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Europe's Most Colourful Coastal Villages
Pastel houses stacked above the sea, fishing harbours painted every colour, and clifftop towns that look hand-tinted — Europe's most photogenic places to lose an afternoon.
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Some towns just photograph themselves. This map gathers Europe's most gloriously colourful coastal and lakeside villages: houses in candy stripes tumbling down to a harbour, blue-domed churches above a caldera, and a fishing quarter painted so its sailors could find home through the fog. From the Italian Riviera to a Danish quay and a Venetian lagoon, this is the continent at its most postcard-perfect.