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.

  • Lookout and cliffs of the Kalaupapa in Molokai, Hawaii

    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.

  • Exotic Garden in Monaco

    Monte Carlo Monaco

    Monaco’s glamorous district around the Belle Epoque Casino de Monte-Carlo and Place du Casino, lined with luxury hotels and the yacht-filled Port Hercule, and a centerpiece of the Grand Prix circuit.

  • Sustainable winemaking with vineyards and wind turbines in Burgundy, France

    Le Mont Mont Saint Michel

    A Gothic Benedictine abbey crowning a tidal island off Normandy, ringed by a medieval village whose Grande Rue climbs to the Wonder of the West amid some of Europe’s highest tides.

  • Pool amenity in The Standard Spa – Miami Beach

    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.

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

    Le Panier Marseille

    Marseille’s oldest quarter, founded as ancient Massalia, a hillside maze of narrow stepped lanes above the Vieux-Port and home to the Baroque Vieille Charite.

  • Banyan Court Park Lahaina Maui

    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.

  • rocks and blue sky at Camp Pintade in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius

    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.

  • Tan stone buildings in the ancient city of Mdina, Malta

    Valletta Valletta

    Malta’s fortified capital, built by the Knights of St. John after the 1565 Great Siege — a UNESCO World Heritage city known for baroque St John’s Co-Cathedral and its Caravaggio masterpiece.

  • Aerial view of Zlatni rat beach in Bol, Island Brac, Croatia

    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.

  • Bridge of Ronda, a famous white villages of Malaga, Spain

    Centro Histórico Málaga

    Málaga’s historic core on the Costa del Sol, home to the Moorish Alcazaba, the Renaissance cathedral known as La Manquita, Picasso’s birthplace and the marble shopping street Calle Larios.

  • 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.

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

    Echo Park

    A artistic, lakeside, hipster neighborhood ideal for Artists, young professionals, nature lovers in city.

  • 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.

  • Family enjoying kids' rides and outdoor activities at Jardin d'Acclimatation, Paris

    Miraflores Lima

    Upscale clifftop district on Lima’s Pacific coast, known for the Malecón parks overlooking the ocean, the cliffside Larcomar shopping center and lively Parque Kennedy.

  • Family enjoying kids' rides and outdoor activities at Jardin d'Acclimatation, Paris

    Barranco

    Lima’s bohemian, coastal district filled with street art, galleries and old mansions, centered on the 1877 Puente de los Suspiros (Bridge of Sighs).

  • 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.

  • Wide-angle view of Shoppes at the Venetian Las Vegas under a painted sky, luxury shopping experience

    The Strip Las Vegas

    The Las Vegas Strip is a 4.2-mile stretch of South Las Vegas Boulevard in Clark County’s Paradise and Winchester, lined with the megaresort casinos, showrooms, and nightlife that define modern Las Vegas.