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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.

  • Banyan Court Park Lahaina Maui

    Maui

    Maui has the Road to Hana with 620 curves, Haleakalā volcano above the clouds, and whale watching so close you can hear them breathe. The Valley Isle earns its hype.

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

    Malaga

    Málaga is Picasso’s birthplace with a reborn arts scene, a Roman theater downtown, and a Costa del Sol food culture that runs on fried fish and afternoon wine.

  • Aerial view of Calo des Moro, Mallorca - secluded slice of paradise with stunning cliffs, crystal-clear turquoise waters and lush greenery.

    Mallorca

    Mallorca is the Balearic island that has it all — a Gothic cathedral in Palma, the Serra de Tramuntana mountains, and cove beaches that the mainland can’t match.

  • Sunrise at Prambanan Temple, Indonesia

    Lombok

    Lombok is Bali’s neighbor with fewer crowds, Mount Rinjani’s volcanic summit, and the Gili Islands a short boat ride away. The surfing is less crowded too.

  • Beautiful beach of Lefkada island Greece

    Lefkada

    Lefkada is the only Greek Ionian island connected to the mainland by bridge — Porto Katsiki beach and turquoise water without the ferry fare.

  • paradise-point-resort-spa-lanai-garden-premium-king-guestroom

    Lanai

    Lanai is Hawaii’s most private island — once a Dole pineapple plantation, now home to a Four Seasons, red dirt roads, and a population of about 3,000.

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

    Koh Samui

    Koh Samui balances Thai beach life with resort polish — Chaweng Beach parties on one side, quiet Bophut fisherman’s village on the other, and coconut palms everywhere.

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

    Kefalonia

    Kefalonia is the largest Ionian island with Myrtos Beach regularly named Greece’s most beautiful — fewer crowds than Santorini and a rugged coastline that feels earned.

  • Beach at Kauai, Hawaii, USA

    Kauai

    Kauai is Hawaii’s Garden Isle — the Na Pali Coast is only reachable by boat or trail, Waimea Canyon is the Pacific’s Grand Canyon, and the roosters outnumber the tourists.

  • Aerial view of Jamaica Negril Caribbean Beach

    Jamaica

    Jamaica gave the world reggae, jerk chicken, and Blue Mountain coffee — an island where the culture is as strong as the rum punch and twice as memorable.

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

    Jaco

    Jacó is Costa Rica’s most accessible surf town — an hour from San José with consistent breaks, a walkable strip, and a nightlife that surprises for its size.

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

    Ischia

    Ischia is Capri’s lesser-known neighbor with thermal springs, volcanic beaches, and a Castello Aragonese that rises from the sea on its own tiny island.

  • Interior Of The Blue Mosque

    Izmir

    Izmir is Turkey’s Aegean face — a waterfront promenade, a bazaar older than the Grand Bazaar, and a laid-back vibe that Istanbul’s intensity can’t match.

  • Best of Hvar in 1-Day with Local Dinner

    Hvar

    Hvar gets 2,700 hours of sun per year and the Croatian island knows it — lavender fields, a 13th-century fortress, and a party harbor that peaks in July.

  • Town by the Sea at Ibiza, Spain

    Ibiza

    Ibiza has the clubs, but also a UNESCO old town, hidden cove beaches, and a sunset at Café del Mar that earned its own musical genre. The island has layers.

  • Aerial view of Waimea Canyon State Park in Kauai, Hawaii

    Hawaii

    Hawaii is eight islands with six you can visit — each one a different world, from Big Island’s active volcanoes to Kauai’s Na Pali cliffs and Maui’s road to Hana.

  • Saint-Paul-de-Vence medieval architecture in French Riviera, France

    French Riviera

    The French Riviera runs from Saint-Tropez to Monaco along a coastline where the blue is a specific shade that only the Mediterranean delivers at this latitude.

  • Bronze sculpture at Meštrović Gallery in Split, Croatia

    Dalmatian Coast

    Croatia’s Dalmatian Coast strings together Split, Dubrovnik, and Hvar along an Adriatic shoreline where the water is clear and the stone towns haven’t changed in centuries.

  • Aerial view of Dubrovnik Gundulić Square Market and Dubrovnink old town architectures

    Dubrovnik

    Dubrovnik’s city walls run 1.2 miles around a medieval core that became King’s Landing — the Adriatic views from the ramparts are worth the summer crowds.

  • Panoramic view of a port in Agios Nikolaos in Crete, Greece

    Crete

    Crete is Greece’s largest island with Minoan palace ruins at Knossos, gorges that drop to hidden beaches, and a food culture rooted in olive oil and mountain herbs.

  • Shopping Square in Capri, Italy

    Capri

    Capri is a limestone island off the Amalfi Coast where the Blue Grotto glows electric and a plate of lemon pasta costs about what you’d expect on a billionaire’s playground.

  • the Ocean and Sky in Cannes

    Cannes

    Cannes is more than the film festival — a French Riviera city with La Croisette promenade, offshore islands, and a vieille ville where the views are free.

  • Cancun beach at sunset with palm trees

    Cancun

    Cancún’s hotel zone gets the spring breakers, but the cenotes, Mayan ruins at Tulum, and Isla Mujeres ferry ride reveal a different side of Mexico’s Caribbean.

  • La Caleta Beach in Cadiz, Spain

    Cadiz

    Cádiz may be the oldest continuously inhabited city in western Europe — a salty, windswept Andalusian port where the seafood is fresh and the light is golden.