mediterranean sharing plates. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗
On Psarou beach since 2002, a full-bay restaurant and beach club favoured by the yacht crowd and the island's most established daytime address. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗
The hotel and beach club founded by Ayla Emiroğlu, a Bodrum pioneer since the 1970s, on the bay of Türkbükü. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗
The Bagatelle group's day-to-night venue at Palmarina in Yalıkavak, popular with the superyacht crowd. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗
None that meets our standard yet.
None that meets our standard yet.
None that meets our standard yet.
None that meets our standard yet.
None that meets our standard yet.
That makes 21 entries in all.
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