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> The south coast of Turkey is so undiscovered as yet that few Turks have heard of it, let alone been there. Most of it can be reached only by yacht, many of which are chartered in Athens, and there are no hotels—only peasant villages, sandy beaches, rocky promontories, azure water, clear skies and a background of snow-capped mountains. This coast was once a favorite Greco-Roman resort area (one town with a modern population of 500 has an ancient amphitheater with a seating capacity of 30,000), and on one beach the sea laps at the steps of a ruined temple and the traveler swims among marble columns. Not surprisingly, a few rich Europeans and Americans are quietly—and illegally—buying up land through Istanbul front men.
> Belle Ile is one of the prettiest of the offshore islands scattered along France's Atlantic coast, and it is one of the places the French have managed to conceal from tourists. They go there themselves, especially in August, but even then it is not crowded on the sandy beaches, protected by rocky cliffs, off which there is excellent sailing, fishing, swimming and skindiving. Sarah Bernhardt had a house there, and there is still an occasional theatrical or intellectual visitor who is delighted to discover hotels such as Manoir de Goulphar with a view of the sea from every one of its rooms.
> Connemara, on the Atlantic coast of Ireland's County Galway, is bleak in winter, but in summer has a dreamy, romantic beauty. Its heather-covered hills and mountains are dotted with trout-filled lakes and riverlets. The hotels are scattered but substantial, and some are notable, such as Ballynahinch Castle, where the fishing is famous. And the food is delicious: trout and salmon, lobsters and crayfish, clams, mussels and—come September—the famous Galway oysters. Not to mention the small Connemara sheep, which range the hills where wild herbs give their meat a rare, delicate taste.
> On Denmark's Jutland peninsula is the small old town of Ebeltoft—a cluster of low red-roofed houses, cobblestone streets and idyllic gardens set in a rolling coastal landscape with good bathing and a fine variety of Viking graves, castle ruins and old country estates within visiting distance. Small inns and pensions are scattered through the area, as well as a modern hotel, Hvide Hus (White House). Visitors to Ebeltoft will also hear the old reassuring sound of a night watchman singing out the hour as he makes his nocturnal rounds.
> One spot so unspoiled that there is still almost nothing there is Sardinia's Costa Smeralda. But a syndicate headed by the Aga Khan is busy trying to change all that. It has launched a $650 million development along 35 miles of mountainous coastline that embrace scores of beaches and several natural ports. Some 35 hotels are planned, with accompanying golf courses, hunting grounds, polo fields, theaters, nightclubs and casinos. Since the coast at present is nearly devoid of inhabitants, the promoters plan to provide authentic quaintness by building some fishing villages from the ground up, complete with imported fishermen.
* The traffic is heavy in the other direction too; between January and May, the U.S. consulate in Paris granted 57% more visas than in the same period last year.