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Beaches: Destinations & Places

Beach-focused travel content — coastline rankings, swim conditions, beach club reviews, and quiet-cove alternatives across the Mediterranean, Caribbean, and Pacific.

  • Isla Mujeres in Cancun, Mexico, from above

    Mexico

    Oaxaca’s markets, Teotihuacan at dawn, and a $2 street taco better than any resort meal — Mexico keeps delivering at every price point.

  • Australia Beaches

    Australia

    The Outback alone rewired how I think about scale. Australia is massive — plan for that, or you will waste half your trip driving.

  • Barcelona, Spain City Scape

    Spain

    Barcelona and Madrid get all the attention, but the Spain worth your time is in San Sebastián’s pintxos bars and Sevilla’s backstreets after dark.

  • Beautiful fishing village of Naoussa, Paros island, Greece

    Greece

    The Acropolis after 2,500 years still stops you cold. But Milos and Folegandros are where Greece starts to feel like yours.

  • The oldest olive tree in the Old Bar and also Europe, more than 2000 years old, Montenegro

    Montenegro

    You can ski Durmitor in the morning and swim the Adriatic by afternoon. Few countries this small pull that off.

  • Islands in Ang Thong National Marine Park, Tha in Koh Samui, Thailand

    Thailand

    Bangkok’s street food alone justifies the flight. Add Chiang Mai, Pai, and the Andaman coast and you have a country that rewards slow travel.

  • Preikestolen ferry docked at Stavanger offering scenic fjord cruises to Pulpit Rock, Norway

    Stavanger

    Stavanger’s 250 white wooden houses in Gamle Stavanger are the real draw — Preikestolen is just the reason everyone else shows up.

  • Historic statue at Fiskebrygga fish market, Kristiansand, Norway

    Kristiansand

    Kristiansand’s Posebyen quarter looks like a Nordic film set — white wooden houses, narrow lanes, zero tourists.

  • Zip lining through a tropical rainforest in Costa Rica with Rainforest Adventures

    Drake Bay

    Drake Bay is one of the few places left where you arrive by boat or plane and leave wondering why the rest of Costa Rica feels so crowded.

  • Cafe Tio Leo in San Diego - Enjoy Authentic Mexican Cuisine

    Dominical

    Dominical is Costa Rica’s laid-back Pacific surf town — consistent waves, howler monkeys in the trees, and Nauyaca waterfalls a short drive inland. No resorts, just jungle.

  • A club scene in Greece on a vibrant night

    Assos Village

    Assos is a tiny Kefalonia village with a Venetian fortress on the peninsula, a handful of tavernas by the water, and a pace of life that resists everything modern.

  • Aerial view of Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii

    Honolulu

    Honolulu puts Waikiki Beach, Pearl Harbor, and Diamond Head within city limits — Hawaii’s capital is urban in a way that still feels tropical and never feels mainland.

  • Explore the iconic Mauritshuis Museum in The Hague, showcasing Dutch Golden Age art and 17th-century architecture.

    The Hague

    The Hague is the Dutch seat of government with Mauritshuis’ Girl with a Pearl Earring, a Scheveningen beach, and an international law identity that gives it gravitas without pretense.

  • Colorful Buildings in Cartagena, Colombia 

    Cartagena

    Cartagena preserves colonial architecture behind 16th-century stone walls along Colombia’s Caribbean coast — the old town’s color, music, and fruit vendors make every street a scene.

  • rocks and blue sky at Camp Pintade in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius

    Mauritius

    Mauritius has an underwater waterfall illusion, seven-colored earth at Chamarel, and a Creole-Indian-French culture that shows up best on every dinner plate.

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    Virgin Islands

    The Virgin Islands split between US and British territory with trunk bay snorkeling, Tortola’s sailing, and a Caribbean pace where flip-flops count as formal wear.

  • Beautiful white beach in Saint Lucia, Caribbean Islands

    St. Lucia

    St. Lucia has the Pitons rising from the sea, volcanic mud baths you can actually swim in, and a Caribbean setting that makes other islands feel flat by comparison.

  • Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, Harbour Town

    Hilton Head Island

    Hilton Head is a South Carolina barrier island with 12 miles of beach, 24 golf courses, and a bike-path network that makes cars feel optional from check-in to checkout.

  • Breathtaking Panoramic View of Split, Croatia from Marjan Hill

    Muscat

    Muscat is wedged between the Hajar Mountains and the Gulf of Oman — the Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque, Mutrah Souq, and a wadis-and-fjords coastline that rival Norway’s.

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    Moorea

    Moorea is a 30-minute ferry from Tahiti with volcanic peaks, a lagoon that glows blue-green, and a quieter pace that makes Bora Bora feel like a resort and Moorea feel like an island.

  • Zanzibar shore with boats in Africa

    Zanzibar

    Zanzibar’s Stone Town is a UNESCO maze of carved doors and spice-scented alleys — the beaches on the east coast are the postcard, but the history is the reason to go.

  • Gordon Beach in Tel Aviv, Israel, vibrant beach scene with sunbathers, sailboats, and colorful umbrellas

    Tel Aviv

    Tel Aviv has Bauhaus architecture in the White City, a Mediterranean beach strip, and a nightlife that starts after midnight — Israel’s modern, secular counterweight to Jerusalem.

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    Tahaa

    Taha’a is French Polynesia’s vanilla island — no airport, no crowds, and a lagoon shared with Raiatea that smells like vanilla orchids and warm coral.

  • Park Hyatt Sydney on the Sydney Harbor, with the Syndey Harbor Bridge

    Sydney

    Sydney puts the Opera House, Harbour Bridge, and Bondi Beach within a city that also has hidden bays, bushwalking trails, and a multicultural food scene shaped by the Pacific Rim.