Swim in the hidden coves of Croatia's Adriatic coast, exploring secluded beaches and clear waters along the coastline.
White-sand beach south of Mogadishu, popular for Friday picnics.
Mogadishu's lively city beach.
Seven kilometres of pure white silica sand in the Whitsundays, swirling into the turquoise Hill Inlet.
St Lucia's most popular beach.
Powder-white beach with beach fales to sleep in, facing the uninhabited Nuโutele island.
Palm-fringed beach on Nevis.
Powder-white South Pacific beach.
Powdery beach and vivid reef.
Nauruโs best beach, a curve of sand and coral pinnacles on the east coast, with a harbour and swimming lagoon.
Quiet white-sand beach at the western tip of Majuro atoll, with the clearest water on the island.
Famed white-sand beach on Culebra.
Praslinโs granite-boulder beach, often ranked among the worldโs best.
Palm-backed white-sand beach.
White-sand beach on Bioko island.
Two miles of soft Caribbean sand.
Rwandaโs Riviera โ bilharzia-free swimming, kayaking and coffee farms on the shores of a lake ringed by hills.
Antigua's liveliest white-sand beach.
Brilliant blue water off Comino.
Clear freshwater lake teeming with cichlids.
One of the worldโs oldest lakes, with Byzantine churches on the shore and a UNESCO-listed old town.
Pink-tinged sand and turquoise water.
Sandy shore on Lake Tanganyika.
Monacoโs public beach, redone in 2021 with a sheltered bay and promenade โ swimming in the Med beside the Grand Prix circuit.
Swim with the wild pigs of Big Major Cay.
Central Europe's largest lake.
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