Glide across calm bays, lagoons, and sheltered coastlines.
Glide across calm bays, lagoons, and sheltered coastlines.
7 beaches found
Easy AccessA 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.
ModerateThe 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.
Easy AccessAlbania'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.
Easy AccessThe Guanacaste crescent that reopened its marina in 2023 after a 19-year closure, where the name has nothing to do with flamingos and the sand is not actually pink. What every 2020 guide still gets wrong about Costa Rica's north Pacific showpiece.
Easy AccessGrand 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.
Easy AccessThe bay-side Orleans beach where a 9-foot tide swing turns one patch of sand into four different beaches a day, and where the Cape Cod Chamber ranks the sunset second-best on the whole Cape.
Easy AccessHawaii's most famous beach is a narrow strip of partly imported sand backed by a wall of high-rise hotels and fronted by warm, gentle Pacific waves perfect for beginner surfers. Iconic, crowded, expensive, and still somehow worth seeing at least once.