SO MANY EUROPEAN backwaters call themselves “fairy-tale pretty” that the boast can start to seem hollow. But the Danish island of Funen makes good on the hype. The landscape alone suggests a romance.
Funen could be the most romantic destination for a mini break you've never heard of. At just under 1,200sq miles, it is Denmark's third-largest island. But it has long been eclipsed by Copenhagen.
A hands-on sailing voyage by tall ship around the South Funen Archipelago offers an authentic glimpse of Danish maritime culture old and new, with colourful port towns, lunches of pickled herring ...