Impulsive detours to hidden gems. I usually try and avoid football grounds while on holiday, but sometimes they just call to me. 

  AS Cannes

Overcast skies at the Stade Pierre de Coubertin. A perfect place If down-at-heel brutalism is your thing.

 AS Monaco

The Louis II Stadium is epically hemmed in. You can see it best from the Prince’s Palace ramparts, two miles distant. Even then a sympathetic design means only the famous arches stand out.

 Malta

The National Stadium at Ta’ Qali one dull afternoon. The Park Nazzjonali is way out of town, surrounded by disused airfield workshops; feral cats prowl the Maltese equivalent of Wembley Way. 

  Pafos

Marathon runner and Cypriot folk-hero Stelios Kyriakides gives his name to the municipal stadium in Paphos, here seen one quiet (and hot) afternoon. Current tenants include Akritas Chlorakas and Pafos FC; the latter is an amalgamation of various predecessor clubs.