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The Coastline

Padel travel, written from the coasts that matter. Where to play, where to stay, where to spend a long weekend.

What lives in this section

Pieces in The Coastline take readers to places worth knowing: Marbella, Barcelona, Lisbon, Dubai, Edinburgh when the season turns. Each piece is built around a single trip, made carefully, written slowly.

This isn't a guide section; it's place writing. The clubs are the spine of each piece, and around them sit the cities, the meals, the harbour at the end of an afternoon.

We go to one place per issue and stay long enough to know it. That's the format.

Read in The Coastline

The Alborán · 1st July 2026

A Villa Called the Alborán

Gili Air, a villa that shares the name, a Sasak kitchen we returned to, and a padel court on a coral island.

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The Court · play & the padel world The Terrace · food & drink The Archive · the history of padel The Body · wellness & fitness The Sessions · the podcast

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See you at the club. — Andy Galt & Alex Robinson, Editors