A sleepy Portuguese town, and Tofo beach with whale sharks and manta rays all year.
A ten-kilometre beach on the Atlantic, rebuilt modern after the 1960 earthquake, and the Paradise Valley behind.
The surfing town of the west coast since the 1968 world championships, with winter whales.
The black-sand surf village of the Surf City coast, named for the pig-shaped rock offshore.
The dhow-building yards, a lighthouse on the lagoon and the turtle beach at Ras al Jinz.
Guanacaste's surf town, with leatherback turtles nesting at Playa Grande next door.
The longest zipline in the world off Jebel Jais, mountains and quieter beaches than Dubai.
Hemingway's house, the sunset celebration at Mallory Square and the southernmost point of the mainland US.
Forty-two beaches on one island, the surfing capital of Brazil and Azorean fishing villages.
Coral reefs on the Red Sea, the Underwater Observatory and the desert of Timna, at Israel's southern tip.
A cobbled old town on Banderas Bay, humpback whales in winter and the Malecon at sunset.
The Phoenician city that invented purple dye, a Roman hippodrome and beaches on a peninsula.
The Arch at Land's End where the Pacific meets the Sea of Cortez, sport fishing and whale sharks.
A whitewashed colonial port between the rainforest and the sea, with schooner trips to the islands.
Balboa Park, the zoo, La Jolla sea lions and the best year-round weather in the country.
The gateway to Manuel Antonio: sloths and capuchins on the beach in the smallest national park.
Subtropical Black Sea beaches and the 2014 Winter Olympics venues in the Caucasus above.
One of the deepest natural harbours in the world, Nilaveli beach and blue whales offshore.
A fire-breathing Dragon Bridge, My Khe beach and the Golden Bridge held up by giant hands in the Ba Na hills.
Tsingtao beer in plastic bags, German colonial villas and beaches on the Yellow Sea.
Island-hopping among the Bacuit lagoons of northern Palawan, limestone cliffs and turquoise water.
A 12-kilometre sand beach, an old pirate town on a rock and the Ada Bojana river island.
The ruined Art Nouveau casino on the Black Sea, a Roman mosaic and the beach resort of Mamaia.
The Algarve capital, with a walled old town, storks nesting on the cathedral and the Ria Formosa lagoon.
Nissi beach and the sea caves by day, the clubbing capital of the eastern Mediterranean by night.
Las Canteras city beach, the Vegueta colonial quarter and the house where Columbus stopped.
The Albanian Riviera resort opposite Corfu, with Butrint ruins and the Blue Eye spring nearby.
Lycian rock tombs above the harbour, the Blue Lagoon at Oludeniz and paragliding off Babadag.
The oldest city in Western Europe, founded by Phoenicians, with Carnival, beaches and the Atlantic on three sides.
A German-built port on the Baltic, the ferry to the Curonian Spit and its sand dunes.
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