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.
Water Sports: Destinations & Places
Water sports travel guides — surfing, kitesurfing, paddleboarding, kayaking — with operator reviews, seasonal wind and swell data, and beginner-to-advanced recommendations.
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Ribeira Porto
Porto’s UNESCO-listed riverside quarter — a maze of colorful houses tumbling to the Douro quayside, with waterfront dining beneath Eiffel-disciple Seyrig’s Dom Luís I Bridge.
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Naoussa Paros
A Cycladic fishing village on northern Paros where a working harbour of colorful boats and waterfront tavernas frames the half-submerged ruins of a 15th-century Venetian castle.
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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.
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Lake Eola Heights Orlando
Orlando’s first designated historic district (1989), a leafy residential neighborhood just north of Lake Eola Park with craftsman bungalows and revival-style homes built mostly 1905-1925 on brick streets.
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Nusa Dua Nusa Dua
A gated luxury resort enclave on Bali’s southeastern tip, developed from the 1970s by the BTDC/ITDC, with over twenty five-star resorts on a reef-protected white-sand beach.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Old Town Omis
A Dalmatian old town at the mouth of the Cetina River, once a notorious medieval pirate stronghold, its stone lanes watched over by the clifftop Mirabella (Peovica) fortress.
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Geirangerfjord Geiranger
A UNESCO World Heritage fjord in western Norway, framed by sheer cliffs and the 410-metre Seven Sisters waterfall, with the small village of Geiranger at its head.
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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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French Quarter New Orleans
A jazz heritage, historic quarter, nightlife hub neighborhood ideal for History buffs, Music lovers, Foodies.
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Mykonos Town Mykonos
The Cycladic capital of Mykonos, a labyrinth of whitewashed alleys built to confuse pirates, known for the hilltop Kato Mili windmills and the seafront houses of Little Venice.
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Cochem
A half-timbered wine town in Germany’s Mosel Valley, set on a narrow strip between the river and steep Riesling vineyards beneath the hilltop neo-Gothic Reichsburg castle.
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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.
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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.
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Little Havana
The heart of Miami’s Cuban community, centered on Calle Ocho (SW 8th Street) with cafes, cigar shops, murals and the domino players of Maximo Gomez (Domino) Park.
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Wynwood Miami
A street art mecca, creative district, urban gallery neighborhood ideal for Art lovers, Instagrammers, Young professionals.
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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.
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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.
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Centar Makarska
The heart of Makarska on Croatia’s Adriatic coast, set between Mount Biokovo and the sea, with a palm-lined Riva promenade and the 1776 St. Mark’s Church on Kačić Square.
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