Waikoloa Village
Waikoloa sits drier and sunnier than the rest of the Big Island — which means beaches when Hilo is rained out and lava fields ten minutes from your hotel.
Beaches: Destinations & Places
Beach-focused travel content — coastline rankings, swim conditions, beach club reviews, and quiet-cove alternatives across the Mediterranean, Caribbean, and Pacific.
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Los Angeles
LA sprawls in a way that makes it five cities at once — Hollywood, Venice Beach, downtown arts, Malibu surf, and taco stands that rival anything in Mexico.
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Croatian Islands
Hvar gets the crowds, but Korčula is where you actually want to be — quieter streets, better food, and the same Adriatic water.
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United Arab Emirates
The Burj Khalifa at sunset hits different when Dubai’s grid lights up 828 meters below. But the desert an hour outside the city is the real reason to stay longer.
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Vietnam
Vietnam’s $2 banh mi beats most $20 meals abroad. The north and south feel like different countries — plan accordingly.
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Brittany Coast
Brittany moves slower than Paris and tastes better. The oysters at Cancale cost next to nothing eaten standing at the market.
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Crane Beach
Crane Beach runs four miles of white sand 30 miles from Boston — and the dune system behind it is one of the best on the East Coast.
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The Cliff Beach Club
The Cliff Beach Club lets you watch stingrays swim in illuminated water below your table at sunset — for a fraction of The Cliff’s price.
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Bathsheba Beach
Bathsheba’s Soup Bowl breaks hard, the tidal pools are free, and this is the Barbados most visitors never see.
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Kamari Beach
Kamari’s black sand is the real Santorini — no caldera crowds, just tavernas, tamarisk shade, and Mesa Vouno looming above the waterline.
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Myrtos Beach
Myrtos hits different from the road above — 300m limestone cliffs, white marble pebbles, and that cobalt-to-turquoise shift you have to see to believe.
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Cote D’Azur
Skip Saint-Tropez in August. The real Côte d’Azur is Antibes at dawn, socca from a Nice market stall, and Matisse in a quiet room.
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Saint Barthelemy
St. Barths is eight square miles of French Caribbean done right — better beaches than St. Tropez, better food than most of Paris.
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Nicaragua
Nicaragua gets overlooked for Costa Rica and Guatemala. That’s exactly why it’s worth going now — fewer crowds, lower prices, same volcanoes.
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Sint Maarten
Sint Maarten packs two countries, two cultures, and a dozen world-class beaches into 37 square miles. The French side alone is worth the flight.
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Turks And Caicos Islands
Grace Bay keeps stealing top beach rankings for a reason — but the real TCI starts when you leave Providenciales.
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Lithuania
Vilnius has one of Europe’s largest baroque Old Towns — and almost nobody is in it. That alone makes Lithuania worth the detour.
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United States Virgin Islands
St. John gives you national park beaches. St. Thomas gives you duty-free rum. St. Croix gives you the real Caribbean.
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South Africa
Kruger has 147 mammal species. Table Mountain has a cable car. The Stellenbosch Wine Tram costs less than one restaurant meal.