What is the best country for a Brit to retire to ?

For obvious reasons, it will be easier to move to an EU country. My parents retired to Spain and really enjoyed it - loads of Brits there esp. on the Costa Blanca north of Alicante is stunning once you get past Benidorm, amazing mountain scenery and great traditional villages with the big city lights not far off. The � will go a long way there. They moved back to the UK as they are getting on, developed some serious health problems and had to hire a translator at each hospital visit which was working out expensive for them. You will find that in any foreign language speaking country you go to I would imagine. I moved to New Zealand, pretty place but the same BS and PC crap as in the UK and climate isn't much better. If I were you, I'd take a look at Portugal/Spain/Greek Islands - take a month out to do a proper tour of your chosen spots of interest to live in.