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Paddle through coastal coves, sea caves, and mangrove forests.
17 beaches found
The Blue Flag central Limassol city beach with offshore breakwaters that keep the sea calm, Seatrac wheelchair-accessible water entry, and full amenities including a children's playground, shaded benches, and lifeguard service April through October.
The 800-metre village beach at the heart of Cala Gonone on Sardinia's east coast, with calm shallow water for kids, easy access from the port, and the boat launches that take visitors out to the rest of the Gulf of Orosei's famous cliff-and-cove beaches.
Cavtat's beaches are pebble, not sand, but the water is some of the clearest near Dubrovnik. Rat for the scene, Zal for families, plus the bus 10, the ferry and the best time to swim.
Monterey's quiet bay-side beach, named after an 1880 Gilded Age hotel that is now the Naval Postgraduate School. The cold-water walking beach that almost every travel guide wrongly sells as a swimming beach.
A white sand beach on Entalula Island in El Nido's Bacuit Archipelago, surrounded by towering limestone karst cliffs and crystal clear water. Accessible only by boat as part of Tour C.
A 12-mile stretch of powder-white sand and impossibly clear turquoise water on Providenciales, consistently voted the world's best beach but backed by an unbroken wall of luxury resorts.
Harlech Beach is a four-mile sweep of golden sand and growing dunes in Eryri, under a UNESCO castle with the Snowdonia mountains behind. Wild, often empty, no lifeguards. What to expect, how to get there and when to go.
The Big Island south Kona black-sand beach in a still-active Hawaiian fishing village, with calm summer snorkelling, regular spinner dolphin pods, community-run camping, and a concession stand staffed by the village families that protect the bay.
The Kauai North Shore bay where the Kalihiwai River meets the ocean. A crescent of gold sand backed by ironwood trees, a calm summer swim, an expert winter surf break, a kayakable river running inland, and almost no facilities. The North Shore's quietest accessible beach.
Albania's answer to the Greek islands, Ksamil offers turquoise water, tiny swim-to islands, and white sand beaches at a fraction of Mediterranean prices. Located near Butrint National Park in southern Albania.
The 1.5-kilometre Blue Flag beach midway between Limassol and Paphos, with the white cliffs of Cape Aspro on either end and a sand-and-pebble shore that holds up against everything either bigger town puts forward. Clear water, year-round lifeguards in season, family-friendly swim, and no resort dominance.
A surreal beach hidden inside a collapsed volcanic crater on the Marietas Islands, accessible only by swimming through a tunnel at low tide. Strictly limited to 116 visitors per day.
One of the Algarve's most dramatic cliff beaches, framed by golden limestone arches and sea stacks, with crystal-clear water and over 100 steps down to the sand.
Grand Cayman's famous stretch of powdery white sand and impossibly clear water, where Caribbean luxury comes with a price tag to match and cruise ship crowds arrive like clockwork.
The 1.5-kilometre east-coast Rhodes beach below the Tsambika monastery, with shallow water that extends 30 metres from shore (the best family swim on the island), full amenities, and a 300-step pilgrimage climb to the mountaintop monastery for sweeping Aegean views.
The Blue Flag 3-kilometre sand-and-pebble beach an hour east of Thessaloniki, where Macedonia's mainland coast meets the Aegean. Shallow water for kids, organised loungers and beach cafes, and a quiet resort-town pace that day-trippers from Thessaloniki use as the city's nearest swim.
A 7km stretch of pure white silica sand on Whitsunday Island, where swirling turquoise tides meet the Great Barrier Reef in one of the world's most photographed coastal landscapes.
