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Water sports travel guides — surfing, kitesurfing, paddleboarding, kayaking — with operator reviews, seasonal wind and swell data, and beginner-to-advanced recommendations.

  • Woman posing at the op of Hollywood after a hike in Los Angeles

    Echo Park Los Angeles

    Echo Park sits just northwest of downtown Los Angeles around its 1860s lake, known for lotus blooms, swan pedal boats, skyline views and the Victorian homes of Angelino Heights.

  • Sunrise at Prambanan Temple, Indonesia

    Kuta Lombok

    Kuta is a laid-back beach town on southern Lombok and the hub of the Mandalika resort area, known for its surf breaks, white-sand beaches like Tanjung Aan and Merese Hill’s views.

  • Big Ben and London Scenery

    Albert Dock Liverpool

    Restored Victorian dock complex on Liverpool’s waterfront, home to Tate Liverpool, the Merseyside Maritime Museum and The Beatles Story, the world’s largest Beatles exhibition.

  • Aerial view of Rome's modern EUR district.

    Sirmione Lake Garda

    Sirmione is a narrow peninsula town on southern Lake Garda, crowned by the moated 13th-century Scaliger Castle, the Roman Grotte di Catullo villa ruins, and sulphur-rich thermal springs.

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    Lanai City Lanai

    Lanai City is Hawaii’s historic plantation town on Lānaʻi, built by James Dole in the 1920s around Norfolk-pine-shaded Dole Park, with vintage shops, local eateries, and the 1923 Hotel Lanai.

  • Beautiful beach of Lefkada island Greece

    Agios Nikitas Lefkada

    Car-free fishing village on Lefkada’s northwest coast, with a pedestrian lane of stone houses and tavernas leading to a pebble bay on the Ionian Sea.

  • Augustusplatz Leipzig, Germany

    Plagwitz Leipzig

    Former industrial quarter in western Leipzig reborn as a creative hub, where the Spinnerei cotton mill now houses artist studios and galleries along the Karl-Heine Canal.

  • Iconic bamboo trees in Arashiyama Bamboo Grove, Kyoto with sunlight filtering through.

    Arashiyama

    A bamboo forest, nature escape, temple gardens neighborhood ideal for Nature lovers, Photographers, Temple visitors.

  • Facade of Villa Carlotta at Tremezzo on lake Como Italy.

    Bellagio

    Bellagio, the “Pearl of Lake Como,” sits on the promontory where the lake forks into its Como and Lecco arms, known for Villa Serbelloni and the lakeside gardens of Villa Melzi.

  • The electric blue waters and white sand of Myrtos Beach, Kefalonia, Greece

    Assos Village

    Assos is a historic peninsula village on northwest Kefalonia, Greece, known for its Venetian fortress ruins, turquoise harbour, and single main waterfront square.

  • Casa Marina Key West exterior entry

    Old Town Key West

    Old Town Key West occupies the western end of Key West island, Florida, preserving 19th-century Conch architecture, Duval Street nightlife, and the southernmost point marker.

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

    Chaweng Koh Samui

    Chaweng is Koh Samui’s largest and busiest beach resort town on the island’s east coast, home to a 7-kilometre white-sand beach, Chaweng Lake, and a neon-lit Walking Street nightlife strip.

  • Beach at Kauai, Hawaii, USA

    Hanalei Kauai

    Hanalei is a small North Shore town on Kauai fronting a half-mile crescent bay backed by Na Pali cliffs, taro fields, and a National Wildlife Refuge.

  • The electric blue waters and white sand of Myrtos Beach, Kefalonia, Greece

    Argostoli Kefalonia

    Argostoli is the capital of Kefalonia island in the Ionian Sea, built around a natural lagoon with a Drapano Bridge causeway, a lively waterfront esplanade, and a daily fish market.

  • Washington Capitol Building

    Riverside Jacksonville

    Riverside is a historic neighborhood in Jacksonville, Florida, known for its early-20th-century architecture, the boutique shops and restaurants of Five Points, and proximity to the St. Johns River.

  • View of the Arno River and Ponte Vecchio from a table at Borgo San Jacopo restaurant

    Central Jaco Jaco

    Central Jacó is the main commercial and beach hub of Jacó, Costa Rica, anchored by Avenida Pastor Díaz, Playa Jacó, and a dense strip of surf shops, sodas, and nightlife venues.

  • Evening bustle on Florence street with festive lights viewed from Hotel Milu

    Forio Ischia

    Forio is the largest comune on the western coast of Ischia, known for the Poseidon thermal gardens, white-domed Chiesa del Soccorso, and productive viticulture.

  • Best of Hvar in 1-Day with Local Dinner

    Hvar Town

    Hvar Town is a historic Dalmatian port on Hvar island, Croatia, known for its 13th-century city walls, Venetian-era Pjaca square, and summer nightlife hub reputation.

  • Town by the Sea at Ibiza, Spain

    Dalt Vila Ibiza

    Dalt Vila is Ibiza’s UNESCO-listed old town, a hilltop walled city in Ibiza Town featuring 16th-century Aragonese ramparts, a Gothic cathedral, and panoramic Mediterranean views.

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    Historic Center of Hallstatt

    Hallstatt’s Historic Center sits on the western shore of Hallstätter See in the Salzkammergut, featuring a UNESCO-listed lakeside townscape, a 7,000-year-old salt mine, and the Gothic parish church of St. Michael.

  • Beautiful fishing village of Naoussa, Paros island, Greece

    Oia Santorini

    Oia is a clifftop village on Santorini’s northern tip, renowned for its blue-domed churches, caldera views, and cave-house hotels carved into volcanic rock.

  • Tourist man haiking on Glacier National Park in Montana

    Glacier National Park

    Glacier National Park in northwestern Montana spans over one million acres of alpine terrain, featuring Going-to-the-Sun Road, more than 700 miles of hiking trails, and glacially carved peaks along the Continental Divide.