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    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.

    • Echo Park 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.

    • Kuta Lombok

      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.

    • Albert Dock Liverpool

      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.

    • Sirmione Lake Garda

      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.

    • Lanai City Lanai

      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.

    • Agios Nikitas Lefkada

      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.

    • Plagwitz Leipzig

      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.

    • Arashiyama

      Arashiyama

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

    • Bellagio

      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.

    • Assos Village

      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.

    • Old Town Key West

      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.

    • Chaweng Koh Samui

      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.

    • Hanalei Kauai

      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.

    • Argostoli Kefalonia

      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.

    • Riverside Jacksonville

      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.

    • Central Jaco Jaco

      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.

    • Forio Ischia

      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.

    • Hvar Town

      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.

    • Dalt Vila Ibiza

      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.

    • Historic Center of Hallstatt

      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.

    • Oia Santorini

      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.

    • Glacier National Park

      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.