These are Europe’s most beautiful islands for food, weather and scenery

A collection of Spanish islands dominated the ranking (Picture: Shutterstock / Balate.Dorin)

If there’s one thing Europe does well, it’s islands.

So well, in fact, that it can be hard to choose from the sheer number of beautiful destinations.

But this year, worry not.

A new study of Europe’s best island escapes for 2026 has just dropped, with Spain and Croatia dominating the top 10.

Saga Holidays compared 80 islands across the continent against three key factors:

• Weather: including sunshine, rainfall, wind and temperature comfort
• Food and drink availability: based on the number of restaurants, cafés and bars, adjusted for island size
• Green space
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