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    Diving: Destinations & Places

    Scuba diving travel guides covering top dive sites, certification destinations, liveaboard reviews, and seasonal visibility data from the Red Sea to the Coral Triangle.

    • Zanzibar shore with boats in Africa

      Stone Town Zanzibar

      Stone Town is Zanzibar’s UNESCO-listed old quarter — a 19th-century Swahili trading hub of coral-stone buildings, carved wooden doors, and landmarks like the House of Wonders and the Old Fort.

    • Aerial View of Zakynthos Ionian Islands

      Laganas Zakynthos

      Zakynthos’s busiest beach resort — a long sandy bay on the island’s south coast, lively nightlife, and a gateway to the loggerhead turtle nesting grounds of Marathonisi and the Bay of Laganas.

    • Ruins of Tulum, Mexico and a palm tree overlooking the Caribbean Sea in the Riviera Maya

      Aldea Zama Tulum

      Tulum’s polished, master-planned neighborhood between downtown and the beach zone — modern condos, wellness studios, and the free Cenote Aldea Zama, a favorite of digital nomads.

    • Pool and Rooms in BoHo Tamarindo

      Tamarindo Beach Tamarindo

      Costa Rica’s most popular Pacific surf town on the Guanacaste coast — a long golden beach, reliable waves for all levels, and a lively beachfront dining and nightlife strip.

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      Vaitape

      Bora Bora’s main village on the western shore — the island’s harbor hub for black-pearl shops, local food trucks, and boat excursions to the surrounding lagoon and reef.

    • Beautiful white beach in Saint Lucia, Caribbean Islands

      Gros Islet Castries

      A lively fishing town in northern St. Lucia — known for its Friday-night street party (the ‘jump-up’), nearby Rodney Bay and Reduit Beach, and easy access to Pigeon Island.

    • Ruins of Tulum, Mexico and a palm tree overlooking the Caribbean Sea in the Riviera Maya

      Playa Del Carmen Riviera Maya

      The heart of Playa del Carmen on the Riviera Maya — the pedestrian Quinta Avenida promenade of shops and restaurants running parallel to a wide white-sand Caribbean beach.

    • Aerial view of luxurious resort on small island surrounded by crystal-clear waters and lush greenery in Costa Rica.

      Manuel Antonio Quepos

      Costa Rica’s most popular national park near Quepos — white-sand beaches backed by rainforest, home to sloths and the endangered Central American squirrel monkey.

    • Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Punta Cana

      Bavaro Punta Cana

      The resort strip of Punta Cana on the Dominican Republic’s east coast — a long white-sand, palm-backed Caribbean beach lined with all-inclusive resorts and adventure parks.

    • Aerial view of luxurious resort on small island surrounded by crystal-clear waters and lush greenery in Costa Rica.

      Downtown Quepos

      The working-town gateway to Manuel Antonio National Park — a Costa Rican Pacific port with the Marina Pez Vela, a seafront Malecón, fresh seafood, and budget-friendly Tico eats.

    • Positano Amalfi Coast scenic cliffside village with colorful houses and beach

      Spiaggia Grande Positano

      Positano’s main beach — a lively stretch of grey sand and pebbles framed by the town’s cliffside pastel houses, lined with beach clubs and the port for Amalfi Coast ferries.

    • Shops in Mexico

      Centro Playa Del Carmen

      The walkable downtown heart of Playa del Carmen — built around the pedestrian Quinta Avenida, steps from the beach and the ferry to Cozumel, dense with hotels, dining, and nightlife.

    • A bizarre cocktail featuring an animal eyeball submerged in a drink.

      Ton Sai Village

      The car-free commercial heart of Phi Phi Don, set on a sandy isthmus between Ton Sai and Loh Dalum bays, with pedestrian lanes of shops, tavernas, dive shops and bars.

    • A bizarre cocktail featuring an animal eyeball submerged in a drink.

      Old Phuket Town Phuket

      Phuket’s historic quarter — restored Sino-Portuguese shophouses along Thalang Road, with cafés, boutiques, street art, and a lively Sunday walking-street market.

    • Prambanan Temple Ruins Java Indonesia

      Jungut Batu Nusa Lembongan

      The main beach village of Nusa Lembongan, a white-sand arc with surf breaks, beach warungs and dive operators, looking across the strait to Bali’s Mount Agung.

    • Bali, Indonesia, traveler on tree house at Diamond Beach in Nusa Penida Island.

      Kelingking Beach Nusa Penida

      Nusa Penida’s most iconic site, a dinosaur-shaped limestone headland nicknamed the T-Rex cliff, with a steep ridge trail descending to a white-sand cove above turquoise water.

    • Gorgeous Hawaii sunset on Oahu's North Shore

      Waikiki Honolulu

      Honolulu’s famed beachfront neighborhood on Oahu’s south shore, birthplace of modern surfing, lined with historic resorts along Kalakaua Avenue beneath the Diamond Head crater.

    • Airbnb Paris Les Invalides

      Baie des Citrons

      A sheltered, family-friendly beach cove minutes from central Noumea, New Caledonia, with calm swimming water and a lively waterfront strip of bars, restaurants and ice-cream terraces.

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      Maharepa Moorea

      The main tourist village on Moorea’s north coast in French Polynesia, beside Cook’s Bay, with shops, black-pearl boutiques and lagoon-front restaurants near the island’s big resorts.

    • View of the old town and famous stone bridge in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina

      Old Town Mostar

      A UNESCO-listed Ottoman old town in Bosnia spanning the Neretva gorge, centered on the rebuilt 16th-century Stari Most bridge and the Kujundziluk coppersmiths’ bazaar.

    • Lookout and cliffs of the Kalaupapa in Molokai, Hawaii

      Kaunakakai Molokai

      The main town of rural Molokai in Hawaii, a single block of 1930s tin-roofed storefronts with no traffic lights, beside a 1,900-foot wharf, the longest in the state.

    • Banyan Court Park Lahaina Maui

      Lahaina Maui

      Maui’s historic west-coast town, a former whaling port and royal capital of the Hawaiian Kingdom, whose Front Street and plantation-era landmarks were destroyed in the August 2023 wildfire and are being rebuilt.

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

      Le Caudan Waterfront Mauritius

      A waterfront shopping and leisure complex on Port Louis harbour in Mauritius, opened in 1996, with shops, a craft market, restaurants, cinemas, a casino, marina and the Caudan Arts Centre.

    • Tan stone buildings in the ancient city of Mdina, Malta

      Valletta Valletta

      Malta’s fortified capital, built by the Knights of St. John after the 1565 Great Siege — a UNESCO World Heritage city known for baroque St John’s Co-Cathedral and its Caravaggio masterpiece.