Forty-two beaches on one island, the surfing capital of Brazil and Azorean fishing villages.
The gateway to Manuel Antonio: sloths and capuchins on the beach in the smallest national park.
Climb Dunn's River Falls and swim the Blue Hole, with Bob Marley's birthplace in the hills.
A whitewashed colonial port between the rainforest and the sea, with schooner trips to the islands.
The black-sand surf village of the Surf City coast, named for the pig-shaped rock offshore.
Coral reefs on the Red Sea, the Underwater Observatory and the desert of Timna, at Israel's southern tip.
The Phoenician city that invented purple dye, a Roman hippodrome and beaches on a peninsula.
Balboa Park, the zoo, La Jolla sea lions and the best year-round weather in the country.
The dhow-building yards, a lighthouse on the lagoon and the turtle beach at Ras al Jinz.
The surfing town of the west coast since the 1968 world championships, with winter whales.
A French-Dominican beach town on the Samana peninsula, humpback whales from January to March.
Wooden Caribbean houses on stilts, starfish beach and the boats to the Bocas del Toro islands.
The Arch at Land's End where the Pacific meets the Sea of Cortez, sport fishing and whale sharks.
Guanacaste's surf town, with leatherback turtles nesting at Playa Grande next door.
The only cable car in the Caribbean, up to a Christ statue, and the amber museum.
One of the deepest natural harbours in the world, Nilaveli beach and blue whales offshore.
Subtropical Black Sea beaches and the 2014 Winter Olympics venues in the Caucasus above.
Tsingtao beer in plastic bags, German colonial villas and beaches on the Yellow Sea.
A fire-breathing Dragon Bridge, My Khe beach and the Golden Bridge held up by giant hands in the Ba Na hills.
Limestone cliffs at Railay for climbing, longtail boats to Phi Phi and the Four Islands.
Island-hopping among the Bacuit lagoons of northern Palawan, limestone cliffs and turquoise water.
The royal family's seaside resort since the 1920s, with a teak palace, night markets and a long beach.
The city where the wind is born: a white-sand beach, Art Nouveau streets and the abandoned Karosta naval prison.
The Castle of St Peter built from the Mausoleum's stones, wooden gulet cruises and the Aegean nightlife.
Santa Barbara castle above Postiguet beach and the palm-lined Explanada, the Costa Blanca capital.
Nissi beach and the sea caves by day, the clubbing capital of the eastern Mediterranean by night.
A German-built port on the Baltic, the ferry to the Curonian Spit and its sand dunes.
The Albanian Riviera resort opposite Corfu, with Butrint ruins and the Blue Eye spring nearby.
The oldest city in Western Europe, founded by Phoenicians, with Carnival, beaches and the Atlantic on three sides.
Estonia's summer capital: a long sandy beach, spa hotels and wooden villas.
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