Adam and Janes visit to the seaside

Let yourself be delighted by the The Beating of our steps. Do you want to walk through the most fun complete and Family tour Terra Gauda winery. If you would like to visit Terras Gauda with the X Switch to mobile version. This website uses cookies to guarantee the best user experience, and to compile anonymous statistics on the use of the website in order to learn more about our visitors and the contents they find most interesting. Though Eset fibble it to the zephiroth and Artsa zoom it round her heavens for ever. Creator he has created for his creatured ones a creation.

And all the pinkprophets cohalething? But however 'twas 'tis sure for one thing, what sherif Toragh vouch erfors and Mapqiq makes put out , that the man, Humme the Cheapner, Esc, overseen as we thought him, yet a worthy of the naym , came at this timecoloured place where we live in our paroqial fermament one tide on another, with a bumrush in a hull of a wherry , the twin turbane dhow , The Bey for Dybbling , this archipelago's first visiting schooner , with a wicklow pattern waxenwench at her prow for a figurehead , the deadsea dugong updip dripping from his depths, and has been repreaching him- self like a fishmummer these siktyten years ever since, his shebi by his shide , adi and aid, growing hoarish under his turban and changing cane sugar into sethulose starch Tuttut's cess to him!

Adam and Eve's - old Franciscan church in Dublin on the south quays of river Liffey. Sir Tristram, viola d'amores , had not encore arrived passencore rearrived on a merry isthmus from North Armorica to wielder fight his peninsular war , nor stones sham rocks by the Oconee exaggerated theirselves in exaggerated themselse to Laurens county, Ga, doubling all the time, nor a voice redffire from afire answered bellowsed mishe mishe chishe to tufftuff thouartpatrick thouartpeatrick.

A long sea implies an uniform and steady motion of long and extensive waves; on the contrary, a short sea is when they run irregularly, broken, and interrupted, so as frequently to burst over a vessel's side or quarter. Also, the use of the word "doublin" later in the sentence is a reference to Dublin, the county seat of Laurens County. Joyce explained to Harriet Weaver that it was founded by a Dubliner named Peter Sawyer actually it was Jonathan Sawyer , and that its motto was "Doubling all the time. God called unto him out of the midst of the bush, and said, Moses, Moses.

And he said, Here am I. Jishin earthquake , kaminari thunder , kaji fire , oyaji paternity. In the well-known nursery rime or riddle quoted below commonly explained as signifying an egg in reference to its shape ; thence allusively used of persons or things which when once overthrown or shattered cannot be restored. In the nursery rime or riddle there are numerous variations of the last two lines, e.

An map shows 10 Dublin turnpikes, almost all located on the North Circular Road and South Cicrcular Road at the crossing of main roads. The turnpike in Chapelizod was just East of the Phoenix Tavern where the Mullingar House now stands at the curve of the Dublin road to the bridge. It is described on the 1st page of Le Fanu's House by the Churchyard. The Dublin-Mullingar road was a turnpike road until Ere we were sure? The oaks of old maythey rest rust in peat. Elms leap where ashes lay. Till nevernever may our pharce be phoenished! Ostrogoth - an East Goth; a name given to the division of the Teutonic race of the Goths which towards the end of the 5th c.

Visigoth - a West-Goth; A member of that branch of the Gothic race which entered Roman territory towards the end of the fourth century and subsequently established a kingdom in Spain, overthrown by the Moors in La Langue de Rabelais. Also of a bullet: FDV First draft version: Ask is Norwegian "ashes", Embla is Norwegian "elm". Bygmester Solness ; The Master Builder - drama by Henrik Ibsen, in which Halvard Solness rises from "death" by climbing at the bidding of a girl a tower he has erected. He falls from the tower, blasted by the god he has rivaled and defied. Maurer ger - mason, freemason.

Joshua - old testament patriarch. It was publicly burned. Moses - Jewish lawgiver, prophet, leader from bondage. The Book of Moses is a theosophical work. He addle iddle wife wyfie and he annie Annie hugged the liddle crathur wither Wither tear tare in hares hayre in honds tuck up your pardner part-in-her. Though oftwhile balbulous [ He would see by the light of the liquor his roundup tower to rise on itself [ joy grant it joygrantit!

Neither his planned German campaign nor a proposed military expedition to Britain ever took place. Though there are reports of his soldiers being ordered to gather shells on the shore as trophies for Caligula's 'conquest of the sea'. Gentlemen Prefer Blondes , chapter 4: IX, 'Erigena, Johannes Scotus', a: In the narrative, the burning bush is the location at which Moses was appointed by Yahweh to lead the Israelites out of Egypt and into Canaan.

God, observing the unity of humanity in the construction, resolves to destroy the tower and confuse the previously uniform language of humanity, thereby preventing any such future efforts; therefore the city was called Babel babal , Heb. They hold up Adam's profession The Scripture says Adam digg'd.

Could he dig without arms?

The first was he to bare arms and the name. His shield, fessed, helio [ with archers strung ,] of the second. Haitch is for Husbandman planting handling his hoe. Comeday morning morn when and your you're feelin ho oh, you're Vine! Hahahaha Mister Finn Fine Funn you're going to be fined again. Finn - the name used by the Teut. The chief sanctuary of Islam, aka the "Ancient House," it contains the sacred Black Stone which was white when it fell from heaven, but turmed black from the sins of those who have touched it. In his early days as a shepherd Mohammed had lived much with nature; he had seen the pale dawn touch the grim summits of Mount Hira and Mount Arafat, had heard the thunder roll through the sounding passes of the hills.

He did not pretend that the religion he taught was something new, but called it the faith of Abraham, and the particular name he gave it was Islam, which signifies "striving after righteousness. Mohammed enjoined his followers to pray five times a day. When the sun has begun to decline. These are the regular hours of prayer to be observed by all good Moslems, but many follow the example of their Prophet, and pray at other times as well. For it is written, "Celebrate the praises of thy Lord what time thou risest and in the night and at the fading of the stars.

Bedouin - an Arab of the desert [ Joyce's note: As Mohammed entered Medinah, he was beset on all sides by the invitations of the Faithful, pressing him to alight and enter their houses… But Mohammed, perhaps fearing to create jealousies by favouring one more than another, said: Mohammed and the guide rode a camel called "Al-Kaswa," or the Crop-eared… Al-Kaswa came to be famous in the history of Islam, and carried the prophet in several of his battle.

There were many exiles from Meccah, who had fled from the persecutions of the Kuraysh; they were known as the Muhajirin or Refugees, while the citizen of Medinah, who were converts, were called Ansars , or Helpers. To fail to be discharged or exploded. And, as sure as Eve Abe ate little bit Ivvy's red apples, wan warning Finn felt tippling full. His howth howd filled heavy, his hodd hoddit did shake. There was a wall in course of erection. He fell stottered from the latter.

He was dead dudd.

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For all the world to see. If set completely underground, it may be covered by a tumulus. Erected ; named for the 19th-century politician Isaac Butt. MacCool , Macool , macool, why did ye die! Sore They sighed at Finn Funnigan's wake chrismiss chrissormiss cake wake. Miss Hooligan's Christmas Cake song: And they all chimed in with the shoutmost shoviality. In legends of Alexander, Gog and Magog are enemies he sealed behind a great wall in the Caucasus. Brian O'Linn - Irish ballad hero, first to wear clothes, make them of simple materials like sheepskin, shells, etc.

His A scone as for his pillow Sharphen his pillowscone tap up his bier. Arrah where in this world would you hear such a din again? They laid him low lax along his last broadon his bed. Fidelio - the name of Beethoven's only opera. In the opera, a faithful wife saves her imprisoned husband from death. Thus, Tim is saved by his infidelity, without which there would have been no fight, no spilled whiskey, and no resurrection.

Guiness - the proprietary name of a brand of stout manufactured by the firm of Guinness; a bottle or glass of this. Hurrah, there is but one globe for the owlglobe wheels anew which is testamount to the same thing as who shall see. With the aid of words of magical power granted her by Thoth, she unified the parts of her brother husband and roused him.

The image of Osiris' literal erection from the dead, effected by Isis in the shape of a bird is a vivid one. It is central to the cycle of Osiris, and important in FW. Slomczynski has discovered that, within the text of FW, we are referred to a photographic plate depicting the act. This happens at 6. Seipeal Iosaid shepel isid' gael - Iosada's [Iseult's] chapel; anglic. From Shopalist to Bailiwick Bailywick [ or from Ashtun to baronsoath baronoath [ or from Long Longthe Buythebanks to Roundthehead [ he swim, swam, swum.

Bailey lighthouse, Howth Head. In FW they are also the Three. Before modern paving came in, Dublin's streets were in fact notorious for their grime; something to do with the cobblestones and the soil in which they were laid. The Poolbeg lighthouse is at the end of the South Wall.

Before the lighthouse, a Poolbeg lightship marked the anchorage. Whose Whase on the gyant goint joyiant giant joint joyant joiyorite joint of a dish desh? Finfaw Finnfoefaw the Fush. What's at his baken head? A loaf of Singpatherick's Singpantry's Keannedy's bread. And what's at his hitched to hop in his tail tayl tayle?

Kennedy - Dublin baker. But Holystone Holeystone , what do I see? Not one but legion. The king of the castle is k. The almost rubicund salmon of all knowledge is one with the yesterworld of But, lo , as you would quaffoff of his fraudstuff and sink teeth through the that pyth of an earthenborn pan of his flowerwhite body behold of him nowheremore. The Only a fadograph of yesterworld's a yesterworld. Schluss ger - the end.

We may see the brontoichthyan form outlined, aslumbered , even in our nighttime by the side of the troutlet stream that bronto loved and loves. The cranial head of him , castle of his reason, look yonder. Ben Edar - anciently Howth, said to be named for Edar, a Dedanaan chief, buried on the hill. His lay clay feet, swarded with verdure, stick up where he last fell on em, by the hump of the magazine wall, where our Maggy Maggies seen all couldn't help keep it at all with her sister-in-shawl. The buildings of the Magazine are surrounded by a ditch and wall. Even in his madness, Swift quipped: The battle and battlefield of Waterloo are most commonly called on the continent "La Belle Alliance.

Also, the sound of a heavy object falling. From here when the clouds roll by, jamey , a clear view is enjoyable of the mound's mounding's mass, now Williamstown national museum, with in a greenish distance the charmful waterloose country and they two quitewhite villagettes who here show herselves so gigglesome mixxt minxt the follyages, the pretties! Penetrators are admitted in this museumound free, welshe and the militaries one shellink.

For her key supply to the janitrix, the Mistresse Kate. This way to the mewseyroom. Mind your boot hat going in. Now yez yiz are in the Willingdone mewseyroom. This is a Prooshian Prooshious gun gunz. This is the flag-o'-the- prushian prooshan prooshious. This is a bullet that bing the flag-o'-th prooshian prooshan. This is the ffrinch that fire the bull that bang the flag-o'-the-prooshian. This the hat of lipoleum. This is the Willingdone on his white harse. Cotton published a guide to the battlefield, A Voice from Waterloo. The museum was no longer in existence when James Joyce visited the battlefield in , but may have been known to him through the description in Hugo's Les Miserables.

Willingdone , Marquess of - appointed Indian viceroy, , when India was in revolutionary turmoil. He arrested Gandhi, suppressed a "No Rent" campaign, etc. But now I have noticed that "Willingdone" occurs in transition I , Therefore, unless he suppressed an earlier revolt, the marquess is yet another of Joyce's fine coincidences on prophecies or historical insights. Created as a kingdom in from the duchy of Brandenberg, Prussia became the dominant power in the formation of the German Empire in Wellington 's favorite horse, Copenhagen, was a chestnut, but Napoleon's at Waterloo , Marengo, was white.

Copenhagen - the name of the Wellington's horse. Bangkok - a kind of woven straw for hats. This is the first boyne hiena placement of "hiena" doubtful grouching in the living ditch. This is three lipoleums lipoleum boyne hiena grouching in the living ditch. This is an inglis, this a scotcher, this a welsh walshe [ one ]. This is the Delian alps sheltershocking the three lipoleums behind a crim crimmealine. The Willingdone is an old many mantrment mantrument montrument mantrumon mantrumoney montrumeny lipoleum is nice old young bustellen.

Wellington defeated far superior Mahratta forces there, 23 Sept This is the jinnies with the legahorns legohorns making their war oversides undersides undisides the Willingdone. This is jinnies cooin her hands. This is jinnies ravin her hair. This is the big Willingdone tallowscoop upsides obscides on the jinnies.

Visible from many parts of Dublin, it has been popularly called the "overgrown milestone. Excalibur - King Arthur's sword. This is the Belchiam taking a phillipy out of his bottle of Tiltsiter. This is the jinnies hasting dispatch fontannoy fortannoy the Willingdone. Dear Liffer Leaveher Awthur, Owthur field gates gaze your the tiny frow? They The jinnies think to they cotch the Willingdone. Waterloo is of course in Belgium , and for some reason Napoleon appears in the Museyroom passage as "me Belchum.

For him the city of Philippi was named. When Philip was drunk, he condemned a woman unjustly. She said she would appeal from Philip Drunk to Philip Sober. It was there in transition JJA This the Willingdone hurled dispatch dispatchback. Cherry jinny, damn fairy ann, voutre, Willingdone. French euphemism for 'foutre' - the deuce! She settled down for a time with the Duke of Argyle, but when he went to Scotland she became the mistress of the Duke of Wellington until she turned 35 She then retired from the business, moved to Paris, married a Monsieur Dubochet, and settled down to a literary career.

In her memoirs, Harriette says that Wellington looked like a ratcatcher! After her memoirs, she wrote and published novels very bad ones, say her critics. She eventually returned to London, and died in This is the Belchiam [ in his cowashoes ] footing the camp to for the jinnies. This is Prooshing rooshing balls.

Guinness stale - of beer: Rooshian - Russian ball - a missile from canon, musket, pistol, etc. He held a piece of fowl up on the prong of the carving fork'. This is the Willingdone order, fire! This is rinny jinny jinnies her away runaway [ down dowan a bunkershill bunkersheels ] cry: Goat strap strip Finnland Finnlambs! Wellington captured it from the French, 10 May The Royal Irish Regiment was part of British force. No one, including FW, is sure whether Israel Putnam actually said, "Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes.

From on, he was Chancellor of the North German Confederation. When the German Empire was declared in , he served as its first Chancellor. This is the Willingdone he branlish his tallowscoop on the rinning jinnies rinnyaway.

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Della Porta, Giovanni Battista - - Italian natural philosopher and playwright. The ship of the Flying Dutchman was usually sighted in the latitudes of the Cabo Tormentoso. This is lipoleum lipeleum hennessy hinnessy that spy the Willingdone on his big white harse. This is the three little lopoleums. This is the hinnessy that spy laughing spying the Willingdone, this is the lipsyg dooley that get the funk from the hinnessy. This the hindoo getting mad ranjymad for a bombshell bombshoot. This is the Willingdone hang the half of a flag hat o' the lipoleum on at the tail at on the backend of his big white wide white harse.

This way the mewseyroom. Mind your boots going out. This the hindoo he shaking [ warm ] hands with hinself blow the whole of the half hat o' lipoleum off the end of the tale of the backend back of the big wide harse. This way the mewseyruin. But how keling is the airabouts here! Such reasonable weather too. She never comes out when Thon's there or on show shower or when Thon's a on flash with Thon's the tindergiris or when Thon's blowing thonders on Thon's gaelaboys gaelieboys down the gaels of Thon.

She brings us her We know all men by these her presents from the goneaway past how there'll be eggs for the brekkers come to mourning. Be he alive or be he dead, I'll grind his bones to make my bread. I am sure I am right this time. Paradise and the Peri. Benedict to be worn by monks when engaged in manual labour. Barnum 'believed that when in London he must do as the toffs did']. Le Roman de Tristan et Iseut 3: Tristan's mother immediately after giving birth to him, while mourning for her recently-slain husband: And as you came into the world through sadness, your name shall be Tristan.

In the midst of life we are in death from the 'Order for the Burial of the Dead'. Push the Business On: Behold this sound of Irish sense. A silence makes a scene. Olaf the White - became first Norse king of Dublin, ca Romulus killed Remus, founded Rome by himself, and became its first king. It reminds you of the fading engraving engravure that used to be blurring on the blotchwall of his innkempt house.

I am sure that [ tiring ] tramp [ with the chocolate box [ , Miny Mitchel ,]] was listening. I say, the remains of the famous gravemures where used to be blurried the Tollmens of the Incabus.

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He is only pretending to be sounding his tugging at the box harp from a second tired listener. Fiery Phil Fergus Far relly It is well known. By the mausoleme mausolime wall. Finnfinn Fimfim Fannfann fimfim. With with a grand funferall. I am sure that [tiring] tramp [with the chocolate box [, Miny Mitchell,]] was listening.

In Geographike syntaxis , he gives an inaccurate description of Ireland, calls Dublin "Eblana," and Howth an island. Fiery Phil Fergus Farrelly It is well known. Jubal and Tubal Cain - Jubal was "father of all such as handle the harp and organ"; Tubal was "instructor of every artificer in brass and iron" Genesis , 4. Their brother Jabal was father of those who live in tents and have cattle.

They will be tuggling forever. They will be listling forever. They will be pretumbling forever. The Their harpsichord harpsdischord will be theirs forever.

Eire - Ireland isle ile - isle pall - to cover with a pall a rich cloth spread upon or over something; a coverlet ; something, such as a cloud, that extends over a thing or region and produces an effect of gloom. A hump or hunch on the back obs. A swellhead swelledhead bulbenhead on surmounting surmounted an alderman.

A shoe on a poor old woman. An auburn maid, a bridabride , to be deserted. A pen no weightier than a polepost. Tammuz is the 6th month in the Babylonian calendar. It begins on the 15th day of the Hebrew month of Tishri roughly late September , on the fifth day after Yom Kippur. Bloaty Blubber Blubby wares in upat Eblanium.

Bluchy works on at Hurdlesford. They were from 30 to 40 feet long, and so thick that men standing on each side of one of them, could not see those on the other. Upwards of of them were killed by the people'. Articles of merchandise or manufacture; vessels, etc. Baal - The chief male deity of the Phoenician and Canaanitish nations; hence, transf. Bealtaine gael - May Festival, May Day lit. Sackville now O'Connell Street bore his name.

At that time it came to pass that many 2 fair bronzelocked maidens grieved to because their minions minion were was ravished of them by an ogre Europeus Pius. Bloody wars in Dublin Ballyaughacleeaghbally. It must be remembered that a girl, Biddy O'Brien, caused the war at Finnegan's wake.

Blooty worse words in Ballyaughacleeagh in Ballyaughacleeaghbally. Blooty words for Dublin. The road of the ballad is from Tuam to Dublin via Mullingar. It was followed through all Scandinavia throughout the Middle Ages, and although it has been described as barbarous, it is less so than the excessive use of capital punishment characteristic of English law, under which even in the nineteenth century pocket-picking or sheep-stealing was punishable with death'. Napoleon defeated Russians under General Bennigsem, 14 June Fomhor fower gael - legendary pirates harassing pre-Milesian colonists; anglic.

Joynts have given thrown up wallmaking jerrybuild - to build flimsily of materials of poor quality pax l - peace button hole - the hole or slit through which a button passes, an opening like a buttonhole; button-hole flower Colloquial. Clare, site of Brian Boru's palace; anglic. Killaloe [ notebook Else kiss thou may mean [ kerry ] piggy?: Who ails tongue coddo, aspace dumbbeksally dumbbillselly? Cull me I am ere I wilt to thee, and but a little later: Pluck me ere whilst I blush. Well, may they wilt, marry! And profusedly blush, be troth!

For that saying is as old as the howths, wherever you have lay a whale in a whillbarrow isn't it the truath I'm tallen ye? Can you direct one to the Sic. Joyce ended his primitive draft here. Revision preceded the writing of the pseudohistoric dialogue between Mutt and Jute and perhaps also the Annals passage cited above. Babel - the city and tower, of which the attempted construction is described in Genesis xi, where the confusion of languages is said to have taken place; a confused assemblage. Sodom - an extremely wicked or corrupt place.

French - do you speak French? Danish - do you love me, my dear? Else kiss thou may mean [kerry] piggy? French - where is your gift, you imbecile? To become limp or flaccid, through heat or drought. Welt the flure, yer trotters shake; Isn't it the truth I've tould ye Lots of fun at Finigan's wake!

Parthalon parhalon gael - leader of second legendary colonists Biggar , Joseph - trusted parliamentary aide of Parnell's, a "character" of whom many stories were told. Biggar was hunchbacked and misshapen. Comment vous portez-vous aujourd'hui, mon blond monsieur? French - How are you today, my fair sir? Who is this This kerl on the kopje [ who the joebiggar be he? You tollerday donsk domk? Let me cross your qualm with gilt trinkgilt. Benson did some market research during the 's to find our what people liked about Guinness. People responded that they felt good when they had their pint and the slogan was born.

The slogan is still used in some countries notably in Africa that do not regulate advertising claims as zealously as the U. Some have even posted that the advertising features athletes and imply that there athleticism can be attributed to Guinness. How I know it the livery greytecloke of Cedric Silkyshag [with his hairyside out]!

It He is him. He was poached on that eggtentical spot by the. Here where the liveries. There where the missers mooney: With what Wid wad for a noise like? Since the building of the South and Bull Walls, the South Bull is under water at all tides and the North Bull is an island, connected with the mainland by a bridge no longer wooden as in A Portrait , and paralleling the shore from Clontarf almost to Howth.

Clontarf, "meadow of the bull," may have been named from the North Bull. Sturk is "resurrected" by Black Dillon. In vaguely depreciative use: Mutt - Rest a while. Half Walk a look onward roundward you will see [how old the plain] From in the Bigning Bygning to Finnisthere. They first proposition the young matron and, when repulsed, accuse her of unchastity with a young man. Ruta graveolens , having bitter, strong-scented leaves which were formerly much used for medicinal purposes. One a year, they are allowed to see each other.

The flux unites them, the reflux separates them, and they tear away from each other amid prolonged lamentations'. To disable by cutting the sinew or tendons of the hough, to hamstring. Catherine, a beautiful daughter of his host, instantly inspired the Earl with a violent passion, which he could not subdue. He married her, and by this inferior alliance alienated his followers, whose brutal pride regarded this indulgence of his love as an unpardonable degradation of his family. Then the LORD answered me and said, "Record the vision And inscribe it on tablets, That the one who reads it may run 'he may run that readeth it'.

To use a sieve, to do sifting. Upon this the characters were impressed by a reed or square-shaped stylus, the clay-books being afterwards baked or sun-dried'. Thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians' writing on the wall at Belshazzar's feast. Heidelberg man - an early pleistocene man closely rel. It appears to have served for a variety of purposes, as a hoe, chisel, or axe, and perhaps as a weapon of war. Here are say figurines billicoose arming and mounting.

When a piece does duty for the whole we soon get used to an allforabit allphorabit. Here are selveram cued little petty petteet peas of quite a pecuniar interest inaslittle as they are the pellets that make the tomtums tomtummy's payroll. Wisha, wisha, whydidthe whydidtha? This Thik is for thorn that's tuck in its toil like tom tomfool's anger traitor thrust for vengeance. What a [ mnice old mness it mnakes ,] middenhide's mniddenhide's hoard of abjects! See the snake worms wurrums everywhere our durst durl bin is sworming with sneaks!

Subdivide and sumdolot and but the tale comes out the same balifuson. Chenopodiacea , having, in cultivation, a succulent root much used for food, and also for yielding sugar. Reventazon was landing a cargo of bananas from Jamaica when a strange little creature was discovered hiding among the fruit Now, what is it? Subdivide and sumdolot and but the tale comes out the same balifusion. Axe plays on axe thwacks on axe acks thracks axewise.

One by one please place one be three and one before. Two nursus one make free tree free and idem behind. The young girl tied a silken scarf around the single horn of the animal and it disappeared the same night, only according to the story to reappear more than seventy years later, just after the death of Master Kung'. It was said of one industrious scholar that he read 'a hundredweight daily''. If you fancy a cove of your own, check in to the Mezzatorre Resort, in the Bay of Naples, on the volcanic island of Ischia, which bubbles and steams with thermal activity — something the spa at this elegant resort harnesses to the full.

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Its two pristine pebble beaches, Stara Vlaka and Veli Zal, give onto shallow turquoise-blue waters, in total solitude. No one will bother you here. Anyone seeking ultimate isolation. In Palagruza lighthouse, which has two basic but comfortable self-catering apartments; lighthouses-croatia. Contained within Mljet National Park, the emerald-green lakes are perfect for swimming and normally a few degrees warmer than the open sea and you can rent kayaks, too.

As most visitors to Mljet come on organised day trips from Dubrovnik, once the last excursion boat has left, tranquillity reigns. Just a few yachters stay overnight, putting down anchor in sheltered bays, then hopping ashore to eat the local speciality, lobster. Active types — young or old — who like a bit of fun before they flop. Hotel Odisej, the only hotel on the island, offers basic but comfortable three-star accommodation, plus a small spa; adriaticluxuryhotels.

The remote island of Vis lies a two-hour, minute ferry journey from Split. Local travel offices offer excursions into the interior of the island or boat trips around its coast, all of which will help you discover the joys of beaches like Stiniva, on the southern part of the island, close to the village of Zuzec. Accessible only by hiking on a steep, narrow path, or taking a taxi boat from the nearby Rukavac cove, this offers the ultimate seclusion. Families; couples seeking a romantic hideaway.

In the superb harbourside 16th century Palazzo Jaskia, a luxurious self-catering villa which sleeps up to Full review of Palazzo Jaskia. View our best luxury Croatia holidays View our best luxury cruises in Croatia. This yard stretch of sand is a few miles off the main coastal highway between busy Syvota and Parga — but the journey is worth it.

Go body-surfing, visit ruins or just flop. Adventurous couples, families with children big enough to swim. Full review of the White Orchid. The last big beach on the south-west coast before the end of Corfu, Gardenos offers clean sand and broad dimensions. There are inexpensive sunbeds with umbrellas, but no watersports, no beach bar, no crowds except in August ; other facilities are limited to a pair of tavernas.

The seabed drops off fairly sharply, so this beach is not ideal for toddlers. Read our Corfu travel guide. Full review of Boukari Beach Restaurant and Hotel. This, the smallest of the Ionian Islands, is bliss defined. After the pebbled beaches of Paxos, sandy Voutoumi, with its spectacular turquoise and indigo waters, clifftop surroundings and welcoming tavernas, takes some beating. The local population fluctuates between 30 and ; there are few cars and no shops.

High above Voutoumi beach reached by steps is the Bella Vista taverna with the best view of all. Read our full expert guide to Voutoumi. Relaxed couples, families looking for seclusion. There are no hotels on Anti Paxos and few villas, so base yourself in Paxos and take a boat to Voutoumi. The biggest of the Ionian Islands boasts two famous curves of seafront in Myrtos and Antisamos beaches. But there is much to be said for Petani — a lovely patch of sand and pebbles on the north-west coast of the less-visited Paliki peninsula.

That this little suntrap is reached via a winding road so steep that a goat might baulk at it only adds to its appeal. See our 19 favourite Greek islands. Those who appreciate Greek afternoons away from the hubbub. The F Zeen Retreat, a chic adult-only hideaway on the south coast near Lourdata.

Full review of F Zeen. Skiathos, in the Sporades, has more than 50 beaches dotted around its coast. This double beach on the north coast takes more getting to than those in the more developed south, with a 4x4 vehicle from town or the main trunk road. Lygaries has yards of sand sprinkled with pebbles and an excellent taverna. Still not secluded enough?