Brilliant blue water off Comino.
Plankton light the surf electric blue on Vaadhoo and other islands on dark nights.
Remote island with a vast cathedral.
Wake over a turquoise lagoon with steps down into the reef — the Maldives invented the overwater villa.
Quiet beaches and nesting turtles.
Long white beaches and salt flats.
Caribbean islands on the Mesoamerican reef.
Indian Ocean islands and sandbars.
Caribbean archipelago of stilt hotels, starfish beaches and surf — Panama’s laid-back party islands.
Coral islands and old Swahili towns.
Guna-run islands of white sand.
Three miles of naturally pink sand and a pastel village of golf carts and loyalist cottages, just off Eleuthera.
Swim with the wild pigs of Big Major Cay.
The palm-shaped artificial island, seen best from The View at the Palm observation deck or a monorail ride down the trunk.
Bangka boat trips between limestone lagoons, hidden beaches and the Big and Small Lagoon of Bacuit Bay.
Sail through a narrow gap into the flooded caldera of an active volcano, past a ruined whaling station and beaches warm enough to dig a hot bath.
Sun-soaked island of lavender and nightlife.
Four kilometres of powder-white sand on White Beach, kite-surfing on Bulabog and the best sunsets in the Philippines.
The Philippines’ surf capital, home of the Cloud 9 break, plus tidal pools, island hopping and coconut-palm roads.
Baltic island of rauk sea stacks and the Hanseatic walled town of Visby.
Whitewashed island of windmills and nightlife.
The largest sand island on Earth — rainforest, dingoes and the freshwater Lake McKenzie.
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