Thailand has stunning beaches

Thailand has stunning beaches

Hemera / Thailand

Mauritius is a tropical paradise

Mauritius is a tropical paradise

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Jolly Beach, Antigua

Jolly Beach, Antigua

Antigua & Barbuda Tourist Office

Miami beach lifeguard hut

Miami beach lifeguard hut

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Living Like a Local in the Maldives feature As the Maldives opens its inhabited islands to tourism, Heidi Fuller-love island hops and meets loca... Read more	How to: Survive on a desert island feature Though somewhat inconvenient, becoming a castaway needn’t be a harrowing experience. Heed t... Read more	Twelve of the best British seaside towns feature The Great British beach holiday is back in vogue. Ruth-Ellen Davis rounds up the best coastal resort... Read more
Paradise Lost: Can the Philippines preserve Siargao Island? feature A little-known surf paradise in the Philippines is about to get a big wave of tourism. Emilee Tombs ... Read more	Castaway on Lady Elliot Island, Australia feature Basking near Australia’s continental shelf, Marie Barbieri loses herself among marine creatures of... Read more	Learning to surf at the Gate of Hell feature We sent Daniel Fahey to the very cusp of the known world to catch some Chinese monsters. Here’s ho... Read more
Searching for whale sharks in Utila, Honduras feature Samantha Wilson heads to Útila in Honduras in search of Old Tom, the legendary barnacle-en... Read more	Island hopping in the Sporades, Greece feature Self-professed musical enthusiast Jack Palfrey visits the Greek Sporades, setting of 2008 hit fil... Read more	Top 5: Ultimate Caribbean beach escapes feature Whether you want to tan on a beach all day or party the night away, there’s a Caribbean island to ... Read more

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Lindos beaches Picture-perfect Lindos has it all - culture, romance, glamour and unspoilt nature. Combining a compact hillside village of whitewashed houses and a wa... Read more	Plati Gialos Beach The Greek island of Mykonos is renowned for the glamorous nightlife and vibrant gay scene that centres on Mykonos Town, but t... Read more	Gumbet Beach Somewhere in the middle of Gumbet is a small, entirely hidden original village that has been swamped by the modern resort. From the 1970s onwards, thi... Read more	Taormina beaches Taormina is Sicily's most famous, upmarket and expensive resort, and it's all (or at least mainly) down to its fabulous location high up on Monte Taur... Read more
Pefkos beaches Pefkos (Pefki), on the Greek island of Rhodes, began developing into a purpose-built resort in the late 1980s as a satellit... Read more	Protaras beaches With year-round sunshine, a warm climate and sandy beaches, it is easy to see why European holidaymakers flock to Protaras each year. The eastern Cypr... Read more	Portrush beaches The Northern Ireland coast is fascinating historically, dotted by resorts with one foot in the Victorian age, and crammed with spectacular scenery ... Read more	Amalfi beaches Historic and stylish, Amalfi is one of the most popular resorts in Italy and offers a great balance between city break and coas... Read more
Arcachon beaches The French resort of Arcachon first grew to prominence over a century ago when the citizens of Bordeaux came here to take th... Read more	Montego Bay beaches One of the most stable countries in the Caribbean, Mo Bay,' as its nicknamed, is the most popular tourist spot in Read more	Alghero beaches Alghero is one of the most popular resorts in Sardinia, yet retains the charm and atmosphere of a working fishing village. It manages to cater for all... Read more	Tortola beaches Tortola is the largest of the British Virgin Islands and was once a favourite haunt of Edward Teach, aka Bl... Read more

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