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Beach Travel

Beach travel guides covering the world’s best coastlines — from Caribbean white sand to Greek volcanic black sand — with hotel picks, swim safety notes, and seasonal advice from the ViaTravelers team.

  • Beach Chairs at Kamari Beach Santorini, Greece

    Santorini

    Oia’s sunset crowd arrives 2 hours early. Skip it — Imerovigli has the same caldera view with half the people.

  • St Barths Resort Pool and Skyline

    St. Barts

    No cruise ships, no all-inclusives, no high-rises. St. Barts enforces its exclusivity by design — and the 22 beaches back it up.

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    Massachusetts

    Boston’s Freedom Trail covers 400 years of American history in a 2.5-mile walk. Massachusetts rewards the curious traveler who goes deeper.

  • Lookout and cliffs of the Kalaupapa in Molokai, Hawaii

    Molokai

    Molokai has no traffic lights, no high-rises, and no resort strip. That’s the point — and exactly why it feels like Hawaii used to.

  • Aerial view of turquoise bay of San Sebastian or Donostia with beach La Concha, Basque country, Spain

    San Sebastian

    San Sebastian has more Michelin stars per capita than almost anywhere on earth — and the pintxos bars in Parte Vieja cost just €2 a bite.

  • Achilleion palace in Corfu Island, Greece

    Corfu

    Corfu’s Old Town isn’t just pretty — it’s Venetian, French, and British all layered on one island. That mix is what makes it different.

  • Skyline and Little Cayman in Cayman Islands

    Cayman Islands

    Stingray City is the tourist trap that actually delivers. The wall dives off Little Cayman, though — that’s what serious divers fly here for.

  • Bora Bora Sunset Scenery

    Bora Bora

    Mount Otemanu doesn’t just backdrop the lagoon — it reframes every overwater bungalow photo you’ve ever seen as an understatement.

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    Portofino

    Portofino’s harbor looks like a movie set — and costs like one. Skip lunch on the piazzetta and walk the coastal trail to Paraggi instead.

  • Palais Longchamp, historic landmark with gardens, fountains, museums in Marseille, France

    Marseille

    Marseille gets skipped for Paris or Nice. That’s a mistake — the Old Port alone rewrites what French cities are supposed to feel like.

  • Ancient Greek Theatre in Taormina with Mount Etna in the background

    Taormina

    The Greek Theatre in Taormina frames Mount Etna on one side and the Ionian Sea on the other. No other ancient site pulls off that combination.

  • Panoramic view of Matera ancient town in Puglia, Italy

    Puglia

    Alberobello’s trulli look like a film set, but stay overnight and the town actually empties out — that’s when it gets interesting.

  • Beach in Antibes

    Antibes

    Antibes sits between Cannes and Nice but plays by its own rules — the old town, the Picasso Museum, and a harbor that actually belongs to locals.

  • Trees and Ocean View

    Fiji

    Most visitors never leave the Mamanucas. That’s their loss — Taveuni’s rainforest and Kadavu’s reef are a completely different Fiji.

  • Germany Flag on a pole

    Rostock

    Rostock splits its time between 800-year-old brick Gothic churches and a 15km Baltic beach — most visitors only find one half.

  • Aerial view of Trogir historic town and harbor in Croatia

    Trogir

    Trogir’s old town sits on an island barely bigger than a city block — medieval towers, Roman stones, and a cathedral most people walk past too fast.

  • Ginger cat at Mount Chimaera, Antalya, Turkey, beside eternal flame in rocky terrain at twilight.

    Antalya

    Aspendos still hosts opera inside a 2,000-year-old Roman theater. That alone makes Antalya worth the flight.

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    Oceania

    New Zealand’s Milford Sound and Fiji’s lagoons are 10,000 miles apart — but Oceania rewards the long-haul flight more than almost any region on earth.

  • A Picturesque Street in Limassol, Cyprus

    Cyprus

    Crossing Nicosia’s Ledra Street checkpoint into the Turkish north takes five minutes — the political reality it represents took decades.

  • Narrow street in Rhodes, Greece

    Rhodes

    The Old Town isn’t a museum — people actually live here. That’s what makes Rhodes’ medieval walls feel different from every other UNESCO site.

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

    Riviera Maya

    Skip the resort pool. Riviera Maya’s cenotes are cold, clear, and worth every muddy jungle road it takes to reach them.

  • Screenshot of communities and Europe travel.

    Biarritz

    Biarritz was built for royalty and claimed by surfers. That tension is exactly what makes it worth the detour from San Sebastián.

  • Lighthouse in Tybee Island, Georgia

    Tybee Island

    Tybee runs on its own clock — no high-rises, no chain restaurants, just a 145-foot lighthouse and 3 miles of Atlantic beach 18 miles from Savannah.

  • Breathtaking Panoramic View of Split, Croatia from Marjan Hill

    Croatian Coast

    Dubrovnik’s city walls cost €35 to walk — worth every cent. Skip peak July crowds and go in late April when the Adriatic is still yours.