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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.

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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.

  • 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.

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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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    Kalsa Palermo

    A waterfront quarter in Palermo’s historic center, founded as the 10th-century Arab Al-Khalesa and now home to Palazzo Chiaramonte Steri, Palazzo Butera and Arab-Norman and Baroque landmarks.

  • Botanical Garden of Padua in Italy, with lush greenery and historical architecture.

    Historic Center of Padova

    The medieval heart of Padua in the Veneto, home to Giotto’s frescoed Scrovegni Chapel, the vast market hall Palazzo della Ragione, and Prato della Valle, one of Europe’s largest squares.

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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.

  • 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.

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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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    Honfleur Normandy

    A Normandy port town on the Seine estuary, centered on the Vieux Bassin harbour ringed by tall slate-fronted houses and the timber-built Sainte-Catherine church, France’s largest wooden church.

  • Sunset view of Temple of Apollo in Naxos, Greece – Iconic Ancient Greek Landmark

    Chora Naxos

    The harbour capital of Naxos in the Cyclades, marked by the giant marble Portara gate of an unfinished 6th-century-BC temple of Apollo and a hilltop Venetian Kastro.

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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.

  • Breathtaking Panoramic View of Split, Croatia from Marjan Hill

    Muttrah Muscat

    Muscat’s historic waterfront quarter in Oman, where a three-kilometre corniche links the labyrinthine Muttrah Souq, a working harbour and fish market, and the Portuguese-era hilltop Muttrah Fort.

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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.

  • Tranquil path through Englischer Garten, Munich: lush greenery, winding walkway, serene nature escape.

    Altstadt Lehel Munich

    Munich’s oldest suburb, set between the Isar and the Englischer Garten, an upscale residential quarter of stucco-fronted apartment houses and major museums including the Bavarian National Museum.

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    Écusson

    Montpellier’s medieval old town, a car-free maze of narrow streets and squares centered on the grand Place de la Comedie, with surviving towers from its 12th-century fortifications.

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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.

  • The Gateway of India and the Mumbai Harbour in Mumbai, India

    Bandra

    A hip mumbai, bollywood suburb, cafe culture neighborhood ideal for Young crowds, Art lovers, Cafe hoppers.

  • Brady Street Festival in Milwaukee Colorful tents selling food, drinks, and souvenirs line the street as a lively crowd walks by.

    Bay View Milwaukee

    A former working-class company town on Milwaukee’s Lake Michigan shore, now an arts-leaning neighborhood whose walkable Kinnickinnic Avenue is lined with breweries, vintage shops, restaurants and music venues.

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    Uptown

    A youthful, lakeside district in south Minneapolis around Hennepin Avenue and Lake Street, known for its shops, restaurants and nightlife beside Bde Maka Ska and the Chain of Lakes.